Wrong? Ok Blain, I expect to see you whipping the pants off of practical shotgunners everywhere.
So I assume you are one of those people that thinks hardware makes NO difference…. A mustket is just as effective in combat as a M14. I suppose that since one doesn’t NEED a better firearm to fight with, the military should have stuck with 1903 springfields. Heck, it could hold and fire 5 rounds, it was powerful and accurate, why upgrade? I am glad that the US military and police do not hold your additude when it comes to equipment. We would still be using 5 shot bolt action rifles and, candle light, and c-rations. To say that better equipment doesn’t make a soldier/shooter more effective in combat is ignorant. A good shooter can do better with good equipment than he can with lesser stuff. End of story. Do you have a television?
So first you call your gun the "ultimate" and then you point out a problem in its design that could put it hard down under field conditions.
Umm, it was a flaw of the part according to Remington, it is fixed and replaced with a new part from the factory. The issue is moot, though, as I would not be firing 3.5†loads in the field, and even if it DID jam again, I just have to take the part off (the only purpose it serves it to cover the port) and I am back in business. Do you use an AR?
Not only do you believe in ultimate magical guns, you're an irresponsible reloader.
I don’t reload, another malicious defamation. I bought those shells from Nitro Industries. Again, see my post on the shells above.
As far as in spec loads I have a relatively stock 870 Pd that will digest anything and has for a long while.
So has and does my gun, it is also an 870 if you havn’t forgotten.
As far as your toy, it may only choke on your supertop-secret loads now, but give it time and wear and eventually the 3"mag loads will break it too.
Give your gun time and eventually the 2 ¾†birdshot shells will break it like a cheap cap-gun. See how meaningless strawman accusations are? No, my gun does not “break†from normal loads, nor has it had any problems with them. Nor will it. The part was faulty according to Remington and it has been replaced. Again, if the part chokes up ONE more time with the super magnum loads, it is off for good and that is the end of that issue. It IS an 870 after all. I bet you my gun will last LONGER than yours!
I credit you, I did learn something in this fluff thread, I was previously unaware of the design compromise of 3.5" 870s, I'll carefully consider this if I ever get the pointless urge for a 3.5 gun.
I see that you appear to be very jealous of my superior weaponry, as you should be. You assume I based my Ultimate shotgun on a super magnum because I wanted it to be more powerful? (You know what they say about people who ASSume things?) While it is true that the 3.5†12 gauge shell gives you 10 gauge power, that is not the primary reason I got the super magnum as I intend to use 2 ¾†loads primarily for men. I got my gun as a 3 ½†so that it would be capable of using and digesting ANY and EVERY type of 12 gauge ammo available. Part of what makes my gun “The Ultimate†is its ability to use any and every type of shell chambered in 12 gauge. A nice security feature. Can your gun do that?
Great shotgun, Blain.
How did you get a chrome-lined barrel?
Not sure, it was an option that I told Hans I wanted. He sent the gun off to someone else to have the chrome done. He then brushed it so it wouldn’t be as reflective or something. (didn’t ask for it, he did it and told me about it later).
A skilled operator with lower equipment is more fearsome than the wannabee with the latest uber tactical contraption.
And a skilled operator with superior equipment is always better than a skilled operator with crap equipment. Why do you people have such a hard time grasping that fact? Who here drives a car made after the 1970s? Why? I could go on and on. Yes, I know that equipment doesn’t make up for skill, but to say that better equipment doesn’t matter is just ignorance. It wouldn’t matter what shotgun one were to buy then.
Especially not if it needs batteries to be categorized as ultimate.
It doesn’t NEED the batteries.
The ULTIMATE. You know it, you FEAR it. You love it.