870 forearm modifcation

[emmie]

working with my 12ga. 870 express HD gun. i find that my hand does not always get a good grip on the forearm,{standard issue type}.forarm was slick,ruffed finish up but still not great improvment. know when hot weather gets here,sweaty hands will make harder to hold.
short of buying one of the police style ribed units,is there anything i can do to mine to get a better hold on it?
thank you for your suggestions
emmie

 

[Blue Line]

think some of that Friction tape would help or some of that stuff they glue on steps to help your traction would do it. The later already has an adhesive on the back and is sold in strips at Lowes and Home Depot.

 

[Dave McCracken]

Skateboard tape also will aid gripping. Some of these are too rough under recoil. They abrade hands a bit. Luckily, they're all cheap. Try a few and see what works for you.

HTH....

 

[Rupestris]

I agree with the skateboard tape. I use it on the front strap of my 1911 and it works great. If the tape you find feels a bit rougher than you like you can knock down the coarseness a bit by rubing two pieces together(face-to-face).

 

[MolonLabe416]

An old trick from Finn Aagaard.

Get a can of black (or whatever color you want) paint. a thick polymer marine-type might be good. Get some finely sifted sand. Apply a coat of paint. Using a sifter, sift the sand over the wet paint. Let dry. Repeat as required. Apply a final coat of paint over the sand. Not pretty, but very effective.

 

[dfariswheel]

In order to combat the slipping hand problem some police departments, (New York City PD among others) attached a leather or nylon hand loop to the fore end.

This is just a loop of material attached to the fore arm that the shooting hand slips through. When the gun is pumped, the loop prevents the hand from slipping forward or backward.

Some years ago, somebody sold a plastic fore arm with a molded on plastic loop that served the same purpose. (See the movie "From Dusk To Dawn").

Other options are checkering or stippling the wood, or buying one of the excellent Pachmayr or Hogue rubber fore ends.
Pachmayr also sells stick-on checkered rubber pads, pre-cut to fit Remington fore ends.