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9mmMike · February 22, 2005, 08:37 PM

I'm with you on the used guns. I really like older 870's better than new ones.
My favorite is my '91 police trainer that was well-used. The outside looked better than the ol' '55 but the hammer was actually peened, badly, from usage.
It was a pre-Express though with no mag dimples and polished metal under blue.
This gun wears a 20" rifle-sighted barrel and is my primary everything gun. I am trying to phase it out of clay shooting and learn to shoot this "new" 28" plain-barreled '55 but it is a hard gun to put down for long.

Good luck with yours.
Mike

February 22, 2005, 08:37 PM	#5
9mmMike Senior Member Join Date: January 6, 2000 Location: SE PA Posts: 1,049	I'm with you on the used guns. I really like older 870's better than new ones. My favorite is my '91 police trainer that was well-used. The outside looked better than the ol' '55 but the hammer was actually peened, badly, from usage. It was a pre-Express though with no mag dimples and polished metal under blue. This gun wears a 20" rifle-sighted barrel and is my primary everything gun. I am trying to phase it out of clay shooting and learn to shoot this "new" 28" plain-barreled '55 but it is a hard gun to put down for long. Good luck with yours. Mike __________________ "Freedom is not free" Visit TheRallyPoint.org TheRallyPoint at LRGC- Saturday August 26th IF YOU LIVE IN PA AND DID NOT VOTE, YOU DESERVE TO LOSE YOUR GUNS!