Looks like about $550 retail.
https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1024424485?pid=528622
Looks like about $550 retail.
https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1024424485?pid=528622
A couple other random thoughts on barrel indexing and the ejector housing.
One of the clamp-on sling swivels could be used to help keep an extended magazine cap tight. Most of these use a threaded stud with the sling swivel so the gun could still be taken apart in the field if necessary.
I do wonder about a new housing as well. Something that is solid without the step. This should eliminate the weak point although it would no longer be compatible with other barrels. Not without modification.
Another option might be some sort of hardened pin or stud that pokes through the receiver and serves as a barrel index point. Then the housing could be shortened up so it doesn't contact the barrel. The pin could be essentially a rivet that could be replaced if it got damaged or worn.
Lastly, a housing that attaches to the receiver via two bolts or screws might also be possible. That way it could be replaced by the end user more easily.
This is all assuming that the new version of the ejector housing isn't the final fix.
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Thank you for the update OP.
Can anyone confirm/deny if the finish has been changed or upgraded?
The detent on the barrel ring needs attention when you clean the barrel and most folks ignore the task. Just take a solvent dampened toothbrush to the detent.
We always seated the barrel by softly dropping the shotgun onto the recoil pad and then tightening the magazine tube end cap. Soft jawed pliers should only be used to loosen the cap, but, again, dropping the shotgun onto the recoil pad usually works in this case, as well as seating the barrel.
The wave mounted washers are for use with express barrels in my experience.
Also, Brownell's has this little nifty tool that can save replacing the front rivet on the 870 if the ejector spring gets broken or wadded up:
https://www.brownells.com/gunsmith-t...r-prod368.aspx
complete set for replacing rivets:
https://www.brownells.com/gunsmith-t...t-prod653.aspx
I have hand filed them pretty level using duck/duct tape to protect the receiver and then hit with cold blue. Doesn't need to be pretty, the side saddle covers them.
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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.
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I am delighted to read about the new Fieldmaster line. I think that is a definite step in the right direction. I will pick one up as soon as I see one locally.
I do have one of those DEA short barrels with the XS sights. It is very fast and efficient. Having said that, it took me about three years to track one down on Gunbroker.
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They were oddly ignored at one point, and I even got a closeout price on one. A surprising number of people who are otherwise pretty knowledgeable about things 870 were never - or were only marginally - aware of them, and I suspect that was because they showed up around the time that the patrol carbine was sucking a lot of the oxygen out of the room.
Makers of replacement 870 barrels should consider that as an all-around utility 870 barrel, one of these low-profile rifle sighted "DEA-style" barrels that is also threaded for removable choke tubes would be an exceptionally handy offering.
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OP, have you had a chance to put the new Express shotguns though their paces and pattern them yet? I would also love to hear your opinion on the finish, as that was one of the biggest criticisms during the Freedom Group years.
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