Nova rattling forearm .

[redarrow]

Any way to stop the rattles (noisy) forearm and slide bars on my Nova.If I lay it across my lap and move any its a noticeable clang.It moves forward and back a 1/4 inch or so. It also has left to right play in it.

[Devastator]

i took a bit of slop out of a youth nova by tightening the allen screw in the fore stock.helped quite noticeably.good luck

[allaboutshooting]

i took a bit of slop out of a youth nova by tightening the allen screw in the fore stock.helped quite noticeably.good luck

That works very well. I have a very early Nova and my forearm used to be loose but after tightening it, it does not rattle or feel loose.

Thanks,
Clark

[tyelper]

the forarm on my nova dont rattle or move

[mountman62]

Yeh, you can fix it, they call it Remington

[lmbhngr]

Mine used to rattle. I sold it; I hated that gun!!

[FL-Boss]

one of the reasons I sold my 870... that was brand new.  I love rem... but will stick to the 11-87

[jtg88]

I love my Nova, it was the first gun my wife ever bought for me and I've killed lots of turkeys with it.  However, I will be replacing it with another 12 gauge sometime in the next few years due to that rattling forearm.  I hate bringing it up out of my lap and hearing that forearm slip forward when I've got a turkey in range.  I'll never sell it, but probably limit its use to ducks after I get a new auto.

[redarrow]

Thanks guys. I will try the allen wrench.

[Woodsman4God]

i took a bit of slop out of a youth nova by tightening the allen screw in the fore stock.helped quite noticeably.good luck

Does this work with  mossy 500 also, mine has a little slop in it too

[killdee]

Glad this came up, I have a rattling 870 20 gauge I was about to look for a fix. I guess I need to make me a tool to tighten it. Any suggestions? I have seen where some make one out of copper pipe, some out of flat steel stock.

[killdee]

Thanks, I'll try that first, I havent looked at it off yet, just read about making a tool, if it looked like the needle nose would have worked, I bet I would have tried it without reading this since I have used them for this in the past for various similar projects.

[SgtUSMC]

Here is the trick I used to stop my Nova from rattling.  Works like a charm.  I'll just copy and paste the link from the website I put it on to begin with. 
Looks and sounds dumb, works like a charm.
And be careful about tightening that nut on the forearm.  I found that it made the action alot harder to pump.

http://www.huntingpa.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Main=211732&Number=2657074#Post2657074

[gobbler74]

I believe they purchased the rattle rights from mossberg in a corporate deal. But seriously, a roll of duct tape fix er right up. (JK) 

[albrubacker]

Thank you! 

Here is the trick I used to stop my Nova from rattling.  Works like a charm.  I'll just copy and paste the link from the website I put it on to begin with. 
Looks and sounds dumb, works like a charm.
And be careful about tightening that nut on the forearm.  I found that it made the action alot harder to pump.

http://www.huntingpa.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Main=211732&Number=2657074#Post2657074