Magazine Extensions for Remington 870

[badboybeeson]

Wilson are 3 pc then pressed togeather and soildered

[Synchronizor]

They're constructed from 3 parts, but those parts are permanently attached, so the finished product is one rigid item that installs like a magazine cap. That's what I meant by single-piece.

[pumpingpower]

Plain and simple no BS

ive been using a tac star +2 extension with an 18 inch barrel. (going for shortest legal length, not big long mag/barrel) the spring is still good after a year of long use and i never replaced the silly orange follower. never wasted money on a mag/barrel clamp either. (also dont understand why guys go buy 90 dollar aluminum followers lol wtf) just make sure the fit and finish is good on the one you get. mine was perfect, first one. buying any sort of expensive name for a silly metal tube that doesnt have any working parts and a long spring that cost .10 to make is silly. if you REALLY want to upgrade the spring at least wear it out first and get its worth first. spend the money you save on a pistol grip or side saddle or maybe even some flowers for the wife or even an extra few boxes of 00buck magnum loads. the rem +2 or +1 feel basically the same as the tac star +2 or +1

p.s. the finish is surprising good, and it doesnt go loose with magnum or super mag loads (mine started life as a normal all black 870 express supermag with 28in barrel)

but hey, if you wana spend 100 on a nordic components mag extension be my guest lol....

[badboybeeson]

Plain and simple no BS

ive been using a tac star +2 extension with an 18 inch barrel. (going for shortest legal length, not big long mag/barrel) the spring is still good after a year of long use and i never replaced the silly orange follower. never wasted money on a mag/barrel clamp either. (also dont understand why guys go buy 90 dollar aluminum followers lol wtf) just make sure the fit and finish is good on the one you get. mine was perfect, first one. buying any sort of expensive name for a silly metal tube that doesnt have any working parts and a long spring that cost .10 to make is silly. if you REALLY want to upgrade the spring at least wear it out first and get its worth first. spend the money you save on a pistol grip or side saddle or maybe even some flowers for the wife or even an extra few boxes of 00buck magnum loads. the rem +2 or +1 feel basically the same as the tac star +2 or +1

p.s. the finish is surprising good, and it doesnt go loose with magnum or super mag loads (mine started life as a normal all black 870 express supermag with 28in barrel)

but hey, if you wana spend 100 on a nordic components mag extension be my guest lol....

Well to each there own, the Nordic products are great for game guns and 3 guns stuff, but I would not want to use them as a home defense or bear /animal defense , they are simpley not up the to job.
The issues with tac star is it is known fact that even a small dent and the mag tube will not feed.
Its not about buying something hig hend so most clients its about buying product that will not fail, even it you use the product to smash in a window, use as a pry bar or mounted on a quad and go off roading for 500miles.
some products are simply not made for that kind of rough use, the products we make are, and so are other brands.
if you are happy with your tac-star, that that's great, but many people need something a little better.
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[pumpingpower]

well i know tacstar is "budget parts" but the 2 shot is durable as hell. im willing to agree that a +5 tacstar may be a little more flimsy but because the 2shot is fairly short ive have zero problems with it at all. and it doesnt get loose without a mag clamp. the knurling/gripped part to screw it on grips your fingers excellent without the cheese grater feel lol

if your guna spend money on a nordic components mag tube, get a binelli SBEII semi auto, then it would be a good time to have 10 in the mag, one ghost loaded, and one in the pipe. serving buckshot loads by the dozen! but imho if you want a tactical self defense pump gun, stick to a 18-20 in barrel, +2 mag extension, no stupid optics (flashlight is fine if you must) , side saddles, and a good pistol grip, maybe even a sling.

just remember, were not rambo or terminator. practise the hell out of your HD 870. if you dont run at least 500 00buck shells (magnum is suggested, but not completely neseccary) then you arent guna be ready to use that in a serious shtf moment

sorry to semi-hijack the thread, i just wanted to throw my .02 in on the mag extension and let the new guys know a HD870 doesnt need to cost 1000+ lol

[Banshee]

Vang Comp makes nice extensions and the sling mounts are removable. I have a +1 and +2 on two of my 870s

here is my 870P SBS with a +1 and my custom made sling mount for a HK hook

[Synchronizor]

if your guna spend money on a nordic components mag tube, get a binelli SBEII semi auto, then it would be a good time to have 10 in the mag, one ghost loaded, and one in the pipe. serving buckshot loads by the dozen! but imho if you want a tactical self defense pump gun, stick to a 18-20 in barrel, +2 mag extension, no stupid optics (flashlight is fine if you must) , side saddles, and a good pistol grip, maybe even a sling.

just remember, were not rambo or terminator. practise the hell out of your HD 870. if you dont run at least 500 00buck shells (magnum is suggested, but not completely neseccary) then you arent guna be ready to use that in a serious shtf moment

I agree that in most cases budget accessories are perfectly serviceable for normal HD, and that it's usually best to keep a defensive build as simple as possible and to spend your money on practice before unnecessary accessories (I don't agree that a pistol grip, a sling, and/or magnum shells are always the best choice for HD, but those are separate discussions that you can find in other threads here).

If a HD gun is called into action, it needs to cycle and go bang with 100% reliability, but it probably doesn't need to do so after 1,000 rounds and no cleaning, or 10,000 rounds and no replacement parts (which is why a "less-reliable" semi-auto shotgun is often a better choice for HD than a pump for those who can afford it). It needs to be minute-of-intruder under stress at across-the-room distances; it doesn't need to be minute-of-anything at 200 yards from a bench. It doesn't need to be rust-free and cycle perfectly after sitting in the mud for a week without being oiled, it only needs to stand up to the worst your closet or gun safe can throw at it. You can spend a lot of time, effort, and money building a military-grade workhorse, a hair-splitting competition gun, or an armchair commando's techno-polymer fantasy; but odds are you could take a $300 Express model with wood-laminate furniture, chop the vent-rib barrel down to 18.5" with a hacksaw, and run a case of cheap birdshot through it to break it in, and it'll throw buckshot at an attacker just as effectively as anything else.

All that said, there're always the "what if's". What if you smack your closet doorframe with your magazine extension in the heat of the moment? What if you have to stop a crowbar or baseball bat from rearranging your temporal lobe? What if you have to use the shotgun as a club because you short-shucked the thing, and now you're so stressed that you can't work the the action bar lock? In all likelihood none of that will happen; but heck, in all likelihood you'll never fire a shot in anger anyway. Just keeping a gun for HD at all puts you solidly in the "better to have it and not need it..." camp. Even if the gun is only needed once, and the other guy wets himself and runs off as soon as he sees it, I firmly believe that it's just as important for a user to trust that their gun is reliable as it is for the gun to actually be reliable. If it's a choice between a bottom-dollar, but 100% reliable extension that you don't trust, and a functionally-identical, high-dollar, 100% reliable extension that you do, get the latter. If you're thinking about ordering a Police spring to replace a stock spring that would have worked just as well and lasted just as long, pick the one that won't leave you second-guessing yourself when you're standing between your family and the nutjob that just kicked in your bedroom door.

[USMC_5711]

I'm going to figure out which magazine extention will work with my 870 re-mounted in the Bullpup conversion kit.

This should be interesting.

[Synchronizor]

Far as I can tell, any extension with a standard outer diameter (~1") should work, so long as it doesn't have something like a sling plate or rail sticking out.

[12GAfun]

I just got a Scatter gun tech 2+ mag tube extension on my shotgun. I had a Remington on there and it kept coming lose on me when I shot and would not let me load all 6 shell into the tube. This new Scatter Gun Tech has also been giving me issues today at the range and i installed it like they said. I have a been using A GG@G follower, I decided to switch to the green follower that came with the Scatter gun Tech kit.
Here are pics of the follower that I was using in the Remington kit and the Scatter Gun Tech kit, could this follower be causing the issues from it not loading all 6 shells.
Thanks to all the replies to this question. I have not got to try the green plastic follower that came with the Scatter Gun tech kit yet will be here hopefully in a few days.