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Handcannon

Handcannon

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I've been hunting in the rain 2 days solid. Didn't seem to bother my 2 yearold 870 at all. After each trip it gets a complete teardown & cleaning. Still looks brandnew. But when I went to load it in the woods this morning it just stuck about 1/2 way pumped. I thought I had reassembled something wrong & removed the barrel. It pumped great then. Looked at my forearm & it was swollen, rubbing on the barrel. I managed to get it loaded & used it as single shot today. I've got the forearm in a padded vice tonight, it's back in shape now. Have to wait for it to dry completely, see if it cracks I guess. If it does, I'll be looking at the synthetic pistol grip full stock (like the SBE Benelli) & synthetic forearm. Never had this happen before.
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If things go back into shape, you may want to take the forearm off and give the inside
a coat of polyurethane to seal it and prevent any future moisture problems.

If not, synthetic replacement stocks and forearms are the way to go.
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I've never seen this problem before with an 870...
 
I did that to mine Ghost. Also did the end grain of the butt stock. It keeps oil from seeping into the wood grain when cleaning the gun also.
 
I think I will have to seal it when it does dry out. I refinished the gun brandnew right out the box because I didn't like the color. I've never hunted in the rain like I did last weekend, never thought I would.
 
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