I did not know that.
Even though mi casa is located in what could be construed as both shotgun country and skinflint territory, I have never seen anyone around here use - or even own - a Chinese-made "Pardner" 870 clone. A few Tex-Mex Mavericks, yes. Now you have got me curious.
One hopes new proprietors of the 870 might consider this a good time to actually improve the product by curing these two less-than-desirable issues. The curmudgeon in me automatically assumes that they won't, and that they will cut more corners on the 870s to boot.
gn
"On the internet, nobody knows if you are a dog... or even a cat."
Fix the ejector and mag tube. I’d think something along the line of Krieghoff double guns where the tang mounted safety decocks the hammer when moved to SAFE and the cocks the hammer when on FIRE would be an innovation.
Really as long as a clone used 870 barrels, stocks, forends and common action parts I’d think it would sell.
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Not another dime.
Alas, this is the world we now live in. God forbid a company and its officers (and shareholders) try to make a steady, reasonable dividend while providing the best damned good and/or service in which they specialize.
Easily owner-replaceable ejectors and magazine tubes aside, the thing I never "got" about the 870 - especially in LE/MIL form - was the fact that the receivers were not all drilled and tapped for a Weaver or picatinny rail.
Why nobody has yet come out with an 18" 870 barrel that comes with a piece of picatinny rail in place of - or even on top of - a vent rib (the rail cantilevering back over the receiver) is a mystery to me. "Versatile as a flattop AR with rails out to the flash hider, it would be."
(Said like Yoda.)
If Mossberg wasn't so busy building comic book shotguns, maybe they could try it too.
gn
"On the internet, nobody knows if you are a dog... or even a cat."
LE generally doesn't want to spend money upgrading shotguns. Arguably, bead sights are as fast as, or faster than ghost rings and even an optic, for the average LEO. Additionally, many agencies don't allow their officers to carry slugs.
So in that respect, historically there hasn't been the demand for receivers drilled and tapped for rails.
Agree, though, that Remington has been behind the power curve on this for the last decade.