I don’t think I’ve ever had both of our Remington 870 shotguns apart at the same time. Something made me field strip all of the guns after Sunday’s trip the the range.
Damsel’s 20 gauge ‘youth model’ is on the left and my full-sized magnum express 12 gauge is on the right. The barrels are more or less centered between the two.
Scattered along the table, you can see the stock, receiver and magazine assemblies, magazine springs, spring caps, spring stops, magazine caps, trigger assemblies and retention pins for the trigger assembly. The only further field breakdown is to remove the choke tubes from the barrels – which Damsel did when she cleaned the barrels.
If you saw yesterday’s post about the range report and watched the video, then you saw how much we enjoy using the shotguns at the range. Maintenance, cleaning and inspection are all part of the fun of shotguns.
Got my Remmie 1100 all set for the opening day of turkey season on May 1. Range time is sweeeet, but every now and then ya just gotta gird up yer loins, batten down the poop deck and raise hell in the woods.
The closest “woods” to us are hours away through the urban sprawl. However, we have lots of “turkeys” in the “hoods” around here. Unfortunately, season never opens on them, no matter how tempting it might be to gird, batten and raise hell in the “hoods.”
Sounds like you’re in for some fun after Mayday.
Hmm. I thought I was the only one who loves to clean guns as much as shoot them. Hell, sometimes I go blast a couple rounds only so that I have an excuse to clean them. Glad Im not alone!
We do love to make those guns shine!