Remington 887 NitroMag

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Looks like Remington just made their version of the 710 rifle in a shotgun.
 
The trigger looks far less nasty than the knife blade they have had on the 870 and other stamped steel guns forever.

If they took the trigger, and put it on an 870, I'd be interested. Not interested in what's on the trigger in those pictures, though.:)

If I wanted a plastic pump, I could have bought one a long time ago.
 
Im thinking its been borrowed and relabled by remington like their spr453 and their spartan o/u's. The shape of the butt stock doesnt look Remington.
 
Kind of looks like the Benelli Nova to me as well. Just another iteration and if they do it half as well as the Nova it should still be a good gun. A little refining to the Nova design has been in order for awhile so hopefully this is what they do. It is Remington so literally anything is possible.

Im thinking this is going to be like a Nova in everyway except with a higher price and poorer QA. As for it being a 3.5, I think that is a given. Not that it even matters.
 
Hmm... Remington trying to steal back sales lost to the Nova?

That is my feeling and if that is what they are doing then good for them. The Nova is in a class by itself with its seeming indestructibility and its low price tag. The Remington 870 has always been a gun that couldnt even be compared to a Nova just because they are so radically different.

I hope this 887 will push the Nova aside because we can really use an American company to generate some competition against the rest of the world.
 
It may not even be American made. It may be some totally redesigned concept by Remington, but nothing on that gun looks Remington to me. Like their SPR line of shotguns it looks like they borrowed the design and marketed it under their name. I think I saw a retail price somewhere around the $350 mark if that means anything.
 
The Nova is in a class by itself with its seeming indestructibility and its low price tag.
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You're kidding, right? Novas are anything but indestructible - they can and do break at the stock / receiver junction. The 870 is the indestructible pump gun.
 
Apparently you have been using your Novas the way you should be using your 870s.
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Not me, just customers where I work. If you mean using them as hard use hunting shotguns, then you're correct. Then again, if the Nova really was indestructible, as you claim, it wouldn't matter, would it?
 
Does everybody nitpick this much or is it just here?

Seeming indestructibility. Seeming, as in appearing to be, or nearly could be

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ETG, it's why we recommend the Remington 870 Express or the Mossberg 500 over the Nova. The stock and receiver are one unitized plastic molding on the standard Nova. The receiver has an internal metal reinforcement, while the stock does not. This creates a weak point at the transition from stock to receiver. Every year we get 3 or 4 back that break at this point. Three or four guns may not seem a big deal unless you're the customer. Because the receiver is broken the gun has to go back to Benelli for replacement, and the customer has to wait. Benelli sends a new gun, with a new serial number, so the dealer and customer then have to fill out a new 4473. It's only nitpicking until you're the customer with the problem, or the dealer employee who can do nothing for the customer but send the gun back to Benelli and wait.

To be fair, the Supernovas have, so far, not had this problem. The Supernovas have a tubular metal extension molded into the receiver, to which their stocks attach. Of course, the Supernovas are priced higher than an 870 Express Supermag or Mossberg 835. The Supernovas, with their chromed chambers, do extract far better than the 870 Exp SM though.

Again, to be fair, the 870 Exp. SMs regularly come back with extraction issues; particularly when the owner has been shooting 2 3/4" promo loads. However, this problem is easily fixed with a thorough cleaning and light polishing of the chamber.

The Supernova is a very nice shotgun that hits a sweet spot in pricing right between the 870 Exp and WM. It really does offer quite a feature set for the price, and truly has no competition.
 
I hate to be the first to say it, but it might be just the thing in the salt marshes down here. The 870 express is the POS, big time rust magnet. I wanna know the price, though. If it's 600 bucks, I'll get a Browning BPS. If it's 300, might be just the deal down here.

I'd be interested in it. I hunt ducks in salt marshes, it's what I do. :D

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Im getting the impression this does not come with all the choke tubes. Not that this is a terrible thing but come on Remington.

Whats the deal with the 130 price diff for camo. Is that normal? I know the manufactures have to pay the camo company to put their pattern on their guns and they charge by the square inch.
 
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