835 light strikes/misfires

[PLP]

I wanted to share about what all I have been thru with my 835..I absolutely love this gun and how it handles,the way it looks and how it patterns.The only issue is once in a while I have had misfires/light strikes.i have torn this thing apart several times.I replaced the firing pin and spring,also the hammer spring.Yesterday I called in a tom and at 35yds ...CLICK..once again..I was able to rack another in and a minute later when he popped out on the other side of the tree i got him..highly frustrated after all I've done to try and fix this thing I got real In-depth looking at what the issue is..

I have always had a habit of pulling on the forearm as I shoot because it gets the next shot racked in faster..so as I moved the forearm back and forth I noticed when I pull the forearm
Back I get a gap in front of the bolt,when I push forward it closes the gap.

Well I thought maybe after the misfire I hadn't tightened the barrel nut down enough and that's why I pushed forward on my second shot which was successful.Anyways I started to notice the nut on the action slide had a good bit of threads left on it..and I started thinking..if I tighten this more it should shift the bolt forward some..but guess what it was as tight as it would go.

So I decided to undo the nut and pull the action slide and then I notice the ribs etc on the forearm were preventing it from Going Forward anymore.So I got my dremel and cut almost 1/4" of the ribs out and a sanding stone on the sides where the arms go in.I reassembled and was able to tighten many more rounds on the action slide nut and this did indeed bring the bolt forward a good bit and took all the slack out..I went and test fired it a few times pushing and pulling the forearm and no issues..I did noticed the recoil loosened it a little so I got another round out of it..repeated it and no issues and now it's all
Tight with no slop in it.:

I'm hoping this is the fix it seems to be but I thought in the future someone may be researching this issue and it will help them..it now looks like it does in the "forward" position at all times.im very confident this gap was why I was getting light strikes

[bbcoach]

I'm an 835 guy and I love mine as well.  GREAT patterning gun with most ammo.  I (knock on wood) haven't had the issue you described with the light strike.  I do tighten my barrel nut by hand and give it a couple extra clicks with a pair of channel locs.  I also rack my slide really hard, when loading my gun.  Thanks for the info.  I hope you have taken care of your problem.

[Ihuntoldschool]

Rack with authority as mentioned.
Once in battery don't try to pull out of battery and you'll be fine.

[ColemantownHC]

I've had this exact issue with my 835! Cost me two birds. I too noticed that there is considerable slack in the action, and realized that when shouldering the gun to fire which results in me slightly pulling back on the forearm, it is causing a light strike. I retired the gun several years ago but would love to have it fixed and hunt with it again as it is responsible for the majority of turkeys I've killed. My dad bought it for me in high school and it was my only turkey gun until my mid 30's.