I'm leaving this thread now before any more mental or emotional trauma is experienced...and before any financial trauma follows.
There's nothing civil about this war.
And all I have is an 870 with a Magpul stock and a Surefire forend...
I'll shoot you my address so you can send one before the holidays.
Of course, I'll have to get rid of at least one of my seven total firearms...I mean, who needs more than a shotgun?
(I learned that from Uncle Joe. Hey wait a minute...if you can't rack it, how're you supposed to scare the bad guys off?)
There's nothing civil about this war.
I've seen one 1301T that was borderline with 8-pellet FC. It would choke when run from the CQB/short-stock position, but would run reliably when shouldered conventionally. It was brand new out of the box, and may have needed some break-in with some full-power buck, or perhaps something was wrong with it, I don't know. Others have seemed to run fine with it. Regardless, it goes to show that you need to test your gun with your chosen duty/defensive ammo, not only for patterning, but for function (especially with a self-loader).
Matt Haught
SYMTAC Consulting LLC
https://sym-tac.com