Hey guys,
I thought I would share some pics of my family’s newest addition. Isn’t she cute? I’m not sure exactly when she was born but she is NIB and was delivered yesterday to my FFL. The delivering Dr. in this case is Mr. Kevin Wells (aka “Zrek” here on this forum). I responded to his ad in the B, S and T section of the forum and inquired about a couple of different models. He did not have the models I was interested in stock but checked with his distributor who did have them in stock. If you are looking for a new Remington Police model SG (or other models and maybe other brands?) then I highly recommend Kevin. His service was fast and professional and his prices kick butt. I am a very happy camper. Before I ramble some more, here are some pics….
As you can hopefully see from the less then stellar pics, this is a Remington 870 Police Magnum, order # 4903. It has an 18” IC barrel with bead sight, 2 shot ext., parkerized finish and wood furniture. I debated a little bit about the furniture. The Speedfeed stocks are nice, probably a little bit more durable and I do like evil looking black rifles and shotguns but in the end decided on wood. Biggest reason was the more pics I viewed of park’d 870 with wood furniture, the more I fell in love. Reason 2 was it does make it look a little bit more like a hunting SG. I figured if I ever have to use it for its intended purpose, it would be a little less likely to get any funny looks or comments from LEO’s or DA’s . Lastly the wood version is about $40 cheaper. Not a big deal but a nice added bonus.
I consider this SG to be setup pretty much perfectly from the factory for my purposes but I do have a few minor tweaks in store for it. I already have an order coming from Brownell’s that includes a Wolff X-Power magazine spring, Scattergun Technology follower and oversized safety button and lastly, a Marbles (Trijicon?) Tritium bead replacement sight. I also plan to shorten the LOP. It is too long as it is, especially for HD uses. I plan to take it down about ½” at a time until I get it were it fits and handles “right”.
I will also be placing an order with Northwest Reloading Supply. They have a very good selection of different 12ga defensive loads. I plan to get a 5-shell box of each of the different offerings they carry to see which performs best in this shotty. Depending on the results of those tests, I may consider sending the barrel out to VangComp for Hans to work his magic (but no porting please). Sorry for rambling but I’ve been wanting and waiting for one of these for a long time now so I’m pretty “pumped” about it.
I thought I would share some pics of my family’s newest addition. Isn’t she cute? I’m not sure exactly when she was born but she is NIB and was delivered yesterday to my FFL. The delivering Dr. in this case is Mr. Kevin Wells (aka “Zrek” here on this forum). I responded to his ad in the B, S and T section of the forum and inquired about a couple of different models. He did not have the models I was interested in stock but checked with his distributor who did have them in stock. If you are looking for a new Remington Police model SG (or other models and maybe other brands?) then I highly recommend Kevin. His service was fast and professional and his prices kick butt. I am a very happy camper. Before I ramble some more, here are some pics….
As you can hopefully see from the less then stellar pics, this is a Remington 870 Police Magnum, order # 4903. It has an 18” IC barrel with bead sight, 2 shot ext., parkerized finish and wood furniture. I debated a little bit about the furniture. The Speedfeed stocks are nice, probably a little bit more durable and I do like evil looking black rifles and shotguns but in the end decided on wood. Biggest reason was the more pics I viewed of park’d 870 with wood furniture, the more I fell in love. Reason 2 was it does make it look a little bit more like a hunting SG. I figured if I ever have to use it for its intended purpose, it would be a little less likely to get any funny looks or comments from LEO’s or DA’s . Lastly the wood version is about $40 cheaper. Not a big deal but a nice added bonus.
I consider this SG to be setup pretty much perfectly from the factory for my purposes but I do have a few minor tweaks in store for it. I already have an order coming from Brownell’s that includes a Wolff X-Power magazine spring, Scattergun Technology follower and oversized safety button and lastly, a Marbles (Trijicon?) Tritium bead replacement sight. I also plan to shorten the LOP. It is too long as it is, especially for HD uses. I plan to take it down about ½” at a time until I get it were it fits and handles “right”.
I will also be placing an order with Northwest Reloading Supply. They have a very good selection of different 12ga defensive loads. I plan to get a 5-shell box of each of the different offerings they carry to see which performs best in this shotty. Depending on the results of those tests, I may consider sending the barrel out to VangComp for Hans to work his magic (but no porting please). Sorry for rambling but I’ve been wanting and waiting for one of these for a long time now so I’m pretty “pumped” about it.