Remington 870 Jam, Kingman

[Sneaker]

My 12 gauge I got when I was 10 years old jams pretty bad almost every shot. I've paid the only gunsmith that I could locate in Kingman to fix it, but that did nothing, I think I paid for a glorified cleaning. The fixes on youtube seem relatively simple(filing down a lip in the chamber or fixing the extractor), but I don't want to play gunsmith and mess with it myself and end up breaking something... At this point I'm ready to get rid of it, but don't want to sell a gun that doesn't work well. Or if I had it fixed for good by someone who really knows what they were doing, maybe I'd keep it. Any suggestions?

[Tac]

I would keep it for nostalgia sake and buy a new benelli !

[10Turkeys]

Maybe the chamber needs cleaned or polished real good. Might get a 10 gauge brush and try that in your chamber. My 870 seems to stick more with Federal shells than any other. Most serious shotgunners go with a B gun. Browning, Beretta, or Benelli.

[jim]

My 870 does not like the winchester small game stuff.

[Hoss50]

heck, nothing I have likes Winchester dove loads, not even the Winchester I have.

[sjvcon]

I agree with the prior posts. I'd try some different loads. I have an older Winchester that jams everytime I use S&B loads.

[PRDATR]

My sons 20ga youth model would lock up if he pulled the trigger with the safety on.

[Sneaker]

Thanks for the advice everyone.

[WampusCat]

Can you describe the jam and what is actually happening? Not ejecting spent case? Not feeding new one?