Those of you with magazine extentions may want to "bump" check them. My potentially embarrasing story follows:
I've an 870 Police model with rifle sights, which I carry in my car on duty. I had a Tac-Star extention with the front sling mount that goes between the magazine tube and extention tube. The extention was a bit longer than the 18" bbl, made the gun unwieldy and front-heavy, and it was a pain to get in and out of the rack, so I took it off. If the four slugs in the tube and the rest on the sidesaddle can't take care of the problem then I'd probably need an airstrike.
A few weeks later, I found a shorter Choate extention in the junk bin at a local gunshop. It is lighter and doesn't extend past the bbl, and works fine. For $5 I put it on and was happy.
A few days ago, I was unloading it for dryfire practice, and bumped the extention - it popped right off the magazine .
I put it back on, and realized that with the sling mount that fits between the tube and extention there arent enough threads to properly hold the extention. Without that sling mount it's just fine.
I've ordered a extention clamp/sling mount, and I'm very glad I found out about this before it caused a problem on the job (I probably deploy the shotgun two or three times a week).
I've an 870 Police model with rifle sights, which I carry in my car on duty. I had a Tac-Star extention with the front sling mount that goes between the magazine tube and extention tube. The extention was a bit longer than the 18" bbl, made the gun unwieldy and front-heavy, and it was a pain to get in and out of the rack, so I took it off. If the four slugs in the tube and the rest on the sidesaddle can't take care of the problem then I'd probably need an airstrike.
A few weeks later, I found a shorter Choate extention in the junk bin at a local gunshop. It is lighter and doesn't extend past the bbl, and works fine. For $5 I put it on and was happy.
A few days ago, I was unloading it for dryfire practice, and bumped the extention - it popped right off the magazine .
I put it back on, and realized that with the sling mount that fits between the tube and extention there arent enough threads to properly hold the extention. Without that sling mount it's just fine.
I've ordered a extention clamp/sling mount, and I'm very glad I found out about this before it caused a problem on the job (I probably deploy the shotgun two or three times a week).