white29
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What is suggested in a magazine follower upgrade for my 870 WM with a two shot extension?
Honestly how much of an issue is this? I have several older shotguns and have yet to have a problem. Am I waiting to have an accident or can I keep going with the stock spring and follower?
Honestly how much of an issue is this? I have several older shotguns and have yet to have a problem. Am I waiting to have an accident or can I keep going with the stock spring and follower?
Why chance it? A stainless follower and a extra power mag tube spring are cheap insurance.
I've never seen one break. Funny. How many have you guys?
If you need cheap insurance, why did you bother buying a weapon in which the makers cut every corner to *give* you that possibility of breakage? Why bother buying a gun that the makers cut six coils off the mag spring to save a penny or two that you have to then replace "for cheap insurance"?
richard
XM, well put, bud! I see your point and completely agree with it if you bought it for the cost. Most folks do, no matter what they say. My point is that one sentence from Chuckles above. "Cheap insurance" and "why chance it?" doesn't quite jibe with buying a weapon for its price point. If a $3 part is a "why chance it" point that's going to worry you....you probably shouldn't be buying the cheapest weapon you can find. After all, why chance it?
It's not just cheap insurance, it's my life at stake. You cut whatever corners you think your life is worth. I'm not leaving my life up to anyone elses idea of how my shotgun needs to be equipped.. YMMV and as usual JMHO
You're not getting the point, Chuckles. If a $3 part is worrying someone, then they should have stayed away from the cheapest gun they could find. If a $3 part is insurance for your life, then the gun sucks, plain and simple, and shouldn't be relied on to protect your life.
It's like someone going out and buying a $25 pot metal Rohm RG revolver for self defense....but buying Velocitors to load it "just in case". $5 worth of good ammo (or replacement followers in this case) doesn't stop the gun from being crap that should NOT be relied on in *any* case.
No, YOUR"RE not getting the point. I didn't buy the CHEAPEST gun I could find, I bought the BEST gun I could find. 2 870 Police models and 2 Mossberg 590A1s and they both came with what I considered to be inferior followers and springs. Hey, you can cut whatever corners you want. Buy Express models if you want. I bought the best I could find, not the cheapest. I equip all my firearms to eliminate any chance of it not working when I need it.You're not getting the point, Chuckles. If a $3 part is worrying someone, then they should have stayed away from the cheapest gun they could find. If a $3 part is insurance for your life, then the gun sucks, plain and simple, and shouldn't be relied on to protect your life.
No, YOUR"RE not getting the point. I didn't buy the CHEAPEST gun I could find,
Agreed it is early. Here its late but I agree anyway.Let's skip it. Too much to think about this time of the morning.
rich