Thread: Remington 1187 bolt hold open not working

Originally Posted by Luke556

Got a Remington 1187 semi auto 12 Ga that only holds back the bolt about 50% of the time on empty chamber.
Lower power loads seem to be more of an issue and the gun feels sluggish when it cycles, slugs or buck work better and the action cycles with much more force.
Haven't googled much on the problem, but will do.
Any Remington gurus out there your advice would be appreciated - Thanks

If you are in Auckland pm me and bring it around. I have a couple of 1187's and also a 'parts' gun. We can swap out the trigger group to see if thats the problem and I can go through
the gun with you and check all the common faults.

First thing to check btw is that the chamber is nice and clean and give it a polish.......it doesnt need much crap in the chamber to put the timing off.