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Remington 20 870, Parkerized and upgrade to 870 Police Specs, 18.5" VT RC barrel with Meprolight Tritium Bead. Remington LE 2 shot Extension for a 6+1, LE forend, Mesa LEO with Hydraulic Buffer tube and M-4 recoil pad. Model comes with either a 4 shot or 6 shot Mesa receiver mounted shell holder.

 

They already make a youth model 20 ga. with a 20" barrel, rifle sights, synthetic stock and full-length magazine. My wife has one for her home defense shotgun.

I'm sure you can hang various kinds of mall ninja accessories from it.

 

My daughter has her 15 year old Youth model 870 20 gauge up on the east coast. Can't have a handgun because of the licensing hassle but a hunting shotgun is legal. She's got buckshot in hers with the plug out.

No light, no side saddle, just a simple shotgun she used to kill ducks with.

Not tactical by any means but, I'm sure, deadly.

 

I'm currently shooting an 870 20 gauge that aippi made up for me.

From having a nearly identical 870P and having fired several hundred rounds through the 870/20, you can configure it in almost any manner you want.

The pic that aippi posted is one such version. I went with the short kiddie stock, a 2 shot extension from Wilson, XS sight, S&J Hardware extended safety and an 8 shot Mesa side saddle. An Elzetta clamp holds a light.

The gun is nimble and very quick to maneuver. The 870P requires thought and movement to swing around and it does rather easily although the 870/20 just seems to show up where my mind expects it to be.

My two beefs, and they have nothing to do with the gun at all, are:

1. A SF integrated forend light isn't available.

2. Mesa Tactical doesn't make a 20 gauge clamp. I've asked Mitch, offered my 870/20 as a testing and development platform however I suppose the market isn't there.

If you want to go mall ninja then a 20 gauge isn't for you but if you want a serious tool that is a capable extension of your mind, then a 20 will serve you very well.

 

As the old timers used to say, "Twenty is plenty."

 

Bet the inserts that came with Elzetta would work on Mesa if you trimmed them down.

 

I don't wann go mall ninja with it, I just want 2 or 3 round tube extension, a side saddle, and a way to get a light on it. I'm sold on lights on HD weapons. I have no problem with 12 gauge though and it would probably be easier to get a 12 gauge 870 HD model and get a surefire for end for it. Only problem with those is they cost as much as the weapon itself.

 

They already make a youth model 20 ga. with a 20" barrel, rifle sights, synthetic stock and full-length magazine. My wife has one for her home defense shotgun.

I'm sure you can hang various kinds of mall ninja accessories from it.

Mossberg makes such a weapon but i've never seen one from Remington like that in their catalog. I know they make a 20 gauge with an 18.5" barrel, synthetic stock, and 6 round extended mag tube. But it isn't a youth model and it does not have rifle sights.

 

Remington does not make such a model in 20ga. They do offer a 20" Rifle sight barrel in 20ga so someone must have added to her 20ga, however they make no 20 ga with a full length magazine tube so it must have an after market tube extension on it. There are options for an 870 20ga if one looks. My 12 to 20 ga stock adapter for the 870 greatly increases the rear stock options.

 

Remington does not make such a model in 20ga. They do offer a 20" Rifle sight barrel in 20ga so someone must have added to her 20ga, however they make no 20 ga with a full length magazine tube so it must have an after market tube extension on it. There are options for an 870 20ga if one looks. My 12 to 20 ga stock adapter for the 870 greatly increases the rear stock options.

They do have a model 81100. Which appears to be similar to the 25077 model, but in 20 gauge.

 

Remington Youth Express model in 20 Ga. with a 21" vent rib barrel, Choate extension, and side saddle. Handles very nicely, however, my Mossberg 500 with 12 Ga low recoil tactical 00 buckshot and slugs kicks much less.

 

An 870 20 gauge is a formidable weapon and every bit as lethal as an equivalent in 12 gauge. I have a similar 870/20 a it's becoming a favorite gun to shoot. Some of the trainer people I shoot with very much think the 20 gauge in the hands of a skilled shooter are very capable of doing the job.

 

I guess I'll be the lone dissenter. I tried to like my 20G 870 Youth but just didn't care for it. Honestly, shooting the same buckshot load as a 12G didn't seem to different. 20G ammo was obviously harder to find as was a magazine extension. I sold it.

I'd go a 12G 870 with the 18.5 barrel and just shoot reduced loads. I kept my 1187 12G and a KSG now.

 

I put this together for my daughter when she moved away; just a Youth Model with a Wilson +2 mag extension, a 4-shot Sidesaddle and a Hi-Viz front sight.

 

Nice shotgun.

I feel pretty good with my daughter having this in the closet up on the East Coast.