Finally got one of my projects done. Old school wooden stocked Rem 870, 1950s. It was pretty beat up. I bought it cheap as a donor. Here it after stock removed and most of parts collected.
Before:

After:





Hogue stocks, over sized speed safety, Volquartsen extractor (non mim), Wilson Combat extended mag tube and follower, Duracoat Magpul OD green. I can't remember exactly who made the heat shield, flashlight mount, and shell carrier right now

Holds 6 in the belly, one in chamber, and 4 on the side. I am pretty happy with it. It is one of my home defense tools.....

Those pistol grip only pump shotguns are cool looking, but seem like they'd be hard to deploy effectively, lacking a shoulder stock.

Pretty disappointing.....I opened this thread expecting to see some nicely figured Walnut....

I actually have the butt stock still. Just need to sand it and paint it black. The forend was so old and dry it broke upon removal.

It is just a belly gun, pretty much. For across the room. But it does pretty good with the pictured Winchester military grade 00 buck. Shotguns are absolutely wicked weapons.....

Was wondering where you been. Almost PMed you.

Yeah the walnut was pretty trashed. As was most of it....

Looks tacticool!

If I was gonna build one, I'd start with what you used. Those old ones with 2 3/4 ONLY chambers have a much shorter stroke than the later ones.

A man NEEDING to use one is gonna be pretty excited and it's easy to short stroke the newer ones.

It's one thing to hear the "click" as the firing pin strikes air and you watch a cock pheasant fly on off.

Damn sight worse when you REALLY need it to shoot a second time.

Yea....I was just funning ya...looks like a pretty good use for an old beater......

Haven't been around much....a friend from WY spent Sept over here trying to call in a Wolf and I've been the tour guide....
Needless to say...Wolves ain't that easy to call but we had a good time looking over some pretty wild country.....
He has a younger sister to my Cur dog that he's turned into an incredible decoy dog so we did manage to put a beat down on some pretty feisty Coyotes though....

That sounds like fun Charlie.....

The older ones have better followers by a mile, and non mim extractors also. The extractor is the first thing I would change on a new 870. They have MIM extractors.

NONE of the police/military 870s have MIM extractors. That pretty much says it all.....

2muchgun;
Good evening to you sir and thanks for sharing the results of your shotgun project with us.

Because we're not really able to do much with pistols and revolvers up here, there's quite a few of us Canucks who appreciate the usefulness of a short shotgun.

To me it looks like you've ended up with an extremely useful arm and as you've stated, they do the job when called upon.

Thanks again, all the best to you folks and good luck on your hunts this fall too.

Dwayne

It was....hunting Coyotes with a decoy dog is a different animal and as much fun as I've had in A LOT of years of hunting em....
You can kill the whole dam family but chit happens pretty fast so you have to be a good shot....fortunately I was running the camera and not the gun so we did pretty good considering the limited amount of Coyote hunting we did......

Thanks Dwayne.

We were out shooting it and a Weatherby tactical shotgun. Made in Turkey, I forgot the name/model.

I gotta say, the amount of damage a shotgun can do is downright impressive.

I would pay more money for an early model beater 870 than I would for a new one.

Take care......

I could dig that. Different from doggie hunting here, for sure.

Everything here is so thick. it almost has to be winter with leaves down and snow, or at least fields picked/plowed.....

2muchgun;
Thanks for the reply sir, I appreciate it.

I'm happy to say we've not yet had to utilize our short shotguns in anything resembling the gravest extreme.

That doesn't prevent us from practicing with them to hone our skills now and then....



Improvised speed drill targets that day. The goal was to double tap them with slugs before they fell over and no, I wasn't able to do that every time.


That 3/4" hole is impressive though for sure.

Thanks again and may we never need these "social arms" for anything more than practice.

Dwayne

If you don't have arthritis in your wrists yet, you're gonna be well on the path, if you shoot it much.

As much as I like 870s, they'll hurt if you don't have the proper angle on the grip. That pistol grip looks too much like vertical to me.

I've done my share of shooting them with folders, pistol grips and such, and have always gone back to the regular-shaped buttstocks.

I like the metalwork, though.

That's what it's like were the Wolves live around here too....
Like I said...I was just the tour guide for the Wolf hunting but I figured that any time you go into the woods pretending to be a dying animal in Bear/Wolf country I feel you should go armed so I was packing my 44mag carbine.....

That sounds like a fun drill.

And yes, the pistol grip definitely does impart some recoil on one's wrist. But as stated, it's really just a gun I hope I don't have to use. Just take it out for a little play time on occasion.

Those little 44 mag carbines, of all shapes and sizes, are selling like hotcakes around here. They changed the deer hunting law here. 2/3 of state was always an open rifle zone. But 1/3 was always shotgun/muzzleloader/ larger handgun zone. You can now use straight walled cartrifdges with brass of no more than 1.8" in the shotgun zone. My one bud uses a Marlin 44 mag. I use a 450 Bushmaster now. Brass is 1.7" and it throws 250 grainers at 2200 fps.....



Of course, I still hunt the rifle zones as well.....

Mine's a 1976 pre safety Marlin that ain't for sale at any price.....

My bud's is a pre safety made in the 70s also. We have been friends for roughly 35 years. I can't ever remember him not having it.......

Gene, I must be old-school because that's exactly what I've got sitting behind me in its soft case right now. Nice blue and walnut with the old checkering. I think the barrel is 28" modified. What used to be thought of as a do it all gun. I intend to get a 20 just like it when one shows up on a gunshow table.

2much


Nice job on the 870

Did you use the 450 last Year? Man it makes quite a hole
What distance do you feel comfortable hunting with It?

Hank

Nice job!

Should the time come it will serve you well.

Yep. Same principle as a sub-gun, simultaneous multiple impacts. Folks don't generally stay in the fight after getting hit solidly by a shotgun blast of buckshot.

Makes me think of the shotgun scene in Open Range where it knocks the guy clear off his feet.

Hope it does not have to, Paul.....

Yeah, that was ridiculous. Laws of physics would demand that such a round would also knock the shooter to the ground.

Good morning Hank.

I shot one doe with it. It was dark and I gave that deer to someone who needed it more than I. So I never did see it skinned, but the damage looked pretty substantial. Not too messy, but a good sized hole.

I have only shot to 200 yards with it. I am easily comfortable at that range now. It will take deer much further out than that.

But-----I have it set up where I should be able to run it to 500 yds. Something I have planned on doing right from the start. According to my calculations, I should have enough come ups left. I have the handloads ready. Just haven't run them through the chrony yet. Will then exercise my free CDS dial option.....

Yes it was definitely "dramatized" a bit.....

I love that movie....I bet I've watched it a dozen times.....

Was gonna paint that buttstock with some black Alumahyde, but the damn spray nozzle hosed me

I swear there isn't much in the world that consistently pisses me off more than spray cans. I try to do everything right with them, but it just doesn't seem to matter.......

Such a nice shotgun, with so much potential...then this.

I have plenty of other shotguns. But am not what I would consider a shotgun guy. I don't look at it like butchering a fine old rifle, but can see how some may. It was pretty beat up, price was right, and it was just what I was looking for in a donor.......