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Dave McC · June 6, 2001, 09:57 AM

Rom, just because the receiver is thin, it doesn't have to be flimsy. I'd have heard if the receivers were cracking, after 4 million units and 50 years, we'd definitely know if they were cracking.

And my older Wingmasters have handled short magnums, steel shot, lots of buck, lots of slugs, and plenty of barnburner turkey loads. My pheasant load of choice runs 1 1/4 oz, Max dram, and kicks about as much as the buck and slugs. If ANYTHING was flimsy about that 870, it'd have gone back to Big Green with Nastygram attached long ago.

An 870 Express is not quite the equivalent of a Wingmaster, but it's still ahead of most other pumps,including the Browning stuff that's priced way more...

June 6, 2001, 09:57 AM	#5
Dave McC Staff In Memoriam Join Date: October 13, 1999 Location: Columbia, Md, USA Posts: 8,811	Rom, just because the receiver is thin, it doesn't have to be flimsy. I'd have heard if the receivers were cracking, after 4 million units and 50 years, we'd definitely know if they were cracking. And my older Wingmasters have handled short magnums, steel shot, lots of buck, lots of slugs, and plenty of barnburner turkey loads. My pheasant load of choice runs 1 1/4 oz, Max dram, and kicks about as much as the buck and slugs. If ANYTHING was flimsy about that 870, it'd have gone back to Big Green with Nastygram attached long ago. An 870 Express is not quite the equivalent of a Wingmaster, but it's still ahead of most other pumps,including the Browning stuff that's priced way more...