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    Turning Point for Remington 870

    Other members have posted in the M4C Shotgun Forum that the current Model 870 produced by Remington has reliability issues. I own two trouble free Model 870 shotguns, the newest one produced in the early 1990's.

    Can anyone narrow down approximately what year the 870 began to have so many issues? If your 870 was/is problematic, what year was it purchased and/or produced?
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    I think I'm going out on a pretty sturdy limb, but I'd start my research after this date: April 5, 2007.

    That was the date Ceberus announced they were buying Remington.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SeriousStudent View Post
    I think I'm going out on a pretty sturdy limb, but I'd start my research after this date: April 5, 2007.
    That was the date Ceberus announced they were buying Remington.
    And maybe differentiate between the regular 870 and the Express.

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    Quote Originally Posted by austinN4 View Post
    And maybe differentiate between the regular 870 and the Express.
    Most of my experience is with the Remington 870 provided under contract to LE agencies and the two I purchased for myself. You make a good point that we should differentiate from the Express model.
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    There are actually 3 lines of 870s currently being produced: Wingmaster, Police and Express.

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    From what I've heard, polishing the chamber will cure some of the 870 Express issues.

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    Have had one since 2010, never any issues, express model.

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    They all break and have issues from what I understand. Even Battlefield LasVegas has stated that they got some older Police models, and they died in a few months as well. Might have run a little longer than current production civilian guns, but nothing super special.

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    Didn't realize that 870's had such a short service life.

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    I believe anything that suffers abuse and lack of prescribed maintenance will suffer a shorter service life. Not necessarily saying that about Battlefield Vegas, rather the previous police owners. Shotgun maintenance is not a major priority at most agencies.

    On another thread I made the comment that we did not have FTE issues with Express's specific, any shotgun generally, when using factory 00B or slugs (Federal to be brand specific, but really any quality brand in my expereince).

    That got me to thinking, did the start of the 870 Express chamber issue begin just about the time Winchester was introducing their value-pack rounds?

    I'm lucky enough to have two pre-80 Wingmasters. I will never sell them.
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