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ponycarman
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New member from SC

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Hi everyone, I've been lurking here for a little while and have been getting the news letter for a while as well. I finally descided to join up haha. I currently own two remington 870 shotguns. I have a Express model that I purchased with the intention to use it for hunting. I also have an old wingmaster I picked up for $150. I hope to be able to get some parts and turn it into my home defense gun. I hope yall like pictures :)

Here is the express I have. It had the pepper laminate stock on it when I bought it. I researched the shotgun a little and found it was a model sold from academy sports stores. Its a good shotgun and I haven't had any problems with it. The barrel is a vent rib barrel with a modified rem choke and I believe it is 28in long.

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This is my wingmaster. I couldn't pass it up for $150. I found that it was made in 1971. It wasn't perfect, but it was a great deal at that price. The blueing has a few imperfections where it had started rusting in some tiny places. I cleaned up the rust and I had to replace the shell lifter. The original was cracked and bent. I would cycle shells but I didn't want too chance it breaking completly. Unfortunately they don't make the silver spoon style lifters anymore and I had to replace it with a newer style lifter. It has taken some tweaking but it will cycle fine now again. I would like to get an 18.5in barrel and +2 mag extention for this shotgun. To use as my home defense gun and make it look kinda like an old riot gun. But I'm haveing problems finding blued parts. Everything is a matte blue finish now. Here she is

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I have a small collection of other firearms as well. My current list in the safe-
Savage 110 30-06
Marlin 336 30-30
Marlin 795 .22LR
Saiga 7.62x39
Palmetto state armory ar15
The two 870's
I have 5 mosin nagant 91/30's right now
Glock 17
Browning buckmark .22
Kahr cm9 9mm
ruger lcr 357

I think that is all haha.
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ponycarman, welcome to the forum! You have really nice shotguns!
http://www.Rem870.com - Blog about the Remington 870 Shotgun
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ponycarman
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Thanks Vitaly! I have enjoyed them alot. I haven't been able to shoot the wingmaster yet. After I replaced the lifter it would catch on the action bars a little. I had to tweak it a little but it seems to cycle just fine now. I want to get a 18.5in barrel and a +2 mag extension for it but I'm having trouble finding them in the blued finish. I think the matte finish would look kinda funny on a blued shotgun.
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i like that stock color. where in SC are you? i'm near Aiken.
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ponycarman
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Thanks I'm in greenville/easley area.

I just grabbed a blued +2 mag extension for the wingmaster. Now I just have to get a short barrel.

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A couple edited pics of how it could look after I get a barrel.

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