Posted on 02/28/2011 1:23:12 AM PST by Washi
I am planning to purchase a shotgun. I'm fairly certain that I will be buying the Remington 870 Express, synthetic. I do have some questions, though.
I'm not experienced at all with shotguns. I've read that the barrel can be changed out on the Remington 870 and I am wondering to what extent that is true. What I am hoping is that I can buy one shotgun, and by purchasing a couple of additional barrels, I can have a true multi-tasker.
Can I, for example, buy the 870 with the 18 inch barrel, and the magazine extension so that I have a 7 shot, home defense shotgun, then remove the magazine extension, and replace the barrel with a 22 or 24 inch barrel to have a fowl and small game shotgun, then swap the barrel again with a rifled slug barrel (with gun sights) and have a deer gun?
Is it as simple as buying any 870 express and just swapping out the barrels?
Any additional nuggets of wisdom you can impart (re: shotguns) would be appreciated.
Eat your heart out!
Check first to see if your state allows buckshot to be used for deer hunting. This state does not.
The reason for this and most other cartridge rules is they want you to have the most likely kill shot on the deer for the first round rather than wounding it.
For deer hunting where only shotgun is allowed, I use a rifled barrel on my Mossberg 500 with Lightfield- brand sabot slugs. Absolute tack driver at 100 yards. My wife shot her first deer in 2001 in Ohio with this setup.
I am going to be checking shops for this home defense shotgun in .20 gauge.
Winchester model 1300 defender
Carl Alexander
Posted on Wednesday, November 09, 2005 7:27:42 PM by calex59
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I purchased an 18” rem-choke barrel with rifle sights for my 870. With a rifled choke tube it puts slugs on target at 100 yds handily, and patterns buckshot at 25 yds. That barrel with an extra full works well for turkeys.
The original long barrel gets the nod for clay pigeons and pheasants.
No mag extension, but it hold 4+1 with the plug removed.
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