What year did the Remington 870 degrade in quality?

[DamionLedner]

There is a gunshow this weekend and I’ll be looking for a good deal on a scattergat. The ideal shotgun would be a Mossberg 590, but I’ll settle for an 870 if the price is right. I know Remington went to poop after freedomgroup bought them out.

[Sully]

If you would read down a few titles you will find this has been discussed.

https://rem870.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5391
https://rem870.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5434
https://rem870.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5428

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[Scorpion8]

Who says it actually ever degraded in "quality"? It may have become cheaper to produce, with nitride-finish instead of deep polished blue. But that was just the grade, the Express had the nitride finish, the Wingmaster was still deep blued. 97.375% of the parts were common to both models. And those Expresses are still around going bang with every trigger pull. I wouldn't stop to think twice about buying any 870 irrespective of YOM. Heck, if it means a late Remlin is cheaper $$$-wise.....send it my way.