The failure mode was that the safety was stuck and would not switch, and the trigger would not reset. The gun would load, cycle and eject normally, but would not fire. At the time, I was doing a little gun work and was dealing with Pennsylvania Gun Parts, a Remington parts specialist, for all of my parts. More @Wikipedia
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