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Originally Posted by VABAM
This might be a stupid question but what position is the action in while you try to remove the barrel? IIRC you have to hold the action about 1/3-1/2 open for the barrel to unlock. I don't own a 500 (Rem 870 guy) but I have taken the barrel off of a 500 and I remember it was a PITA finding the sweet spot for the barrel to unlock.
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Tried again, paying close attention to position of bolt and running the slide through its range whilst pulling/pushing/twisting, and still no go - the barrel is in there TIGHT and never budged.
As far as I can tell, there is nothing inside the receiver holding the barrel (but not 100% sure). I don't see anything that would retain the barrel in
this exploded diagram (other than the magazine screw).
Side note: You can't always depend on exploded diagrams. Was working on a different shotgun that someone had torn down and couldn't get back together. Downloaded an exploded diagram but couldn't get the hammer to go back in right. Found out that the spring that propels the hammer was shown backwards in the diagram.
