[Texpatriate]

I see a couple of very recent 870 threads, but I didn't want to hijack. What are the main differences between these two guns? I know the police has a metal trigger plate instead of the cheap plastic one on the express. I also know that I can get a metal police trigger guard from midway to replace the cheap one on the express.

So, other than that, what is the difference? I did a search and couldn't find it spelled out anywhere.

[Bix]

http://www.thehighroad.org/showpost.php?p=3772998&postcount=5

[Texpatriate]

THANKS!!! That's the sheet I was looking for.

[A man with a gun!]

"I also know that I can get a metal police trigger guard from midway to replace the cheap one on the express."

I carry a newer 870P manufactured with the plastic trigger guard almost daily in rugged mountain terrain.

Slips and falls on the rocky trails are hardly uncommon and I think the plastic trigger guard is actually tougher and more impact resistant than the metal one. I wouldn't dream of changing it.

[357wheelgunner]

The 870 trigger guards are nothing like true "carbon fiber". Carbon fiber is strong, but brittle, and wouldn't do so well in a trigger guard I think.

The plastic 870 trigger guards are pretty damn strong, and I'd bet that they'd flex, a bit, long before the compressed junk metal trigger guards snapped.

I still prefer the metal trigger guard.