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Al Thompson · June 30, 2002, 06:33 AM

Welcome to TFL Magnumforces. I bought one of those folding stock 870s in 1982. Took me a box of shells to figure out that I wanted a real stock.

I've read several accounts of the duckbill spreader. IIRC, it was by a company named A&W. Seems that I saw the first article in a gun rag. Several SEAL accounts of the SE Asia conflict mention those.

FWIW, one of my Platoon Sargents had pictures of he and his 870 in Vietnam. He mentioned that he had his Dad ship one over and he promptly cut the barrel down to some short length. He relayed that it didn't take him long to have his Dad send him a 30' full choke barrel - the no choke barrel didn't work too well. Bruce was in the 173rd.

June 30, 2002, 06:33 AM	#17
Al Thompson Staff Alumnus Join Date: May 2, 1999 Location: South Carolina Posts: 3,611	Welcome to TFL Magnumforces. I bought one of those folding stock 870s in 1982. Took me a box of shells to figure out that I wanted a real stock. I've read several accounts of the duckbill spreader. IIRC, it was by a company named A&W. Seems that I saw the first article in a gun rag. Several SEAL accounts of the SE Asia conflict mention those. FWIW, one of my Platoon Sargents had pictures of he and his 870 in Vietnam. He mentioned that he had his Dad ship one over and he promptly cut the barrel down to some short length. He relayed that it didn't take him long to have his Dad send him a 30' full choke barrel - the no choke barrel didn't work too well. Bruce was in the 173rd. __________________ http://www.scfirearms.org/