Wingmaster Riot gun arrives from CDNN

Saw these on page 48 of the current CDNN catalog and got on the phone. The gun arrived today, serial number T692XXXV. It's marked "Wingmaster 870" and the barrel's an 18" with cylinder bore and gold bead front sight . The condition is exactly as described in print: "very good to excellent"--a couple scratches here and there and some honest blueing wear from rattling around in some panhandle prowler for who knows how many decades. Doesn't bother me one bit, as it looks like it will last well into the next century.

The action is tight and incredibly smooth, the trigger light and crisp. The gun came with a fantabulous blaze-orange Speed Feed stock that was replaced with genuine walnut 870 police furniture within an hour of ownership. I guess I haven't seen too many true riot guns because that barrel looked so short I had to throw a tape measure against it just to make sure I didn't accidently bring home an SBS.

I haven't fired it yet but I am amazed how light and compact this weapon feels and how well it shoulders. With it's short, non-vented barrel and wooden furniture, it gives off an honest simplicity that's rare these days. I know I must sound like a sixteen-year-old who just heard Zepplin for the first time, but there you go.

The left side of the barrel is marked "KO33". If I am reading that correctly, does that correspond to a barrel date of 1963? The stampings on the receiver definitely have a 1960s look to them.

I strongly recommend picking one of these up if you can.

arent the orange furniture for non lethal shotguns ? like prisons that shoot tear gas etc ?

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That's what I'm given to understand. Right now my 870 Express Turkey Gun is wearing the Speedfeed stock, the better for hurling beanbag rounds at migrating birds ;>. At the very least, you will never, ever lose that gun in a blind.

Hi forrestd,

I don't actually own a digital camera, but I'll see if I can borrow one.

No worries. I imagine it looks like every other Wingmaster with wood furniture.

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Yer darn skippy. Nice looking scatterguns.

The fact that you got an orange stocked weapon may indicate it was never fired with "real" ammo, making it an even better deal(less lethal ammo has really low pressures).

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Were that only true. My understanding is that these shotguns arrived at CDNN still wearing the original wood furniture. Apparently, it was in such ratty shape that they tossed it in the dumpster. CDNN then swapped on some brand new Speedfeed stocks they are blowing out elsewhere in the catalog. I asked a sales rep if there was any way I could get a set of the old stocks, but the trash had already gone out for the week, so to speak. Fortunately, I already had a walnut police stock and forend from my Express I could put on the riot gun. The Express is now sporting the Speedfeed and damn it if it doesn't look like an Airsoft gun from ten paces.

I wish I could take credit for that Zepplin line, but it's actually based on an Onion story from a few years back.

Thanks for the kind words, Lee.

BTW, is it blued or parked? Chrome bolt and lifter or black?

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Blued finish with chrome bolt and lifter. Just marked "Wingmaster 870", with the Wingmaster written in script and sporting a very groovy wing symbol.

Just got off the phone with Remington: it's a genuine 870 Police model, 1977 vintage. Originally shipped to the North Dakota Highway Patrol. Pretty cool.

Pretty cool indeed. Its youth was spent mainly on long drives through beautiful scenery in the crisp, healthy air. It probably has a bit of a barking cough when speaking but there's nothing wrong with that. Enjoy.

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Well put. Thank you.