I have a Remington 870 I've never cleaned. What do I need to do to clean it to make sure it doesn't jam up on me?

RemOil and a rag

boresnake along with wiping it off with Remoil

Reload. I am in College Station and I have a table that is set up for cleaning guns. If you had any interest it would be my pleasure to show you how I have been cleaning my guns for the past 40 years.

I bore snake them and get the gunk out of The receiver if there is any. Other than that I shoot the cheapest shell I can and enjoy.

I wouldn't speak like that here, Jed. The shotgun shell snobs will be all over you. You MUST shoot the biggest and best shells here, none of the cheap ones. If you do shoot the cheap ones, you apparently don't know how to properly hunt and can't hit a bird to save your life

I kinda hit my 870 on the bottom of my boot like a batter does with his bat just before stepping into the batters box. Seems to work Ok. When it needs a serious cleaning I use Gun Scrubber, a Bore Snake then a little CLP Rem Oil.

Reload, if it were me and I lived close to CS I would go see Hope and see how a professional does it. There's more to it than running a snake through the barrel and wiping it down with RemOil. No offense intended anyone.

Yea I'd love to learn from someone like Hope but I'm in Austin and don't make it to College Station very often but I'll be there for a couple of games this year and I'd love to get together if you have time.

I appreciate all the response. Do yall take the barrell off to run the snake through it?

Slip2000 > CLP

Let me know when you will be in town and we can strip it down give it a good wash job and then go test it on a Wood Duck.
As a minimum take the barrel off. And as far as having time. That is one thing I have plenty of. Early retirement is not all it is cracked up to be. After 5 years of doing all the hunting, fishing and travel as I can stand I am about ready to go back to work. So yes I have time to help a fellow outdoorsman clean a shotgun.

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I was taught how to clean my guns about 5 minutes after I was taught how to shoot them!

Grandpa's gun cabinet and ammo stash were open to me with the implicit understanding that each gun would be put away clean and oiled.

I have cleaned my guns each time I shot them for the last 30 years.

Frankly, I'm amazed at how poorly people treat their weapons and that there are OB posters that don't know how to clean a gun.

So Chemist why don't we take some time and teach them. Maybe thier Grand Dad was not a gun guy like yours and mine.

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Frankly, I'm amazed at how poorly people treat their weapons and that there are OB posters that don't know how to clean a gun.

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As someone who lurks on this board and did some shooting growing up, this comment comes off as being an elitist snob when it comes to shooting. Additionally, it would really turn people off of coming here to learn things.

Why be an ass about someone asking a question? Quite frankly, it is nice to see Hope's response before yours...

Because it's monday morning, the kid gave me a cold, and I'm doped up on Dayquil in a ****ty mood.

Being a dick makes me feel better. So **** you.

the 870 is one of the easiest guns to clean. I use a gun snake and blue shop rags to wipe everything down and the spray Remoil to lubricate. There are plenty of videos on youtube that will show you how to take one apart

Chemist you need to bring your ph down a little. ph like yours causes ulcers. We can all deal with pr--ks in the real world. Why do they have to be on an outdoors board. Maybe while your Grand Dad was teaching you to clean guns he could have taught you some manners.

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If I was local, I WOULD offer to show the pup how to clean his guns. Since I'm not, and he brought it up, I'll just throw rocks from here.

Thanks.

You can google it and find all sorts of YouTube cleaning videos for an 870.

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Back when I duck hunted just about every weekend of the season, I'd give the 870 a solid cleaning before the season, do some maintenance cleaning after each hunt, then give it a solid cleaning after the season was over and it was basically going to be in storage until next year.

Like Chemist though, I clean a firearm every time I shoot it. I know a lot of folks don't, but my grandfather instilled the marine discipline in me on that end.

For an 870, take the barrel off, take the trigger assembly out of the reciever, pull the bolt and clean and lightly oil everything. I'm a fan of Hoppes myself, but other powder solvents work just fine too.

A light shot of Remoil or 3-In-One Oil on the firing pin, trigger group and the slides from the forearm, reassemble and you are good to go.

I understand that an 870 is a workhorse and doesn't require the level of care than an AR or your favorite bolt action does, but the idea of never cleaning it or just giving it a cursory clean without the benefit of breaking it down and giving it a thorough clean and oil is just foreign to me. And hell, it's an 870. You can strip it down to it's basic components, clean it, oil it and reassemble it in about 20 minutes tops. Maybe I'm crazy, but 20 minutes here and there is a good investment in ensuring that your firearm functions perfectly every time for many years to come.

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I wouldn't speak like that here, Jed. The shotgun shell snobs will be all over you. You MUST shoot the biggest and best shells here, none of the cheap ones. If you do shoot the cheap ones, you apparently don't know how to properly hunt and can't hit a bird to save your life

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I bought a couple cases of those 3.99 a box winchester jobs academy had a couple weeks ago. They don't have much shot in them, but they seem to work well for me. Plus, I don't mind shooting more because they are cheap. The pumps don't have problems with them, but my buddies with some autoloaders can't use them because they jam for whatever reason.

Yea I know I need to be cleaning it more but hell i only shoot it 2 or 3 times per year. Neither my Dad nor my Grandpa are big gun guys so I never learned much growing up. I'm trying to make up for it now though. Even though I was born in Texas, they're both yankees so that might explain my late start!

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Do you have an email address I can contact you at? I have some questions I think you might be able to help out with. Thanks.

jrk here it is. my username at g mail