[AKexpat]

See post #7.

You don't need all/any of that extraneous Bravo Sierra for an HD shotgun.

Pumps allow for ease of unloading and positive proof of a loaded/unloaded firearm.

Original wood furniture is lighter than all or any of the synthetic black stuff and all of the rails (which invite adding to the gun weight).

I used to own a 60's Wingmaster that I "tricked out" with a Choate black straight-line synthetic stock/forend with pistol grip (AR-15 style), a Choate mag extension, a 6 round Sidesaddle and another 6-round ammo holder that wrapped around the buttstock. I was ready for war!

Problem was the fully equipped gun weighed more than 10 lbs.

Sold it to a co-worker who was enamored by its looks.

Another thought: if the gun-grabbers come for firearms, a wood-stocked 870 (minus the mag extension) looks a lot like a gun suitable for duck hunting (and that's what the Second Amendment is all about, right?). It ain't black and threatening to uninformed Feinstein staffers and others of their ilk.

Still does the same job, eh?

One last thought: I have always had a trigger shoe installed on the skinny 870 triggers. Try it out: they are cheap and it's more like pressing the trigger than pulling the trigger.