I took pretty pictures! Rem. 870

[TurtlePhish]

I thought these came out great, so I decided to share. Sharing is caring.

1956 vintage, 28" barrel choked full, unmodified from factory.
Made shiny with Simichrome Polish (this stuff is AMAZING).

Taken with an iPhone, of all things.

I give permission to use the middle pic as a computer background, as it looks pretty much perfectly sized for that sort of thing. (See post 16)

 

[stan rose]

Very nice looking shotgun, I love classic pumps.

 

[1Longbow]

Now thats an 870! Compare that with those made today.

 

[chas08]

Very Nice!!! I love those old style forends. Reminds me of my Model 31.

 

[Creature]

She's purty!

 

[Dave McCracken]

Thanks......

 

[Norman Dog]

Nice, Phish!

There's something warm and rich about firearms from this era that are well-kept like this.

 

[Furncliff]

I'd love one in a 20ga.

Nice pics, thanks.

 

[o Unforgiven o]

I love my 2011 vintage 870, but yours is far more pretty. Very nice old gun.

 

[Rail Driver]

The wood on that shotgun looks great! I bet she'd look fantastic as a blonde!

 

[snooperman]

My kind of shotgun...

Blued steel and walnut. Thanks for sharing your pictures, Snoop.

 

[eastbank]

i bought this eary rem 870 12ga with a ww barrel code and serial number13519V at a estate sale some time ago and fired 12 rounds of federal trap loads thru it and broke 10 out of the 12. a true classic to me. eastbank.

 

[Fred Fuller]

Nothing like a well-loved vintage 870... congratulations!

 

[Milkmaster]

Very Nice!

 

[1894]

Yes. You did.

 

[TurtlePhish]

i bought this eary rem 870 12ga with a ww barrel code and serial number13519V at a estate sale some time ago and fired 12 rounds of federal trap loads thru it and broke 10 out of the 12. a true classic to me. eastbank.

Eastbank, looks just like mine! Nice!

To everyone else, I really don't mind if you save/share any of the pics. I edited out the last bit of the serial in pic 3, which was my original reason for that "permissions" thing. Use the pics for any positive reason, just don't say the gun's yours.

 

[fragmag]

I'm so jealous. That shotgun looks amazing.

 

[herkyguy]

+1 for whoever said compare that to today's 870s. Sad to say the least, even though I love both my Express 870s.

 

[Old Unc']

Outstanding images of an outstanding gun! Thanks...

 

[JPG19]

You have a beautiful shotgun!

 

[TurtlePhish]

Turns out Simichrome is a mild abrasive and can remove bluing with excessive use. If anyone else uses it, go easy and only use a little.

Thanks to rcmodel for this tip.

 

[JohnnyK]

nice bangy wangy!

 

[TurtlePhish]

nice bangy wangy!

Not this again...