pmh6310
January 15, 2009, 08:35 PM
Hello all,
So I have had an 870 Express for several years. Its always worked fine and I've always cleaned it after using it. However I didn't use it for a couple of years and pulled it out today and it had some rust spots on it (I had it in a case in the garage which i now hear is a bad place to store it). I cleaned the rust off and oiled the gun but I can't get it to dry fire. Shouldn't I be able to do this?
I took the trigger group out and it looks like maybe the Hammer Plunger is stuck down and thus not putting any pressure on the hammer. It looks like the top of the Hammer plunger has a bit of rust on it.
I'm by no means a gunsmith, but after looking at it seems to me that maybe this spring loaded plunger is stuck down and thus putting no pressure on the hammer when the trigger is pulled. Does this make any sense? Does anyone one have any suggestions for addressing this problem?
Thanks for any advice!
So I have had an 870 Express for several years. Its always worked fine and I've always cleaned it after using it. However I didn't use it for a couple of years and pulled it out today and it had some rust spots on it (I had it in a case in the garage which i now hear is a bad place to store it). I cleaned the rust off and oiled the gun but I can't get it to dry fire. Shouldn't I be able to do this?
I took the trigger group out and it looks like maybe the Hammer Plunger is stuck down and thus not putting any pressure on the hammer. It looks like the top of the Hammer plunger has a bit of rust on it.
I'm by no means a gunsmith, but after looking at it seems to me that maybe this spring loaded plunger is stuck down and thus putting no pressure on the hammer when the trigger is pulled. Does this make any sense? Does anyone one have any suggestions for addressing this problem?
Thanks for any advice!