Stuff done to my Remington SPR310S (not much)

Gave it a good internal clean with Gun scrubber (synthetic) - quite a bit of crud and metallic bits came out!

Re-lubed with Rem-oil

I plan to remove the auto safety - AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!  - this was kindly provided by Krispy from SGW forums

Link to the topic on SGW

Link to Krispy's instructions - For info only - tamper AT YOUR OWN RISK

Did the same to the bottom of the action - under the trigger plate. Again, found bits of swarf and grunge.

Note, I had to freeze the plate and use a rubber mallet to re-seat it in the recess.

Watch out for the little springs (in one of the little holes you can see on the extreme right of the plaste below).

Easy mod to ease closing of gun

If your IZH-27 or SPR310 is like mine was, you need quite a bit of strength when closing the gun to overcome the ejector/extractor springs once the lugs on the extractors (2 & 3) engage the slots on the inside of the receiver. After this 20min mod it is soooo much easier to close. Tools required: small pair of vise-grips (ideally) or pliers, secure method of holding the barrels - you will be pushing the extractors in against the springs and this is a two-handed job. Cleaner and lube, Dremel cutoff wheel or some method of neatly trimming the springs. I obtained two spare extractor springs from EAA (321)-639-1432, stored the originals and then trimmed 4 coils off of each of the new ones and installed - checked there was still plenty of springiness on the ejectors. Update - I subsequently cut another 2 coils off each and its now just right. Nice and smooth. What a difference! The gun now doesn't need so much effort to close and the ejectors (when selected) still throw the spent shells fast enough to knock your friend's teeth out (12ft as opposed to teh 20ft before). I'm a very happy bunny. To remove the ejectors is very easy - securely wrap/clamp the barrels (I used a workmate), push the ejector (2 or 3) fully in and pull the bit nearest the muzzle slightly away from the barrel block - I used a mini vise-grip clamped onto the little nubbly at the pointed end of the ejector. The ejector is actually quite springy and when you gently release the pressure the ejector end comes back outside the groove. Easy. Remove the spring (4) and pluger (5). Cut your spare spring to suit (4 coils on mine) insert the plunger (5) into the spring, replace the two parts into the hole and slide the extractor (3 or 2) back into it's groove. A bit of cleaning and lubing beforehand would be a good idea. Voila - instant Beretta! (well, maybe). Enjoy.

Fixed my loose forend

After 2000 rounds I noticed the forend was becoming slightly loose - especially when the gun was hot. I have noted that the extreme 1" or so of the forend inletting (the muzzle end of the forend wood) is wearing more closely to the shape of the underneath of the barrel and the blue of the barrel is wearing in this area. All screws were tight so I decided to shim the catch away from the barrel to take up the wear. This was easy - I used 4 layers of heavy duty aluminium foil under the ends of the catch (see pic). I will probably re-visit this if the wood continues to wear but for now, after another 550+ rounds, all is nice and tight. (Feb07 update - another 5,500 rounds, still nice and tight - you can now see where the forend wood has bedded itself nicely against the barrels)

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