Remington 11-87 Installation of the Piston Seal
Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 10:24 am
This is an odd question but my local Dicks clerk is clueless. Can you help?
I bought a new 11-87 sportsman this year (super-mag) after shooting an 870 forever. The 11-87 cycles flawlessly no matter what I shoot through it. No problems there.
The question is regarding the piston/seal assembly. The counter-clerk showed me how to put the assembly together, but my manual seems to disagree. To make it worse, the Remington website seems to show parts I don't even have in my gun (not the barrel actuator...I know I don't need that). the website site shows a separate "piston".
All I have is a single metal-ring assembly and the infamous rubber o-ring. I don't have a "piston" thingy.
Can anyone tell me the correct placement of these parts on my magazine tube in laymans terms? Am I missing a part? Is this a 3-part assembly or 2 part assembly? It sounds weird but my part looks nothing like the one in the manual. I would also like the correct orientation of my metal ring assembly since I don't trust a thing the clerk did now. I realize he probably positioned the o-ring wrong now
Funny thing, the dang gun still worked great.
Ideas?
I bought a new 11-87 sportsman this year (super-mag) after shooting an 870 forever. The 11-87 cycles flawlessly no matter what I shoot through it. No problems there.
The question is regarding the piston/seal assembly. The counter-clerk showed me how to put the assembly together, but my manual seems to disagree. To make it worse, the Remington website seems to show parts I don't even have in my gun (not the barrel actuator...I know I don't need that). the website site shows a separate "piston".
All I have is a single metal-ring assembly and the infamous rubber o-ring. I don't have a "piston" thingy.
Can anyone tell me the correct placement of these parts on my magazine tube in laymans terms? Am I missing a part? Is this a 3-part assembly or 2 part assembly? It sounds weird but my part looks nothing like the one in the manual. I would also like the correct orientation of my metal ring assembly since I don't trust a thing the clerk did now. I realize he probably positioned the o-ring wrong now
Funny thing, the dang gun still worked great.
Ideas?