Bought a Remington 870 for 15 minutes

[Joe Boleo]

According to the Remington handbook that came with my 870 Wingmasters, the disassembly instructions state the following order. Trigger plate assembly is removed by tapping out the front and rear trigger plate pins and lifting the rear of the trigger plate from the receiver. Next is removal of the barrel and forend assembly unit and bolt may be removed.

I prefer to remove the barrel then take out the trigger plate assembly. According to Remington this is just fine. Take care...
Joe