I have a Remington Express that seems to be 'just a gun'....
No other receiver markings/names other than Remington 870 Express
Wood stock, VR, screw-in choke, s/n ends with 'm', magnum I assume....
Bbl marked 2 3/4 or 3" in magnum receivers, 2 3/4 in all others....
but it has a 30" Bbl................. normal, odd??????
I don't see a listing for 30" bbls on the 'plain' guns..............
Thoughts??
I have a number of 870s and at least a half-dozen extra barrels. They mix and match easily. And since the date stamp is on the barrels you may be able to get a clue if the barrel was made in the same time frame as the receiver.
If it is a 3" gun it should say Magnum if it has any age to it. The only difference between the two lengths is the location of the ejector. It is about a quarter-inch farther back on the magnums. Put a fired 3" shell and try to shuck it out. If it stumbles it has the 2 3/4" ejector location.
They stopped marking them as magnums when the 3 1/2" magnums came out.
How are you measuring the length? It should be measured from the inside out with the bolt closed (locked in the firing position).
How are you measuring the length? It should be measured from the inside out with the bolt closed (locked in the firing position).
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The barrel is marked 3", so that is a given. What are you trying to measure inside the barrel? The action measurement is purely a function of ejector location.
wildfowl is talking about the barrel length. You measure barrel length with the bolt closed, put something down the barrel and mark where the end of the barrel is, take it out and then measure from the end that was against the bolt to the mark where the barrel ended. That's how the ATF measures a barrel as well.
wildfowl is talking about the barrel length. You measure barrel length with the bolt closed, put something down the barrel and mark where the end of the barrel is, take it out and then measure from the end that was against the bolt to the mark where the barrel ended. That's how the ATF measures a barrel as well.
Thanks for elaborating! I don't think I have ever seen a 30" express barrel, but a boat load of 28'ers
wildfowl is talking about the barrel length. You measure barrel length with the bolt closed, put something down the barrel and mark where the end of the barrel is, take it out and then measure from the end that was against the bolt to the mark where the barrel ended. That's how the ATF measures a barrel as well.
Obviously that is the only thing you measure that way, but you get plenty close with barrels measured in 2" increments.and the OP has no question about how long the barrel is.
but it has a 30" Bbl................. normal, odd??????
I don't see a listing for 30" bbls on the 'plain' guns..............
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I don't think OP measured it correctly because I am not aware of any 'express' guns being made with 30" barrels.
A bit unusual but they have been making them for a long time and mixing and matching barrels is extremely easy. Somehow it happened whether by special order or someone sticking them together...
Look at the date code on the barrel and see how that lines up with offerings at the time... gun digest annuals are good for those questions.