Dave Williams
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I thought I'd share with you the great deal I just recently got. I was inspired by Riverdog's thread.
Went to the local cop shop, and they had a police turn in 870 Wingmaster for $100.00. It had a card taped to the stock that said "training gun". The would buttstock and forend were just beat to @$%*. The metal was dinged, and showed some rust. The red enamel on the safety was gone. 18" barrel, bead sight.
They had a Norinco 870P with the fiberoptic front site for $199. I'd put 20 down on the Norinco in the past, only to pull it after being chastised by a buddy for supporting the Chinese Army. On a budget, I figured I couldn't pass up the $100 870.
After all, I'd learned from you guys on TFL, that 870 don't wear out(now they do break, we've got a handful at work that are broken as I type this), and while it didn't look that great, form follows function. When I mentioned the wood didn't look that great, the shop owner said he'd give me brand new Remington wood for $15. He pulled it out, and it is gorgeous. So I took it home.
Unable to install the new buttstock myself do to the rusted in stock bolt, I had to take it to the gunsmith at the local Gander Mountain, who installed the new stock for $20. He also installed an Uncle Mikes magagine tube cap/sling swivel($25) for free and a nylon carry strap my wife found in the clearance bin topped it all off($2). $162.00 total price so far.
I then took it to a buddy's house, and he stripped it down, used Gun Scrubber on the action/bolt, and RB17(I think, it's some foul smelling wonder cleaner) on the barrel, and lubed it all up/wiped it down with FP10.
I now have a short, slick handling, reliable, gadget free, lightweight pump gun. I test fired it with Winchester Super X 00Buck and slugs, and it works great. I haven't had a chance yet to properly pattern it, but it works great. It's soooo much handier than the 870Ps at work , which have the 20 in barrel and 7 round mag tubes. It also disappears when seen from the front when slung strong side barrel down, in the manner recommended by John Farnam in his long gun book.
Here's a pic of the shotgun.
Dave
Went to the local cop shop, and they had a police turn in 870 Wingmaster for $100.00. It had a card taped to the stock that said "training gun". The would buttstock and forend were just beat to @$%*. The metal was dinged, and showed some rust. The red enamel on the safety was gone. 18" barrel, bead sight.
They had a Norinco 870P with the fiberoptic front site for $199. I'd put 20 down on the Norinco in the past, only to pull it after being chastised by a buddy for supporting the Chinese Army. On a budget, I figured I couldn't pass up the $100 870.
After all, I'd learned from you guys on TFL, that 870 don't wear out(now they do break, we've got a handful at work that are broken as I type this), and while it didn't look that great, form follows function. When I mentioned the wood didn't look that great, the shop owner said he'd give me brand new Remington wood for $15. He pulled it out, and it is gorgeous. So I took it home.
Unable to install the new buttstock myself do to the rusted in stock bolt, I had to take it to the gunsmith at the local Gander Mountain, who installed the new stock for $20. He also installed an Uncle Mikes magagine tube cap/sling swivel($25) for free and a nylon carry strap my wife found in the clearance bin topped it all off($2). $162.00 total price so far.
I then took it to a buddy's house, and he stripped it down, used Gun Scrubber on the action/bolt, and RB17(I think, it's some foul smelling wonder cleaner) on the barrel, and lubed it all up/wiped it down with FP10.
I now have a short, slick handling, reliable, gadget free, lightweight pump gun. I test fired it with Winchester Super X 00Buck and slugs, and it works great. I haven't had a chance yet to properly pattern it, but it works great. It's soooo much handier than the 870Ps at work , which have the 20 in barrel and 7 round mag tubes. It also disappears when seen from the front when slung strong side barrel down, in the manner recommended by John Farnam in his long gun book.
Here's a pic of the shotgun.
Dave
