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    Quote Originally Posted by Lon View Post
    I have not. I’m gonna try to do that either tomorrow or the next day. I ordered 2 more of them along w Magpul Stocks and forearms. We start 2 weeks at the range on the 11th so I’ll have more to report after we get done out there.
    Thank you for the quick reply! I hope everything works out well, and I am looking foward to future updates.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JWintergreen View Post
    Thank you for the quick reply! I hope everything works out well, and I am looking foward to future updates.
    Took the two new ones out (haven’t picked up the next two yet) and ran a box of 25 00 9 pellet and a box of slugs through each. Night and day difference compared to the 590s.

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    Buckshot shot at distances used during qual, plus a 15 yard shot. The slug shots out of the oval were my fault, not the shotguns. Slugs were fired at 50ft, which is what the state qual calls for.

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    The second head shot by the ear was all me. Rushed it.

    I’ll post up more details after we run the dog piss out of them in a couple weeks.
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    I'm interested in hearing your experience with the new 870 as I am in the market for another shotgun myself. I want to pick up a Shockwave or Tac-14 and basically Form 1 immediately while E Forms are still quick. We use 870s at work, but our armorer works on a few issued Mossbergs, too. He told me he preferred Mossberg these days, especially since Remarms just started and have no real track record.

    I have checked out both. I expected the Mossberg to be a clunker, but the fit and action appeared to be really good. I also checked out a Tac-14, which I expected to be iffy, but the fit appeared to be great on that one, also. Truth is, I like them both and lean towards Mossberg just because of my armorer's recommendation, but I want to hear from people with more experience. I have also read with interest some of the stories of extractors tearing through cheap rims, so I wonder if the dual extractors might give me a measure of safety.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gato naranja View Post
    I believe you are correct; this should add at least a little insurance in many cases... some low-buck, aftermarket sling plates and one-piece extensions are particularly prone to loosening.

    The much-maligned factory clamp for factory extended tubes is also a help in keeping everything in place, but that is only if the other components are correctly installed. This clamp is not particularly quick to detach in the field; in addition, I have seen them come from the factory with either a slotted-head screw or a Phillips-head clamping screw.

    Realize this is an older post, but thought I’d chime in. I have a newer 870 HD that I replaced the bead barrel with a factory sighted slug barrel. Along with the factory sling swivel clamp, I installed an aftermarket flashlight clamp. Between the two, I have had zero issues with the barrel getting loose. If anything, it’s a PITA to remove for cleaning. Just dropped it off to get the stock shortened. That’s been bugging me since I got it. An inch and a quarter off of it should work out well.
    Working diligently to enlarge my group size.

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    Quote Originally Posted by entropy View Post
    Along with the factory sling swivel clamp, I installed an aftermarket flashlight clamp. Between the two, I have had zero issues with the barrel getting loose. If anything, it’s a PITA to remove for cleaning.
    I was really ambivalent about the things and went through a long phase of trying out a cubic crapload of various caps, extensions and whatnot. I did notice a tendency for some combinations to "shoot loose," but the factory extensions with the clamp kept things pretty solid (at least once I discarded some unfortunate "gun expert" advice I had gotten about assembling them).

    One day in a chance conversation I mentioned about how it needed a screwdriver... and it took extra effort to get everything apart, and so on, and so forth. The response - and I quote - was, "It's a ******* CLAMP! Think about it!" Brutal, but I got the point.
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    Picked up 2 more. These have synthetic stocks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lon View Post
    Picked up 2 more. These have synthetic stocks.

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    Nice. I notice they are drilled for an optic.

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    Quote Originally Posted by HCM View Post
    Nice. I notice they are drilled for an optic.
    Yep. That surprised me because the other ones definitely did not have it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by HCM View Post
    Nice. I notice they are drilled for an optic.
    That surprises me too. Good move.
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    Quote Originally Posted by HCM View Post
    Nice. I notice they are drilled for an optic.
    I saw two new 870s at a more tactically oriented shop in PA last week. The 18.5” bead sight model was drilled/tapped. The 18.5” peep sight model had a XSish peep with a separate rail section installed in those same holes, a white beaded blade front sight, a Remington magazine tube and standoff type choke tube.

    Home in WV this week I saw a nice 28” vent rib sporting 870 in a store and noticed that it was drilled and tapped also.

    Apparently the new improved RemArms realizes that sights, RDS and scopes are a thing these days. I may have to get one.

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