Did I do okay will this 60+ year old 16 gauge 870 Wingmaster , or would it be better back to stock ?

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Did I do okay will this 60+ year old 16 gauge 870 Wingmaster , or would it be better back to stock ?

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Re: Did I do okay will this 60+ year old 16 gauge 870 Wingmaster , or would it be better back to stock ?

Post by Scorpion8 » Mon Jun 29, 2020 2:05 am

The gun is for you. Our opinions are secondary.
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Re: Did I do okay will this 60+ year old 16 gauge 870 Wingmaster , or would it be better back to stock ?

Post by BKinzey » Mon Jun 29, 2020 2:33 am

A 16ga Wingmaster is worth a pretty penny. I would get a 12ga, preferably a Police trade-in, and put all that stuff on it. But that's me.

Scorpion8 is correct. Our opinions are secondary.

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Re: Did I do okay will this 60+ year old 16 gauge 870 Wingmaster , or would it be better back to stock ?

Post by Fullauto88 » Mon Jun 29, 2020 3:18 am

Yeah I would have rather had a 12 gauge but the rifle was given to me by a good friend for free & I had nothing better to do during the B.S cov-d 19 lockdown so I made it , And it's probably the first ever Tactical/assault Remington 870 16 gauge Wingmaster ever made and I've done tons to it as far as upgrades like a tactical shell lift gate , put in a tactical over sized honey comb safety , a Wilson Combat 2 shot mag extension , a S & J type 2 follower all new springs as far as Mag spring , dog carrier , HD hammer spring , a police firing pin and pin spring all made by Wolff gun springs , a Mesa tactical Stock , Pistol grip pump slide , flip up ghost rings a green and red dot scope , a surefire 800 lumen tactical flash light , a blue laser dot scope plus 2 spike bayonets one a 6 inch and the other a 10 inch that was custom made just for my gun

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Re: Did I do okay will this 60+ year old 16 gauge 870 Wingmaster , or would it be better back to stock ?

Post by Romulus » Mon Jun 29, 2020 11:01 am

Our opinions are secondary, but dude, that's a bit over the t...
...well, our opinions are secondary. But I'd take BKinzeys recommendation and you'd have a sweet 16 looking sweet and a 12 ga looking mean and nasty...
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Re: Did I do okay will this 60+ year old 16 gauge 870 Wingmaster , or would it be better back to stock ?

Post by Scorpion8 » Mon Jun 29, 2020 3:00 pm

The 16-ga Wingmasters are highly coveted. What did the original wood look like and did you keep it?
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Re: Did I do okay will this 60+ year old 16 gauge 870 Wingmaster , or would it be better back to stock ?

Post by Germansheperd » Wed Jul 01, 2020 12:01 pm

I like it all except for the big nail at the end

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Re: Did I do okay will this 60+ year old 16 gauge 870 Wingmaster , or would it be better back to stock ?

Post by Scorpion8 » Wed Jul 01, 2020 4:08 pm

Germansheperd wrote:
Wed Jul 01, 2020 12:01 pm
I like it all except for the big nail at the end
Can't see swinging that thing in and around the bedroom hallways of my house at night with that either. But not my house, not my gun.
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Re: Did I do okay will this 60+ year old 16 gauge 870 Wingmaster , or would it be better back to stock ?

Post by Capt. Killingfield » Thu Aug 19, 2021 8:35 am

Fullauto88 wrote:
Mon Jun 29, 2020 3:18 am
....the first ever Tactical/assault Remington 870 16 gauge Wingmaster....I've done tons to it as far as upgrades like a tactical shell lift gate , put in a tactical over sized honey comb safety , a Wilson Combat 2 shot mag extension....
Hey I'm looking for info on your 16 gauge mag extension. Will that Wilson Combat mag ext. fit ONLY 16s or are they universal fit for 12, 16, and 20?? Do you have a part number or link? I ask because most mag extensions seem to specify 12g only with no mention of the other gauges, and I need a 16g.

I found an old 16g Wingmaster that I may want to add a 10 round extension onto its factory 26" barrel. No cutting. Nothing permanent.
I included a pic of an ad I found, do you think this will work? They say it fits the 16g, but I am skeptical.
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Re: Did I do okay will this 60+ year old 16 gauge 870 Wingmaster , or would it be better back to stock ?

Post by FloridaWing » Wed Oct 12, 2022 8:51 pm

Spike bayonet but no flamethrower?

I hope you saved all the original parts...it's worth a lot more that way than "pimped-out". Besides, 16 ga. shells aren't as available as 12 ga. or 20 ga. nor in as many different loads.

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