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I have heard about such problem when front sight falls out of it’s groove and now I can show you photos which I took on the range. There were shooter with Remington 870 and front sight just fell off after several shots. Front sight was lost forever in a snow. Happily I have one spare standard dovetail front sight which…
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Here is video of Vladislav Zbaransky from shooting club PRACTICA which I recently joined, loading his Benelli Supernova shotgun with 8 shells and making first shot in 5.89 seconds. He uses sport belt called Load-Two which enables shooter to take and load two shells at a time. This may not work with Remington 870 because Benelli has some differences. This…
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Some basics today. Small “How to Unload a Pump Action Shotgun” video which will show how to safely unload shotgun without racking all the shells in the magazine tube through the chamber. This is extremely useful during dry fire trainings when you need to unload a shotgun often.
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Gun safety rules are very important and here is small video to illustrate this. This video was recorded during one of the recent trainings on the shooting range. I have fallen on the ground with loaded shotgun in my hands. That is why it is important to keep your finger off the trigger and shotgun pointing in safe direction.
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It’s easy to measure your progress in different sports or hobbies. What about shooting? It can be measured too. All you need is shooting timer. It eanbles you to test your skills and see what technique allows you to shoot or reload faster. You will find some basic drills which you can do with your shotgun and timer to measure…
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Good article by Jason Hanson from http://www.concealedcarryacademy.com When to Use a Handgun vs. a Shotgun for Home Defense If you wake up at 2:00am to the sound of a window being smashed and you hear someone entering your house, here’s what you should ideally do: Gather all of your family members together in the same room, lock the door, call…
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I have found this information somewhere on the web: Remington Year of Manufacture Codes maybe found on the barrel of your Remington rifle [or shotgun] on the left side, just forward of the receiver; the first letter of the Code is the month of manufacture, followed by one or two letters which are the year of manufacture. For shotguns with…
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I decided to make a video to show you the most common mistake made by new Remington 870 (or different pump-action shotgun) owners. The most common mistake new shotgunners do is waiting 0.5-1 second before pumping a shotgun after the shot.
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Thanks to Eric for sharing his customer service experience with Remington company. The ejector on my new Remington 870 Tactical broke after only about 200 rounds. Vitaly helped me to diagnose the problem. He sent this very helpful email advising me of what I needed to do. Since I’m a new shooter, I felt like this repair was a bit over…
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I’ve heard this myth several times: “if you have a pistol grip stock installed on your Remington 870 you must remove the stock in order to pull the trigger assembly out”. That’s not true. Here is very simple trick which will save you a lot of time. You can pull out trigger group even if you have pistol grpip stock…
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Remington 870 Disassembly and Reassembly
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This information is from my ebook about Remington 870: Zeroing is one of the first procedures you need to make to use your Remington 870 efficiently. The best ammunition for zeroing is slugs. Zeroing should be performed with a shotgun on a gun rest; this will enable you to hold shotgun still and make zeroing more reliable. Make several shots…
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There are five types of buckshot that were evaluated for this review. All shells tested were 12 gauge 2 ¾” 9-pellet 00 buckshot.
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Polishing a chamber on your Remington 870 is a good idea if you want to make it even more reliable. This simple one-time procedure will make chamber as smooth as possible and will guarantee that you will not have problems with extraction of fired shells. You will need: polishing compound and Dremel felt polishing wheel, add polishing compound on felt…
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This is second part of the interview with Brian D. Hoffner, Director of the Hoffners Training Academy. Check the first part of the interview with Brian Hoffner. Vitaly Pedchenko: How can a shooter test his or her skills? Could you recommend any tests? Brian Hoffner: A shooter should be very comfortable, smooth, and confident with dry fire before moving on…
