I have a question for 11-87 owners, or guys that know their guns, because I apparently don't. I recently purchased an 11-87. After taking it out to shoot some trap, I cleaned the gun. Now, if the action is open, and I point the gun up in the air, then down at the ground, I can hear a peice sliding on the magazine tube.It's the little circular piece that I have a big red arrow going to in the picture. Why is it doing this now and it wasn't before? I asked a gunsmith in a gunstore nearby and he said that it's supposed to be doing that, but their floor model 1187's weren't doing that. I'm confused and just want to make sure somethings' not wrong with the gun. Thanks for your help in advance. I also posted this in the Gun forum.

Mine does the same thing. I've never had any problems with my gun. It's never jammed once in three years of heavy use. You are fine,unless it starts jamming or something.

Thanks for the response. I just thought it was odd since i didn't remember it doing it when it was new.

Yes they will do that. THe reason it didn't move before is because it had carbon deposits on the magazine tube. Once you cleaned it the gas rings were able to slide up and down the mag tube freely. With the bolt lock in the rear position there is nothing to hold the gas rings foward inside the barrel lug. If that gas ring is not moving freely it slows the guns cycling and if it sticks bad enough your gun may fail to cycle fully.



Just a little info about how it all works.

There are two holes in the barrel that vent gasses to the inside of the barrel lug where the gas rings sit when the bolt is in the foward position. The gasses from the burning powders push against the gas rings (what you are pointing at). The gas rings then push against the action arms which are attached to your bolt. This is what cycles your bolt rearward. Excess gasses are vented through the two inlets on either side of the barrel in the forearm.

At the rear of the bolt there is a link that attaches the bolt to a spring inside the butt stock. After the bolt fully cycles the spring pushes against the link which pushes the bolt foward again until it locks up and you are ready to fire another shell.

I'm not sure from your picture, but that could either be the piston/piston seal assembly, or thebarrel seal activator.

If you have a 11-87 Super Mag (2 3/4" - 3 1/2"), it's probably the barrel seal activator. You need to remove it when shooting 3" and 3 1/2", and leave it in while shooting 2 3/4" shells. It'sRemington's version of agas regulator.

If you don't have the Super Mag, then I'm not sure what it is. But I wouldn't worry about it, if this is your case.

Good luck

Minnesotahunter, I had the exact same question when I purchased my first 11-87 two years ago. I took the gun apart several times trying to pin down the cause of the rattle and almost took it back to the dealer. Then I realized that the rattle only started after I cleaned it for the first time. So far the gun has never jammed or failed to perform. I have just gotten used to it now.