remington 870 age

[JNewell]

It's worth whatever somebody will pay for it.

As a collector it is worth very little with all the "fixes" it has had done.

I paid just under $200 for a correct, original and clean C&R 870 not too long ago.

But from a user's perspective, they are such bargains. Compare the price of new ones, then compare materials and workmanship. It's just no contest at all, as Dave and Lee and others keep pointing out.

 

[Virginian]

I paid $245 delivered, for a cherry 1976 12 gauge Magnum Wingmaster with a 30" Full fixed choke barrel about 18 months ago. I got a 30" Light Contour barrel for it and I'm happy. This is my fifth try at recapturing the perfection that was a 1974 edition that I so foolishly sold so many moons ago. I think this is also the last try, and is as close as I am going to get. Of all the guns that have come and gone, I can honestly say I only truly regret selling two of them, and that Wingmaster is at the head of the list.

 

[Tim the student]

The price will also vary quite a bit by region.

 

[devildog32713]

suffix is the last letter, you learn that in 3rd grade. hehe

 

[Dave McCracken]

Around here, a nice shooter 870 with some history marks is worth $200-300.

 

[Hunterdad]

suffix is the last letter, you learn that in 3rd grade. hehe

Relentless!!

 

[monduconstruct]

Just paid $400 for my used 870P police trade-in. Has definite visible use.

 

[JNewell]

But the P guns go for a premium. If it had been a 2 3/4" Wingmaster with, say, a 28" fixed choke barrel, showing not just visible use but real wear, you'd have paid half that, even in your AO...

 

[JTH]

My 870

Here's the reciever #'s on my 870 Police issue Riot Shot gun. The number is 407609V. Hope they come through.
Do to it's main functional purposes, I'm not much of a bird hunter but with the short barrel how would it do as far as Dove hunting
JT

 

[hartmen]

yea my reciever was so badly worn it was down to bare metal when i got it. appeared that someone stored it behind or under a truck seat and wore it down good. the stock and forend was not bad. a nick here and there but some moron painted it several times over with red barn paint. i got the gun for $100. i thought was a good deal. fixed it up a little and bought another barrel which i thought was supieror to the stock smooth barrel. i personally think its worth 200-250 now in its current condition. maybe 300 if im including both barrels. the barrel itself usually sell for 130-175 in pawn shops in my area. i live in central kentucky

 

[Grayrock]

I just acquired a police trade in that has serial # W8022xxM. From the above info it would seem that it was made in 1972. Is that correct? It also has some residue on the receiver that looks like a "PROPERTY of Hazzard County PD" sticker was removed. Any idea how to clean off that residue? Heat? Solvent? Abrasives?

 

[RugerMcMarlin]

Mine says Vingmaster .And it has a W in the suffix
If the barrel has no vent rib and is choked for a fixed IC.
It's worth more than 2/3rds the shotguns out there. oh yeah IMO

Grayrock Lighter fluid

 

[Virginian]

Hold on to it. Vingmasters are very rare.

 

[RugerMcMarlin]

jtx Dove are federal migratory birds must have plug, so you can't load more than 2 rounds in tube. with low brass 8s, over a stock tank, perfect.

(I meant plug the magazine, before you plug the birds)

 

[Grayrock]

Lighter fluid

No lighter fluid, but I tried bug&tar remover, goo-gone, and some type of industrial gum remover from Johnson Wax. Getting ready to get out the steel wool. You think heat might soften it up?

 

[RugerMcMarlin]

Yeah, if your still fighting it a week later, I think you should try a torch. Unload it first.




Sorry had you mixed up with another guy.

 

[Grayrock]

Started new thread so it will be more on topic : http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=598221

To return to this topic, was I correct in dating my SG date of manufacture to about 1972?

 

[leadcounsel]

tagged

 

[swoter]

Gotta love those old 870s. I emailed Remington a couple of years ago, and they
dated mine to 1951. Just bought and old slug barrel with sights on it today off Craigslist. Whopping $40. Already had a modified and imp cylinder barrel, so all I need is a full choke.

 

[roboink]

How about an 870 with an A at the beginning and a U at the end...what would the age be..? From the chart above...am I correct 1971..?

 

[Fred Fuller]

Call 1-800-243-9700 during business hours, go through the phone tree and ask. There's no other reliable way to tell...

 

[Virginian]

Phone reliability is also in question. They insisted two of my guns did not exist.