Middle Aged 870 Magnum

[USMC6094]

Did some horse trading about two weeks ago and traded a Walther PPX for this old girl.

As rough as she looks, mechanically she's superb, less a windage screw that's a tad boogered. It's old enough that the top of the receiver is not drilled and tapped for a scope base.

The stock and fore end will be refinished in due time, I've picked up a replacement rear sight windage screw, and the head of the list is a magazine tube extension.

 

[Recusant]

With that long barrel I doubt it was a police trade in. Looks to be an excellent bird gun or slug gun for deer with those rear sights. The stock has character not scratches.

 

[USMC6094]

Oh, I'm positive it's not a police trade in.....

It's a cylinder bore barrel, just like the 870 I used to carry in my patrol car, less the rifle sights.

 

[Bassbob]

Excellent trade. Vang, Scattergun Technologies and GG&G all make tube extensions. I like GG&G for these things myself.

 

[USMC6094]

Excellent trade. Vang, Scattergun Technologies and GG&G all make tube extensions. I like GG&G for these things myself.

I was looking at Scattergun, but they're out of stock everywhere

 

[Bassbob]

Midway and Brownells have extensions. Carlsons I think. I think Midway has the GG&G, but you can get it a little cheaper I think at GG&G's site.

 

[uspatriot1960]

I have that 870 I got back in the ‘80s. Smooth bore barrel with a threaded choke. I got the combo that came with a bird barrel as well. I got a mount for scope or red dot for it. Remove the receiver pins and replace with pins that come with the mount. Nice rig!!

 

[HayesGreener]

The 870 is my favorite dark alley partner. I have my house gun kitted out just as I think it should be for serious work, day or night.

 

[Bassbob]

The 870 is my favorite dark alley partner. I have my house gun kitted out just as I think it should be for serious work, day or night.

Are you left handed ?

 

[ECS686]

Sounds like you came out ahead (even though I feel the Walther PPC is a better pistol than it got credit for)

Good thing is parts are everywhere.
As far as age my agency I retired from used a lot of 870’s with many being dated to the 1960’s still going strong.

In the early 2000’s we had some 870’s without drilled and tapped recieviers set up with receiver mounted with some ghost ring set ups through Scattergun Technology aka Wilson Combat so if threats the brought for sights or a Red Dot there’s places that can.

 

[HansGruber]

A few years ago, a bought an old & beat up 870 Wingmaster that still had the barrel s/n matched to the receiver; only took 2.75” shells, though. Action was as slick as could be.

Chopped the barrel to 18.25”, added a Scattergun +2 extension, a XS big dot tritium front sight, and put a corncob forend on it. Sweet little rig, but at the end of the day? Preferred my Mossberg 500’s.

 

[HayesGreener]

Are you left handed ?

With long guns, yes.

 

[Bassbob]

With long guns, yes.

Too bad they don’t make left handed 870s. I guess it makes port loading easier though.

 

[KillerFord1977]

As a left handed long gun shooter, you get real fast with reloads with practice . Overcome and adapt.
I can work a right handed bolt gun about as quick as a right handed person can . Shotguns, piece of cake

 

[HayesGreener]

As a left handed long gun shooter, you get real fast with reloads with practice . Overcome and adapt.
I can work a right handed bolt gun about as quick as a right handed person can . Shotguns, piece of cake

Remember the sniper in Saving Private Ryan?

 

[yotehtr]

This will help those scratches & you won't destroy the original finish.

 

[UC_Guy 1971]

Nice pick-up.