Thanks to you all, my "new" shotgun arrived. It is a Remmy 870 Marine Police trade-in from a small town in Michigan. Pricey at $300 but am not complaing.
She looks extremely clean and non-evil; can't find a single scratch or ding anywhere, and no real evidence of heavy use or abuse. Do I need to go ahead and clean and lube it anyhow? Even though I 've acquired some 00 buckshots (that's the only one allowed at the only nearby range that allows shotguns) I am resisting the itch to go try it out until I take some shotgun lessons.
I am not particularly interested in "tricking out" this gun but are there any essentials that I have to do? I may take it out once in a blue moon to hunt birds, no serious hunting envisaged.
She looks extremely clean and non-evil; can't find a single scratch or ding anywhere, and no real evidence of heavy use or abuse. Do I need to go ahead and clean and lube it anyhow? Even though I 've acquired some 00 buckshots (that's the only one allowed at the only nearby range that allows shotguns) I am resisting the itch to go try it out until I take some shotgun lessons.
I am not particularly interested in "tricking out" this gun but are there any essentials that I have to do? I may take it out once in a blue moon to hunt birds, no serious hunting envisaged.