My 870 rides in the patrol car next to the rifle. Most times the rifle gets taken out. I do take out the 870 at times though for some calls / incidents and it runs just fine.
A Benelli M1 Super 90 with a Mesa Tactical 8 round carrier and an extended tube
The other is an 870 also with a Mesa Tactical carrier, an extended magazine tube, 21" rifle sighted Vang Comp barrel, a youth synthetic buttstock, limbsaver buttpad and Choate synthetic forearm.
Its funny that you say that Ma because we have mossbergs and I say the same thing about them. I'm an 870 guy...I guess its all about what your used to.
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I have thinned the herd a bit. I'm down to one 7-shot 870P, and a 6-shot 590A1. We use 870s when armed, and I have no problem with them. For personal use, I have come to prefer the 590A1. For home defense, I have come to prefer an M1 Carbine. To each their own.
The only shotgun I ever carried in combat was a 590A1. They made us start carrying them after some dip**** ran up an one of our vehicles w/ a grenade. Just one more piece of issued gear to clean and keep track of.
Get an 18.5" barrel for it. That's all you need. I give three bits of advice for anyone building a fighting shotgun. 1. Keep it basic 2. Keep it basic 3. Keep it basic
My favorite 'fighting' shotgunS (yes, plural!) are Remington 870s.
The 870 Wingmaster "Police" that I got at a gunshow. (LNIB)
The day I got it:
I removed the 20" 'cyl' barrel and put an 18-1/2" 'IC' barrel on it, plus a Wilson +2 extenstion.
The 870 Express has an 18-1/2" barrel w/+2 Wilson Extension.
All are stoked full of Federal 00B w/flite control wad.
(Patterns real nice at 21'!)
I guess I have, Rooster. The first shotgun the Army gave me was a Winchester M-12 with the perforated handguard and bayonet lug. Great gun...but the extractor eventually broke. They gave me a rickety Savage-Steven pump...an M-77 maybe? Then I went on an R&R and when I got back I drew an Ithaca 37, and it was flat-out the best of all. Light, easy-to-carry and quick to shoot and reload.
After I got back home and became a cop, I bought an Ithaca 37 LAPD contract over-run, 18.5-inch barrel, rifle sights with a Ray-Bar orange pyramid on the front. Carried it for 27 years through thick and thin. I retired it and replaced it with an 18.5-inch 590-A1 a few years before I retired. Still use the Ithaca during deer season. The 590-A1 is resting comfortably in a corner a few feet away loaded with low-recoil Federal Tru-Ball slugs.
I have heard that there is a possibility that older ones were finished better and that Remington quality control may have slipped. Things might be a bit spotty or there could be some out there from a bad patch in QC.
Used the 870 with the dept, but liked the action of my personel M500 better at the time. I probably took better care and lubed mine more than the dept did theirs, so that might have been the reason.
I like the position of the safety with the M500 better. We trained to shoot either L or R to maintain the best cover...both pistol and SG.
No combat experience, just some three gun and shotgun side matches. I like my 590A1 with ghost rings and 18.5 Vang Comp barrel. Just need to add a plus 2 extension and I'm good. wouldn't mind an aftermarket bayonet lug, only thing I miss from my 20" one.
in vietnam i aquired a rem mdl 11 with about a 16 in barrel. it worked for me then. in 1971 i became a police and bought a 870 p and carried it . later i aquired another 870 p that is vang comped the only additions to both of them are a scattergun tech 1 rd extension with a military sling and one had a side saddle when i got ot and the ey both have buttstock spare ammo carriers. both worked great. now retired they strill work i alsdo have a 1100 tact 2 that im [playing with. so far it works great
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