I am new to this forum, I really enjoy my 870, and am into my second rebuild, after running it in a couple of classes. It shows you what works and what looks good but does not. I have had this 870 for about 2 years now and still enjoy it.
Chris
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Hello and howdy and welcome Chris!
Lots of great info hereabouts. Enjoy your Remington 870. I've taken just three defensive shotgun classes with mine. Like you say, it is important to see how the modifications work or don't!
Over on another board there's a thread dismissing the 870 as a defensive gun with all sorts of strange reasons. Among those cited by the au courant du jour AR fanboys is that tactical drills and patterning of defensive loads at public ranges in the states has become increasingly rare/difficult, so training with the defensive shotgun is limited. Good to take classes/seminars when they are available I say! Anyhow, welcome!
Lots of great info hereabouts. Enjoy your Remington 870. I've taken just three defensive shotgun classes with mine. Like you say, it is important to see how the modifications work or don't!
Over on another board there's a thread dismissing the 870 as a defensive gun with all sorts of strange reasons. Among those cited by the au courant du jour AR fanboys is that tactical drills and patterning of defensive loads at public ranges in the states has become increasingly rare/difficult, so training with the defensive shotgun is limited. Good to take classes/seminars when they are available I say! Anyhow, welcome!
Alle Kunst ist umsonst, wenn ein Engel in das Zündloch prunst.
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Chris, nice to see you here!
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Welcome to the forum, Chriskarlee. As both an engineer and a shooting enthusiast, I've long since learned that there's no substitute for real-world testing. Now that you've been through a couple classes, what are some of the accessories you're replacing/removing, and which ones are you keeping?
Ranges may not be big on shotguns, but shotguns can be safely fired in any number of places that would be unsuitable for rifles. There's no real need for all the specialized range facilities, all you need to pattern a buckshot load in a defensive shotgun is a suitable piece of land and some paper or cardboard. And most live-fire drills can be done with low-velocity, small-pellet birdshot, which stops being dangerous at ranges far shorter than even a .22LR bullet. The range where I shoot trap is actually pointed toward a highway and a freeway at the other end of a flat field, about 700 yards from the launchers.DaveC wrote:Over on another board there's a thread dismissing the 870 as a defensive gun with all sorts of strange reasons. Among those cited by the au courant du jour AR fanboys is that tactical drills and patterning of defensive loads at public ranges in the states has become increasingly rare/difficult, so training with the defensive shotgun is limited.