New addition to my collection

[Floyd]

http://www.remington.com/products/firearms/shotguns/model_870/model_870_express.asp

I paid cash for a new in-the-box base 870 Express in 20 gauge. Will have it in 10 days. Had to pay a new $25 state background check fee on top of everything else. F**kers. Still came in under $400.

Going to order the deer slug barrel from the factory once I have the serial no. from the shotgun. How I wish I could still order barrels for my Winchester Model 12 like this.

http://www.remington.com/products/firearms/shotguns/original_factory_barrel_selector.asp  

[uryu ishida]

I have plans to get the Express with sythetic stock and 7-shot magazine, at $388 (or LESS)  

[Freak_090]

IDK, but last I checked it was illegal for someone to charge money for a manditory background check...  

[uryu ishida]

Freak_090

IDK, but last I checked it was illegal for someone to charge money for a manditory background check...

Not here in Tennessee! It's completely legal to pass on the TICS check fee ($10) even if it is mandatory.  

[Freak_090]

uryu ishida

Freak_090

IDK, but last I checked it was illegal for someone to charge money for a manditory background check...

Not here in Tennessee! It's completely legal to pass on the TICS check fee ($10) even if it is mandatory.

God, I am glad to live in Texas....  

[Fresnel]

Freak_090

IDK, but last I checked it was illegal for someone to charge money for a manditory background check...

That only applies to federal checks. State isn't covered.  

[Freak_090]

Fresnel

Freak_090

IDK, but last I checked it was illegal for someone to charge money for a manditory background check...

That only applies to federal checks. State isn't covered.

ahhh....  

[Floyd]

Time to wake up this thread. I'm off to the store at noon to pick up my Remington 870 Express. Photos by sundown, I hope. Can't wait!  

[Maelthra Reloaded]

why a 20gauge?  

[Floyd]

Maelthra Reloaded

why a 20gauge?

I like my shoulder too much to want to mess it up with my Winchester Model 12. mrgreen

Now, for a photo.


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Correct link now in play.  

[Fresnel]

Floyd

Maelthra Reloaded

why a 20gauge?

I like my shoulder too much to want to mess it up with my Winchester Model 12. mrgreen

Now, for a photo.


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The image link is good. Flickr is just being a douche about serving up photos at the moment.

Flickr is fine, you just suck at linking. wink



Anywho, having fired a 12 gauge 870 many times, I can tell you that with a factory recoil pad, it's still not as bad as an Enfield. Of course, the one I fired was heavily modified, and top-fold stocks have no recoil pads. Still wasn't too terrible though.  

[ArmasTermin]

Congratulations are in order, Floyd! I don't love that long barrel, but that's a fine-looking shootin'-iron.  

[Fresnel]

ArmasTermin

Congratulations are in order, Floyd! I don't love that long barrel, but that's a fine-looking shootin'-iron.

I will never understand why they make the barrel that long and the magazine that short.  

[Floyd]

The long barrel is a good choice for magnum shells and birds at high altitudes. The bright side is I'm getting a 20" deer slug barrel shortly that is rated for both shot and slug. Coolness prevails in the Remington line.

I used to shoot duck in the Imperial Valley with the aforementioned Winchester Model 12, which has a similar barrel. Five shots with that and I was heading back to the cabin for some aspirin.  

[Maelthra Reloaded]

Mighty fine looking shotgun, but I don't understand people having problems with 12-gauge shotties. I have on certain occasions put more than my fair share of rounds downrange, ranging from target load (similar to bird shot) to magnum slugs out of an 870, and mostly what bothered me was my ringing ears instead of a sore shoulder, that being with a factory stock.


Why not try a recoil-absorbing stock, such as this? (mossberg 500 pictured, COPstock recoil absorbing stock.)