Greetings from the Pac. NW

[SignessSG]

Howdy all. Just picked up my first shotgun....a police trade-in Remington 870 Police Magnum. Date code on the barrel is LR. Have yet to sort out the receiver SN. Anyway, it's a 20" rifle sight IC barrel. Will probably drop an 18" barrel on it and go from there.

[Vitaly]

SignessSG, welcome to the forum!

[mercman]

Congrats! Welcome to the club and the forum.

[yOGi420™]

Welcome, she's a beauty!

[SignessSG]

Assuming the barrel is original with the receiver, I'm dating this 870 Police Mag as February,1997. It does have the new style flex-tab shell carrier. I'll probably inquire with Remington on the receiver SN to see if it does match the barrel for manufacture date.

This is going to be a fun project. Thinking of changing out the stock to either a Magpul SGA or a Mesa Tactical Urbino. I think the length of pull on the current synthetic stock is about 13-3/4". I'm thinking I would like to shorten that just slightly. Not sure what the LOP is on these after market stocks; but, as I'm new to shotguns, I'll figure it out eventually. I'll probably swap in an 18" barrel and a 2-shot mag extension, and figure out what type of sights I'd like. Sort of leaning toward a ghost ring setup. It will probably also get a Mesa Tactical side saddle. I'm pretty sure a 6-shot saddle will fit with the current for-end, as there is minimal overhang of the forend over the receiver.

[Zebra62]

It will probably also get a Mesa Tactical side saddle. I'm pretty sure a 6-shot saddle will fit with the current for-end, as there is minimal overhang of the forend over the receiver.

She's a beauty for certain, SignessSG.

Mesa Tactical 6 shot will fit with your current forend. I have one on my 870 Tactical although I did opt for the saddle with the rail on top as it bolts from both sides of the receiver instead of just the left side. It's a much more solid mount from an engineering standpoint. I picked it up from Amazon for a little over a hundred dollars I think.