Click! x 3

[Silver_Bullet]

2 nice gobblers at 35 yards early this morning. In full strut. Aim, squeeze trigger........Click. Chamber another, squeeze trigger .......click. Chamber check for debris ect, birds still hanging out around 40 yards but more aware wondering what the heck that noise is. No debri, slowly push one directly in the chamber, close action, squeeze trigger...........click.

Remington 870 Super Mag, exactly one year old. I'm done with Remington and Remlin, unless I find a good older 870.

 

[Bull Durham]

Oh wow, that sucks! Let us know what the problem was when you tear it down later this morning. Did the Toms booger after the third click and the muffled "not so nice" words that followed?

 

[skiles]

That's terrible. I have about a 20 yo 870 that is rock solid. My turkey gun is a Mossberg. I'm much more of a hindrance to turkey hunting than my gun is.

 

[Silver_Bullet]

Oh wow, that sucks! Let us know what the problem was when you tear it down later this morning. Did the Toms booger after the third click and the muffled "not so nice" words that followed?

I'm still looking at one of them about 150 yards away and tearing my gun down now.

 

[Silver_Bullet]

Tore it down in the field, reassembled, every thing looked fine. Firing pin fealt like it was striking. Went around the bend and tracked through the woods to meet them. Firing pin isn't stricking primer hard enough.

30 yards and click again. 3 toms I've gotten on this morning with nothing to harvest them with.

 

[Silver_Bullet]

Tried #5 long beard and a #4 from my pocket, so it is not a bad primer. Different shells it light striked.

 

[Tailhunter]

Mossberg 835 ultimag


It always goes bang.

 

[Silver_Bullet]

Mossberg 835 ultimag


It always goes bang.

Pawn shop has one for 299 24" barrel. Would have to buy a new choke, that's another 60. Break up infinity camo. Would like one in Obsession. I have a 510 20 gauge in Obsession for my daughter to hunt with.

 

[Bull Durham]

No good. Me thinks it's time for a new firing pin spring possibly?

 

[Silver_Bullet]

I think I found the issue. It's sticky as can be around the firing pin. Clearly slowing it. I loaned this gun out during duck season to someone I'm not going to publicly name, and they cleaned it like any good person would before they returned it to me.

Smells like frog lube all in the bolt. It's gummed up bad, and the firing pin is sticky to move. For the record, only need tiny amounts of CLP or oil on the points people, no need to coat the entire dang bolt in that mess.

 

[Bull Durham]

Glad you found the problem. It stinks that it cost you 2 Toms though. Maybe the guy who borrowed it will set you out in a huge strut zone where Tomzilla has been working, for payment of his sins!

 

[Silver_Bullet]

Glad you found the problem. It stinks that it cost you 2 Toms though. Maybe the guy who borrowed it will set you out in a huge strut zone where Tomzilla has been working, for payment of his sins!

Nah I'll be setting him up. Heck he'll probably even kill the biggest one out there, not the one in the pic above I stalked, but the one that one that I first clicked on that looked like it had a foot long beard.

 

[NKD]

Smells like frog lube all in the bolt. It's gummed up bad, and the firing pin is sticky to move. For the record, only need tiny amounts of CLP or oil on the points people, no need to use any Froglube ever for any reason.

Fixed it for you bro!

 

[Silver_Bullet]

Well the 870 is good to go. No gun failure, although I was ready to blame it this morning and trash talk Remington LOL. All is degreased and working as it should during test fire.

Back hard at it this evening.

 

[Tailhunter]

Well you can figure yourself good even if you don't see another turkey all season.

I've not seen any here in a long time.

 

[Gun Dude]

Whew, glad to hear you found out what the issue was and able to resolve it. I'm heading out this w'end with a Remmy Super Mag 870 for daytime hunts, and a Ruger SR556 with ATN X Sight for night time

 

[Zedhound]

same issue with my 1187 i bought a couple years ago, so i sold it after i sent it into rem for repair, thing was unreliable garbage.