Remington 870 barrel swap

rapier144 · December 25, 2005, 02:40 PM

My nephew has new 16ga 870 and wants to put on a 20ga barrel can he do that without any problems. Will it hurt anything to do this?

VaultDweller · December 25, 2005, 03:54 PM

The reciever, magazine tube, and many internal parts in an 870 are designed for a specific diameter and chamber pressure of a given gauge.

It just won't work, the barrel won't even fit on the reciever.

December 25, 2005, 02:40 PM	#1
rapier144 Senior Member Join Date: October 2, 2005 Location: tennessee Posts: 686	Remington 870 barrel swap My nephew has new 16ga 870 and wants to put on a 20ga barrel can he do that without any problems. Will it hurt anything to do this? __________________ Scan and Breathe Scan and Breathe Stupidity should hurt

December 25, 2005, 03:54 PM	#2
VaultDweller Member Join Date: December 21, 2005 Posts: 40	The reciever, magazine tube, and many internal parts in an 870 are designed for a specific diameter and chamber pressure of a given gauge. It just won't work, the barrel won't even fit on the reciever. __________________ "Giving MONEY and POWER to government is like giving WHISKEY and CAR KEYS to teenage boys." -P.J. O'Rourke "You can't defend one right by sacrificing another. Other people are going to do things with their lives you don't approve of, just as they're unlikely to approve of everything you do. Making criminals of them gives socialists a precedent for making a criminal of you."