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Well team, another 170 shells down range and the problem has been fixed. What I found was that the channel that the right side shell latch rides in had a sharp edge that the latch could pop over but not back. The latch got hung up on this edge and could not get back into the groove. I removed this edge with a small file and lubed the channel real well with some Rem-oil.
The latch was not "unstaked" and as far as I can tell it is not bent either. This was just another "quality" issue with the Express models, I guess.
Happiness is a perfectly functioning 870!
Later,
Mike
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