Remington 870 Alterations Ideas (Post Your Pics)

I love this photo:



This is my shotgun, this is the last of a hundred or so slugs fired that day. The shotgun is a stock 870 Police, with some tactical worn spots on the finish from shooting so many rounds of slugs and buckshot at steel and paper people at ranges of 5 to 100 yards.

It runs like a champ.

Nice pic, 357!! More of us should get such pics...

This is an old thread, but since it has been ressurected, I'll throw my $.02 in too!

My "range toy" shotgun is probably more plain than most. I use it in the "Field Class" for our local "Practical Shotgun Matches". It is a 12ga Remington 870 Express with 18.5" barrel, bead sight and stock/short mag tube (4+1). I have added a Knoxx CompStock, Hogue forend, Wilson Combat big button safety, 6 shot side saddle and a sling. That's it. I've been debating a set of Wilson Combat ghost-ring sights, but I haven't "pulled the trigger" yet... Pardon the pun.

My "under the bed" or "SHTF" shotgun is a 14" Mossberg 590A1. It has a flush mag tube (5+1), Knoxx CompStock (I really like those CompStocks! ), Hogue forend, and a 6 shot side saddle. I have a sling for it, but it's not on the gun in the house. I have a rail on the receiver, and occaisionally I play at the range with an EOTech mounted to it. This one is eventually going to Vang for his full-meal-deal Vang Comp process, but that'll be it for this one.

My next toy is going to be a "Limited Class" Remington 1100 that will have all the goodies. I have the gun, I just haven't had the time to start building it yet. When finished, this one is going to be a range toy only.

I will also agree with everyone else. Fit is very important, and practice is paramount! Every one of my guns goes to the range a few times a month, just so I can stay sharp in the event that I have to use one, any one, to defend myself or a loved one.

What? How could you ever even think of modifying a perfectly workable gun into something it was not made to be? Irresponsible, I say!

Nice pic, 357!! More of us should get such pics...

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Thanks Dave

Here's what I did with my model 65 that day, this is the last 3 cylinders of 158 gr. .357 gold dots fired as fast as I could line up sights at 10 yards:



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If your 870 has a J-lock (internal locking safety, has a key), get rid of it ASAP. It has no place on a shotgun.

I purchased my 870 earlier this year. My dealer had a sidesaddle mounted on it, which I took off. I had to go back and get the trigger group pins from him. It is synthetic stocked, with an 18 inch barrel. My dealer did some custom stipling on the grip areas of the stock and forearm, too.

I plan on putting a Knoxx COPstock folder on it for compactness. Most folders are uncomfortable during recoil, so I decided to spend a little money. Other than the COPstock folder and replacing the J-lock safety, there will be no modifications.

Thank YOU, 357. K frames rule.

Simple tools, well learned beat most anything else....

Avenger....seems that the newer 870s no longer have the J-lock. I got mine earlier this month and it just had a regular cross bolt safety, and came with a regular external trigger lock (which promptly got thrown into a drawer and forgotten about ).

Thank YOU, 357. K frames rule.

Simple tools, well learned beat most anything else....

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I like to buy hardly used K-frames from people who bought them 20-30 years ago, shot them once, cleaned and loaded them, and stuck them in a drawer for a few decades. Last week I picked up my fourth 4" K-frame, a LNIB model 65-1 pinned and recessed, for $250. It has burn marks around 2 cylinders, I'm guessing from test firing at the factory? The guy selling the gun was shocked that a 24 year old knew the significance of the pinned barrel and recessed chambers, and that I bought 100 rounds of the old "FBI load" to carry in it.

I enjoy it when people think that I'm the stupid one buying an old 6 shooter, when they need the money to get some 14 round bullethose that they can't shoot worth a damn.

I used to have a pile of glocks and AK-47s, now it's nothing but S&W K-frames and 870s in the safe. The difference? I can shoot the guns I have now instead of just looking "cool".

mines a supermag with 12" bbl (yes stamped) and knoxx copstock
it's 23.5" folded

Here's my b*tch:

Remington 870 POLICE MAX

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Here's mine:



Rem 870 Mag Express, 18.5" barrel, ATI mag extension.

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Avenger....seems that the newer 870s no longer have the J-lock. I got mine earlier this month and it just had a regular cross bolt safety, and came with a regular external trigger lock (which promptly got thrown into a drawer and forgotten about ).

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I know, but dealers are still going to be selling off their older 870's in stock- the ones that still have the J-lock.

Not an 870, but here's a Vang Comp Mossy with shortened LOP stock.

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esskay, that is a beautiful Mossy. Makes me think twice about ditching my factory ghost ring sights.

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Nope, still gonna ditch them.

OK, Dave: stock 870HD with only a sling added (QD for at home use!) Pic it one round of Fed #4 buck @ 15 yds. Prefer Hornady TAP 00 Buck but the pics arent good!


And one for sm and Preacherman: An old 20ga Spesco (Brazilian) w/ hacksaw choke. Winny slugs at 15yds, fast with NO sights, not even a bead.


Hope the pics work!

Stay safe.
Bob

Thanks, Bob. My kind of shotgun....

357wheelgunner- what type of barrel clamp is that? Looks like it has a sling swivel?

IDriveB5,

That's a stock mag cap on some of the 870's. When I bought mine it came with a rifled barrel and cantilevered scope mount set up for hunting and the cap w/sling swivel was stock.

Weebles, thanks for the info. looks like just what I'd want for a QD sling.

The swivel came on the gun from the factory...I like it, but it rattles when there isn't a sling attached.