Anyone use a BPS tactical?

[Milkmaster]

Anyone out there got a BPS Tactical? Some call it the BPS Security. 20" barrel w/7+1 tube. If so is it as heavy as a regular BPS? Still got all steel receiver? Found a deal but I can't get my hands on it before buying.

 

[earlthegoat2]

They are quite uncommon and have some collector status. Watch the IV8888 video on the one they have for more info. If it’s a deal, buy it now!!!

 

[Milkmaster]

The deal is $450

 

[earlthegoat2]

That’s a deal.

Standard BPSs are selling for more than that.

 

[mcb]

I made my BPS Stalker into a "Tactical"


Top: Rem 1100
Bottom: Browning BPS

I made the extension, at the time I could not find one for a BPS. I took an 870 extension, machined out the threads large enough to allow me to press fit in a spare BPS magazine cap I had bored through the end of. I then brazed the two together. Since it needed a paint job after the brazing I stripped it black and white so it would not get mixed up with all the other black shotguns at the 3-gun matches. It will hold 10+1 of 2.75", 9+1 of 3.0" & 7+1 of 3.5"

 

[earlthegoat2]

This is pure speculation but in the IV8888 video on the BPS 10 gauge he talks about the BPS Tactical as well and makes the claim that maybe only 250 were made.

I find that hard to believe since I have seen one at a gun show and one on GB. Maybe I was lucky though.

 

[Omaha-BeenGlockin]

Had one but regrettably let it go---one of the main reasons was the weight.

 

[earlthegoat2]

As much as I like my BPS's, I would never buy one for home defense. You can't just drop a shell into the ejection port, you have to close the action, put it into the magazine, then work the action and feed it from the magazine tube. That slows down reloading.

Of course, if you have to reload your shotgun during a fight, you're in deep doodoo anyway.

Interesting observation that I have never considered.

You should definitely use what you are most comfortable with but Ithaca 37s have been used in combat extensively and by police for longer yet and I never heard a comment about it not having a side ejection port as being a disadvantage.

I received a 20 ga BPS as a teen and it has been my primary shotgun since then. I am so used to it that I never would have considered the side ejection port as offering anything but another design option.

It is probably just personal preference.

 

[SwampWolf]

The deal is $450

A great deal and, yes, it's still steel.

 

[Milkmaster]

Brought it home this afternoon. Made in 2007. Got some marks on it, but runs just fine. Did some disassembly and cleaning. Worst was the mag tube and spring were a bit rusty. All cleaned up now and ready for testing.

 

[earlthegoat2]

I think they were a SHOT Show Davidson’s exclusive and all were made in 2007.

Great pick up.

I guess the weight of the BPS doesn’t bother me much. They are my preferred pump gun followed by Mossberg 500/590s. I like the tang safety and I am a lefty so I suppose I am biased.

 

[Milkmaster]

As much as I like my BPS's, I would never buy one for home defense. You can't just drop a shell into the ejection port, you have to close the action, put it into the magazine, then work the action and feed it from the magazine tube. That slows down reloading.

Of course, if you have to reload your shotgun during a fight, you're in deep doodoo anyway.

Not exactly true! All you got to do is move the action forward about 1/4" and you can drop a shell in and close the action just fine. It's not difficult.

 

[mcb]

As much as I like my BPS's, I would never buy one for home defense. You can't just drop a shell into the ejection port, you have to close the action, put it into the magazine, then work the action and feed it from the magazine tube. That slows down reloading.

Of course, if you have to reload your shotgun during a fight, you're in deep doodoo anyway.

You can load straight to the chamber

Not exactly true! All you got to do is move the action forward about 1/4" and you can drop a shell in and close the action just fine. It's not difficult.

Right and the lack of a lifter gate makes loading the magazine faster and easier in my experience. With my 3.5 inch Stalker I could drop one 2.75" shell into the opening and push it home with a second shell making the two shell loading technique much easier than a shotgun with the lifter gate to contend with.