Well, this was just a replacement barrel - not something I can commonly find in most gunstores usually, as far as I know. I figured I could order it like I'd order any other gun part online and it would show up in the mail and work as advertised but nope.....
It is too bad as both of my 870s are very nicely built.
Guns are just machines and without you they can do no harm, nor any good
After much reading and watching reviews, I went with the TriStar Viper G2, 12GA, 26" bbl in black synthetic.
If anyone's interested, here are my reasons:
- Price
- 5 yr mechanical warranty
- Company is in Kansas City, they also do any repairs. Customer service is reportedly very good.
- This model is gaining a good reputation for reliability
- Simple gas operated design (yeah I wussed out there, for softer recoil)
- If you need basic parts, they said they will send them to me.
I actually called them and the guy was quite happy to talk about their products as well as answer all my questions.