How To Clean: Remington 870

[Music] hey I'm Luke Williams and today we're gonna be showing you how to disassemble and clean a Remington 870 alright one question I always get is how often should I clean my gun and there's a lot of answers for that because it depends on your weather humidity you know if you're using it out for hunting like this is my Doug blaster so naturally it gets a little dirtier so I try to clean it barely off to the make sure it stays in good shape you ever have a question you can always check the manufacturers recommendations for your particular firearm alright before we get started working on this we want to make sure that it is safe so we're gonna physically and visually check and inspect making sure there's no ammunition in here guys this is the most important part so make sure not to skip it this is clear and ready to go so let's start breaking down the Remington 870 we will begin breaking this down by removing the nut on the end of the magazine tube and then you can remove the barrel now we're going to push up on the lifting arm and you will be able to fill a shell stop on the left of the receiver you're gonna push that shell stop in and pull the slide forward you can now take the bolt off the top of the slide next we're going to tap the two pins out for the trigger assembly and get to cleaning this workhorse up since the 870 is a legend in my opinion we're gonna use a hafiz legend shotgun cleaning kit this has everything we need to get this gun cleaned up nice and pretty now we will start by sending a bronze brush through the barrel to break up all the guns followed by a patch soaked with Hoppy's number nine gun bore cleaner we then run a dry patch through and repeat this process until we get a clean patch back once we do we'll then add some puppies lubricating gun over to a patch and run it through make sure you were going from breach to muzzle [Music] we then will add some lubricating oil to a patch and wipe down the exterior of the barrel next we're going to use the lubricating oil spray can in order to get to some hard-to-reach areas along with the utility brush and a pic we want to do this for all the components getting them cleaned up and adding a layer of protection now we will add lubricating oil to all high friction areas and moving parts making sure it is all lubricated and protective lastly we're gonna reverse the disassembly steps and reassemble the shotgun finishing it off with a wipe down all right now we've got the Remington 870 all cleaned up thanks to the legend shotgun gun cleaning kit it's a great one kit does all of it you saw we used every piece in here and got this gun looking beautiful now though we're gonna go ahead and do a functions test on here make sure everything's operates as it should as always we're gonna put it in a safe location excellent great now we're going to check our safety and it operates exactly as it should all right guys now it's time to put this back into a safe location per the manufacturers recommendations now if you have any questions whether you're new to the gun world or maybe you've been around for a while and you have tips and tricks go ahead and drop those in the comments below because we'd love to hear from you and for more information visit Hoppy's comm you

Channel: Hoppesguncare

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Length: 4min 49sec (289 seconds)

Published: Wed Jul 01 2020