I have a Remington 870 Express Super Magnum that I've had not quite 3 years but almost. It jams fairly often and I can't say I'm too crazy about it. At the time a buddy I hunted with had a semi auto shotgun I really liked but it jammed several times that year. So when I came to looking at new guns I want a gun that wouldn't jam. I would have liked a semi auto but if a pump jammed less I would have way rather had it. Well, the gun shops along with people I talked to told me to go with a pump if I didn't want it to jam. Well, I got the pump and it jams more than his semi auto does. I just wish I had gotten a semi automatic like I kind of wanted at the time. The thing never has shot 2 3/4" Winchester shells right. Well, the 7 1/2 shot ones. Never shot buckshot. I didn't have this problem with 2 3/4 Federal shells I shot. With the Winchesters it would shoot a few times fine then would lock the pump up to where you would have to keep hitting the pump or often hit the stock against the ground to finally make the pump unlock and slide back. It never did this to me with 3" or 3 1/2" shells but it is always just randomly jamming with those. Like onetime it didn't catch the old shell so it didn't pull it out of the barrel and tried to send a new one in when the old shell was still in the barrel chamber. This has happened several times. Sometimes it wont kick the old one all the way out and will just turn the shell sideways in the action then get things all caught up. I also had one shell explode inside the gun. I'm not sure if it was a bad shell but it kind of acted more like the action wasn't all the way closed when it shot. However, it's supposed to not shoot if it's not all the way closed. I've just had nothing but problems with this gun since I got it. It was brand new when I got it. Not to mention the wood looks like crap after less than 3 years. Most of it is due to me using it and scratching it up however, the finish is wearing off around the edges and stuff like that. The wood on many of my other guns looks much better and the finish isn't worn off as bad. However, it's been hauled around a lot and dropped and everything else so the wood is mostly my fault I'm just not sure the finish is the nicest. What can you expect for that price though.

I finally just recently read online that the locking the pump up and not ejecting the shells is a common issue. The fix seems to be to polish the chamber of the barrel. I had a gunsmith do this and it seems to have fixed that issue. Seems to shoot 2 3/4" shells great now. I've shot some 3" buckshot through it also but not a ton and it's done fine with those. I'm not sure if this was the whole problem or not but it's something that should have been done at the factory. Wasn't a big deal but it took me quite a while to figure out what the issue is. I've shot probably 100 round through it at a time either Federal before the barrel chamber polishing or any 7 1/2" or 8 shot through it when just skeet shooting without it jamming. However, I haven't had that luck when hunting. I haven't shot it a ton since with buckshot but haven't had it jam since polishing the barrel so I'm hoping that fixed it all.

The gun recently has been a good gun and only jammed once or twice this hunting season and been shot several times. However, in the past I have had lots of jamming issues. I think I finally got them all worked out and when it shoots it's a nice shooting gun.

Would I buy it again? I'm not sure. More than likely I'd look at something else. If I wanted a fairly priced pump I'd probably buy it again however, I'd more than likely go for a semi auto if I had to do it again. Unless price was a factor.

I've got another buddy that had one. Ended up selling it but said it was his favorite shotgun he has ever had and that he never had it jam on him. So not sure if I just got one that needed the chamber polished some out of the box and hasn't been right because of that or if I got a lemon or what. A couple years later I've got the gun shooting pretty good though and I'm fairly happy with it now. A few people said they thought it might be jamming due to too much oil too. We aren't sure if that was the cause or not but I did cut back on the oil. It made it slide easier but were are thinking maybe it made stuff soo slick that's why it wasn't catching the shell to pull it out. Not really sure. Anyway, I think I've got the issues worked out but it wasn't exactly right out of the box and the gun shop I bought it from was no help. I'd not deal with them again. In fact if I bought one again I'd go to Wal-Mart and get it and save the money.