newbie with questions on an 870 Express

kokopelli · July 10, 2009, 07:51 PM

Hey guys- newbie here -just registered on the forum...long time gun nut though.
I just picked up a Remington Express 870 with the synth stocks and the +2 extension with the matte black finish. Price was good and I can always use another gun. Having only an 870 Police Magnum previously, what can I expect from the Express? I understand there are MIM and plastic (?) parts on it and it's more 'cheaply' made...anything to be concerned with about it? This one won't be seeing any hard core life-saving covert tactical ops use, but just used for putting holes in cardboard and exploding watermelons and as a back up when the zombies come.

uzimon · July 10, 2009, 08:17 PM

you'd have to shoot the holy hell out of that piece to break a part.
i have an 870 exp, i've tried

also welcome to tfl

rantingredneck · July 10, 2009, 08:20 PM

A little less refined and less polished. May have to do some chamber polishing if you get stuck shells.

Other than that, shoot it til something breaks............we won't wait up for you..........

drail · July 10, 2009, 08:45 PM

A fine choice in shotguns. Be sure to clean the factory preservative/oil/grease crap out of it and as stated polish the chamber.

kokopelli · July 11, 2009, 08:44 AM

awesome- thanks!

fleeterhousen · July 11, 2009, 08:53 AM

welcome!

nothing to really ad, just reinforcing what's been said. I have an 870 express myself, and it's a tough gun. polish the chamber --- it's a good thing

LHKing · July 11, 2009, 04:22 PM

like everybody else said shoot it and shoot it alot.

also, they can work good as a boat paddle if need be.

kokopelli · July 18, 2009, 08:54 PM

I just got mine- mmmmmmmmm......flat black. The receiver doesn't have 'Express' stamped on it after the 870 like all the others I've seen.

hogdogs · July 18, 2009, 09:01 PM

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The receiver doesn't have 'Express' stamped on it after the 870 like all the others I've seen.

Having never even really handled remingtons much I am no expert... But from what I have seen in conversation on various forums, they seem to vary widely on their stampings of nomenclature and features...
But I bet if it were a wingmaster, it would surely say so...

Brent

rantingredneck · July 18, 2009, 09:12 PM

Yep, they stopped stamping Express on the receiver sometime recently. Most recent ones I've seen, including the one I just sold last week, just say "Remington 870". They've dropped "Express" and "Magnum". I'm not sure what current production Wingmasters say on them.

halfmile · July 18, 2009, 09:37 PM

Quite sturdy, many in our area, and I am at the trap club 3X a week, never heard of a broken one.

HM

RoscoeC · July 18, 2009, 10:00 PM

I have two...wouldn't take for them.

Lee Lapin · July 19, 2009, 09:17 AM

Hmmm.

870.

kokopelli.

http://www.yfainc.com/

Meet up with Louis sometime for his basic shotgun class, and bring along that shotgun. You won't have any questions about either the gun or your ability to use it three days later...

lpl

July 10, 2009, 07:51 PM	#1
kokopelli Senior Member Join Date: July 10, 2009 Location: Ky Posts: 202	newbie with questions on an 870 Express Hey guys- newbie here -just registered on the forum...long time gun nut though. I just picked up a Remington Express 870 with the synth stocks and the +2 extension with the matte black finish. Price was good and I can always use another gun. Having only an 870 Police Magnum previously, what can I expect from the Express? I understand there are MIM and plastic (?) parts on it and it's more 'cheaply' made...anything to be concerned with about it? This one won't be seeing any hard core life-saving covert tactical ops use, but just used for putting holes in cardboard and exploding watermelons and as a back up when the zombies come.

July 10, 2009, 08:17 PM	#2
uzimon Senior Member Join Date: April 17, 2007 Location: houston texas Posts: 115	you'd have to shoot the holy hell out of that piece to break a part. i have an 870 exp, i've tried also welcome to tfl __________________ "the dogs wouldn't be playing with the guns that didnt have the rope on them" FRED MAXWELL from www.gunsnet.net Last edited by uzimon; July 11, 2009 at 09:58 PM.

July 10, 2009, 08:20 PM	#3
rantingredneck Senior Member Join Date: January 12, 2007 Location: North Carolina Posts: 4,728	A little less refined and less polished. May have to do some chamber polishing if you get stuck shells. Other than that, shoot it til something breaks............we won't wait up for you.......... __________________ NRA Member NC Hunter's Education Instructor PCCA Member (What's PCCA you ask? <- Check the link)

July 18, 2009, 09:12 PM	#10
rantingredneck Senior Member Join Date: January 12, 2007 Location: North Carolina Posts: 4,728	Yep, they stopped stamping Express on the receiver sometime recently. Most recent ones I've seen, including the one I just sold last week, just say "Remington 870". They've dropped "Express" and "Magnum". I'm not sure what current production Wingmasters say on them. __________________ NRA Member NC Hunter's Education Instructor PCCA Member (What's PCCA you ask? <- Check the link)

July 18, 2009, 10:00 PM	#12
RoscoeC Senior Member Join Date: February 21, 2006 Location: DFW Metromess Posts: 562	I have two...wouldn't take for them. __________________ “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing." --Helen Keller "Do not cry havoc when you should but hunt with modest warrant." --William Shakespeare Glock Certified Armorer NRA Life Member

July 10, 2009, 08:45 PM	#4
drail Junior member Join Date: February 2, 2008 Posts: 3,150	A fine choice in shotguns. Be sure to clean the factory preservative/oil/grease crap out of it and as stated polish the chamber.

July 11, 2009, 08:44 AM	#5
kokopelli Senior Member Join Date: July 10, 2009 Location: Ky Posts: 202	awesome- thanks!

July 11, 2009, 08:53 AM	#6
fleeterhousen Member Join Date: June 21, 2009 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 26	welcome! nothing to really ad, just reinforcing what's been said. I have an 870 express myself, and it's a tough gun. polish the chamber --- it's a good thing

July 11, 2009, 04:22 PM	#7
LHKing Junior Member Join Date: July 10, 2009 Location: Mississippi Posts: 13	like everybody else said shoot it and shoot it alot. also, they can work good as a boat paddle if need be.

July 18, 2009, 08:54 PM	#8
kokopelli Senior Member Join Date: July 10, 2009 Location: Ky Posts: 202	I just got mine- mmmmmmmmm......flat black. The receiver doesn't have 'Express' stamped on it after the 870 like all the others I've seen.

July 18, 2009, 09:37 PM	#11
halfmile Member Join Date: April 5, 2009 Location: Green Bay, Wis Posts: 19	Quite sturdy, many in our area, and I am at the trap club 3X a week, never heard of a broken one. HM

July 19, 2009, 09:17 AM	#13
Lee Lapin Senior Member Join Date: September 7, 2004 Location: SE NC Posts: 1,239	Hmmm. 870. kokopelli. http://www.yfainc.com/ Meet up with Louis sometime for his basic shotgun class, and bring along that shotgun. You won't have any questions about either the gun or your ability to use it three days later... lpl