Wondering clamp on a 12 guage

TheFisherman · June 10, 2014, 07:02 AM

Greetings every one,
I put a mesa tactical clamp on my 870 tacti-cool. The one that holds the barrel and the magazine tube. The clamp wonders heavily if I put a few rounds through it. Is there some kind of friction tape or maybe a little blue lock tight I can put in there to keep it from being all over the joint?

Chief Brody · June 10, 2014, 10:05 AM

Maybe some electrical tape would work as a shim?
This is actually why I prefer the factory Remington clamp and extension. The extension has a groove in it that the clamp's screw goes through. So even if extension looses slightly from firing, it and the clamp stay exactly where they are.

dayman · June 11, 2014, 06:09 PM

I had the same issue with a choate clamp. I would up epoxying one side of it to the extension.

The next one I built I bought the stock Remington extension specifically to avoid that.

bamaranger · June 12, 2014, 12:14 AM

I shim mag tube clamps with a small piece of elec or black duct tape. Seems to work fine. If the gun gets soaking wet, you may want to disassemble, clean, and retape, could trap moisture for rust.

**44 AMP** · June 14, 2014, 09:40 AM

I have to ask, what is the clamp wondering?

Now, if you have a wandering clamp (meaning it doesn't stay in place), the above mentioned solutions ought to work.

TheFisherman · June 14, 2014, 03:25 PM

Thanks guys I tried a little electrical tape should do the trick. Thanks for the suggestions. Well thanks to every one but amp... jk jk freaking auto correct pretty silly mistake.

Wyosmith · June 14, 2014, 05:18 PM

I silver solder a lug on the magazine tube in front of the clamp. That gives it a recoil shoulder to bear upon.

Solves the problem perfectly.

**44 AMP** · June 16, 2014, 10:25 AM

My biggest gripe with the spellcheckers is that if you misspell a word, but it is still a properly spelled word (but with a different meaning), the spell checkers don't catch it.

an /and, to/too/two, wandering/wondering, etc.

YEs, I was pulling your chain, a leetel....

(the spellchecker caught that one, I just left it for example,)

RMcL · June 19, 2014, 04:38 AM

Only slaves or prisoners have chains!

June 10, 2014, 07:02 AM	#1
TheFisherman Member Join Date: August 27, 2013 Posts: 23	Wondering clamp on a 12 guage Greetings every one, I put a mesa tactical clamp on my 870 tacti-cool. The one that holds the barrel and the magazine tube. The clamp wonders heavily if I put a few rounds through it. Is there some kind of friction tape or maybe a little blue lock tight I can put in there to keep it from being all over the joint?

June 12, 2014, 12:14 AM	#4
bamaranger Senior Member Join Date: October 9, 2009 Location: North Alabama Posts: 8,312	same I shim mag tube clamps with a small piece of elec or black duct tape. Seems to work fine. If the gun gets soaking wet, you may want to disassemble, clean, and retape, could trap moisture for rust.

June 14, 2014, 09:40 AM	#5
44 AMP Staff Join Date: March 11, 2006 Location: Upper US Posts: 28,839	I have to ask, what is the clamp wondering? Now, if you have a wandering clamp (meaning it doesn't stay in place), the above mentioned solutions ought to work. __________________ All else being equal (and it almost never is) bigger bullets tend to work better.

June 16, 2014, 10:25 AM	#8
44 AMP Staff Join Date: March 11, 2006 Location: Upper US Posts: 28,839	My biggest gripe with the spellcheckers is that if you misspell a word, but it is still a properly spelled word (but with a different meaning), the spell checkers don't catch it. an /and, to/too/two, wandering/wondering, etc. YEs, I was pulling your chain, a leetel.... (the spellchecker caught that one, I just left it for example,) __________________ All else being equal (and it almost never is) bigger bullets tend to work better.

June 10, 2014, 10:05 AM	#2
Chief Brody Member Join Date: October 12, 2012 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 81	Maybe some electrical tape would work as a shim? This is actually why I prefer the factory Remington clamp and extension. The extension has a groove in it that the clamp's screw goes through. So even if extension looses slightly from firing, it and the clamp stay exactly where they are.

June 11, 2014, 06:09 PM	#3
dayman Senior Member Join Date: April 18, 2011 Location: The Woods Posts: 1,197	I had the same issue with a choate clamp. I would up epoxying one side of it to the extension. The next one I built I bought the stock Remington extension specifically to avoid that.

June 14, 2014, 03:25 PM	#6
TheFisherman Member Join Date: August 27, 2013 Posts: 23	Thanks guys I tried a little electrical tape should do the trick. Thanks for the suggestions. Well thanks to every one but amp... jk jk freaking auto correct pretty silly mistake.

June 14, 2014, 05:18 PM	#7
Wyosmith Senior Member Join Date: December 29, 2010 Location: Shoshoni Wyoming Posts: 2,713	I silver solder a lug on the magazine tube in front of the clamp. That gives it a recoil shoulder to bear upon. Solves the problem perfectly.

June 19, 2014, 04:38 AM	#9
RMcL Senior Member Join Date: May 7, 2006 Location: Alabama Posts: 273	Only slaves or prisoners have chains!