Hello all,
I have been lurking in the shadows and soaking up all the great information and advice from this board for quite some time now. I would like to start by thanking all of you for not only your great suggestions, advise, and input, but also for the fantastic sense of community that I find on this board. I visit quite a few of the "gun forums" and I can honestly say this group here is the most respectful and mature group out there. There seems to be a genuine want to help other members, and none of the sniping and flaming you see elsewhere on the net. I greatly enjoy the debates on different gear preferences and of course all the great stories you all share. So I say thank you.
Based on all the info I gathered reading through the posts here I recently chose a Remington 870 Express 7-shot Synthetic for my first HD shotgun. I get to go shoot it for the first time this weekend and am super excited to get some rounds down range through this beast. This is not my first shotgun, but it is my first HD style shotgun. I also owned a Remington 1100 20ga that in a moment of weekness I traded towards a 1911. I have since decided I will never sell or trade another gun! Anyway I have decided to keep the gun stock until I run maybe a thousand rounds through it to figure out what I really want and need to do to it, if anything (Only thing I know for sure is eventually I want a shorter stock as I feel the original one is too long for my short stubby self).
I do have a few questions I was hoping to get some insight on though.
1. The reciever says only "Remington 870" there is no mention of Express, Magnum, or anything else. The barrel is marked for 2 3/4" and 3" shells - Is it ok to shoot 3" shells through this gun?
2. The forend doesn't seem to match the stock pattern. The stock has the new stylized triangular pattern vs. the older checkering pattern. It seems to me forend is a shorter "LE" forend, which I think is cool and everything, but I can't seem to figure out WHAT forend it is. It looks like a synthetic "corncob" version. This gun was brand new, assembled, and on the wall - bought from a great new shop that opened only two weeks ago. The box serial number matched the gun. I have seen pics and handled other new 870's that have the matching stylized triangular forend and also they were much longer and actually covered the receiver when in the rear position. Any thoughts on what this forend is?
I have attached a few pics to try to clarify:
The first one is a photo from another post that is the only one I could find with the matching forend. The second is a pic of my entire gun. The third a pic of my forend. And the last a pic of the reciever markings. I apologize in advance for the picture quality... It's just not a skill of mine.
Thanks in advance for all your replies, and for creating a world class community!
I have been lurking in the shadows and soaking up all the great information and advice from this board for quite some time now. I would like to start by thanking all of you for not only your great suggestions, advise, and input, but also for the fantastic sense of community that I find on this board. I visit quite a few of the "gun forums" and I can honestly say this group here is the most respectful and mature group out there. There seems to be a genuine want to help other members, and none of the sniping and flaming you see elsewhere on the net. I greatly enjoy the debates on different gear preferences and of course all the great stories you all share. So I say thank you.
Based on all the info I gathered reading through the posts here I recently chose a Remington 870 Express 7-shot Synthetic for my first HD shotgun. I get to go shoot it for the first time this weekend and am super excited to get some rounds down range through this beast. This is not my first shotgun, but it is my first HD style shotgun. I also owned a Remington 1100 20ga that in a moment of weekness I traded towards a 1911. I have since decided I will never sell or trade another gun! Anyway I have decided to keep the gun stock until I run maybe a thousand rounds through it to figure out what I really want and need to do to it, if anything (Only thing I know for sure is eventually I want a shorter stock as I feel the original one is too long for my short stubby self).
I do have a few questions I was hoping to get some insight on though.
1. The reciever says only "Remington 870" there is no mention of Express, Magnum, or anything else. The barrel is marked for 2 3/4" and 3" shells - Is it ok to shoot 3" shells through this gun?
2. The forend doesn't seem to match the stock pattern. The stock has the new stylized triangular pattern vs. the older checkering pattern. It seems to me forend is a shorter "LE" forend, which I think is cool and everything, but I can't seem to figure out WHAT forend it is. It looks like a synthetic "corncob" version. This gun was brand new, assembled, and on the wall - bought from a great new shop that opened only two weeks ago. The box serial number matched the gun. I have seen pics and handled other new 870's that have the matching stylized triangular forend and also they were much longer and actually covered the receiver when in the rear position. Any thoughts on what this forend is?
I have attached a few pics to try to clarify:
The first one is a photo from another post that is the only one I could find with the matching forend. The second is a pic of my entire gun. The third a pic of my forend. And the last a pic of the reciever markings. I apologize in advance for the picture quality... It's just not a skill of mine.
Thanks in advance for all your replies, and for creating a world class community!
