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I'm starting to think Academy owes me for referrals. I've spent enough there on ammo.

The sale prices probably end today.

- Jim

mr.72 wrote:I think I only put about 10 or 15 rounds through it, it's about all the pounding my shoulder was up for.

Do you know how to mount the buttstock in the pocket of your pectoral muscle?

I don't mean to ask this in a condescending way. It's something that must be taught in hands-on if you aren't lucky enough to figure it out by accident.

The parkerizing is thin and seems to scratch readily, and I was wiping little bits of rust off of it everywhere while cleaning it, but I think a good coating of CLP will hold the rust at bay and make it work just fine.

I use Johnson paste wax, which is actually furniture polish. You could probably use car wax.

Ugly works just as well as a $1,000 British or Italian shotgun.

- Jim

MadMonkey wrote:was this only in a certain area?

I don't know. I saw it in the flyer that was in the Galveston newspaper. Obviously the sale price was also available in Austin.

- Jim

Mr.72, if it has a screw-in choke, you can see a bright steel ring inside the black metal of the barrel. It will have two slots in it, which receive the tool that unscrews it.

It could be unchoked. That is not unusual in shotguns intended for short-range use. I would expect that if the designers cost-reduced the piece.

Austinrealtor, I've looked into swapping barrels. By the time you get through with messing around with different magazine sizes, you might as well buy two shotguns.

Also, many people want to put rifle sights on tactical shotguns, which are inappropriate for clay targets or bird hunting.

- Jim

You're welcome.

I don't know what would make it heavier, except the synthetic stock versus wood. The wood on the cheap 870 is not dense.

My wife and I have shot many thousand rounds through our 870s with no sign of wear except needing to clean the choke tubes occasionally.

Speaking of chokes, what does it come out of the box with? Does it have a fixed or screw-in choke?

What kind of sights does it have?

- Jim