New to shotguns

[KUSA]

Greetings,

I'm not exactly a new member as I joined a while back. However I just bought my first shotgun.

I always upgrade everything I get so I decided to start with the 870 Express. I am looking forward to personalizing it by changing everything. I will probably put a tactical touch to it but I expect I'll use it more for hunting turkey with it. It currently has a 28 inch barrel that should be great for hunting.

Here is a pic of it. Nothing special about it now other than the potential it has.

Although I am new to shotguns, I have quite a bit experience with AR15s and Remington 700s. I've competed in several tactical shoots and usually score in the top percent. Here are are couple of my rifles.

I think this is the place to be for information on 870s and I look forward to learning from everyone.

[knucklehead211]

Class barrel length, but don't be afraid to take it shorter for turkey!

[Synchronizor]

Welcome to the forum. What modifications/accessories do you have planned?

[KUSA]

At first I'm thinking about putting ghost ring fire sights on it, a 2 or 3 round extension tube, and an 18 or 20 inch barrel.

[Synchronizor]

Magazine extensions and barrels are easy to change around, but one issue you might run into with ghost-ring sights is that many of the kits out there have rear elements that install on the gun's receiver. So each time you want to change to your vent-rib barrel to go bird hunting or clay-shooting, you'll have to unscrew that rear sight as well.

By the way, that's a sweet looking bolt gun a couple posts up.

[KUSA]

I'm not sure how I'm going to do the the rear sight and the vent-rib barrel yet. I want a setup where I can have the front sights on both barrels to be compatible with the rear sight.

[Synchronizor]

Barrel ribs don't require a rear sight, they're meant to be used on their own. If you want to be able to keep using your vent-rib barrel without removing & reinstalling the rear sight you use with another barrel, I would suggest a barrel that has both the front and rear elements attached to it. This is how most rifle-sight 870s are set up: