Dave McC
July 23, 2001, 01:17 PM
My Frankenstein may be the most over publicized 870 in the world, since I keep referring to it here and on other BBs. Here's your chance to bore everyone also(G)...
I went to Valley Gun shop near Baltimore, Md, the place where I bought Frank's receiver in the early 90s and where I went to buy a single shot for my son today. I mentioned buying that receiver while doing the paperwork and the employee replied that they still had a number of those receivers left and for sale...
These were from the tower and wall guns at the old Md Pen, surplussed when they closed the Pen down. Valley sold off the better ones and parted out the rest. I paid $65 for a stripped receiver, bought a trigger group and some other parts, and proceeded to build Frank at the kitchen table.
Total in the early 90s was about $140.
Anyways, if you live in or near Md, have a yen to save some money and putter with a shotgun, they remainder of stripped receivers are for sale for $50. Other parts are available there, and they have the Flextab kits for those that want them.
They have some with stocks, which, like Frank's, are very well used and look like heck. Same price.
Correctional weapons get abused, neglected and dinged up.These are used weapons and the exterior looks bad. Inside, they're close to new, having been fired little.2 3/4 shells are what they're set up for, but their resident smith switched mine over to taking 3" shells for a pittance.
Valley is located on Harford Rd inside the Baltimore Beltway, and the phone #'s 410-668-2171....
Also, they have some surplussed 870s, beaters with Choate full stocks with PGs, extension mags and 18" bbls for around $229, also pretty well dinged up but shucking smoothly.
Hope this helps someone out there.....
I went to Valley Gun shop near Baltimore, Md, the place where I bought Frank's receiver in the early 90s and where I went to buy a single shot for my son today. I mentioned buying that receiver while doing the paperwork and the employee replied that they still had a number of those receivers left and for sale...
These were from the tower and wall guns at the old Md Pen, surplussed when they closed the Pen down. Valley sold off the better ones and parted out the rest. I paid $65 for a stripped receiver, bought a trigger group and some other parts, and proceeded to build Frank at the kitchen table.
Total in the early 90s was about $140.
Anyways, if you live in or near Md, have a yen to save some money and putter with a shotgun, they remainder of stripped receivers are for sale for $50. Other parts are available there, and they have the Flextab kits for those that want them.
They have some with stocks, which, like Frank's, are very well used and look like heck. Same price.
Correctional weapons get abused, neglected and dinged up.These are used weapons and the exterior looks bad. Inside, they're close to new, having been fired little.2 3/4 shells are what they're set up for, but their resident smith switched mine over to taking 3" shells for a pittance.
Valley is located on Harford Rd inside the Baltimore Beltway, and the phone #'s 410-668-2171....
Also, they have some surplussed 870s, beaters with Choate full stocks with PGs, extension mags and 18" bbls for around $229, also pretty well dinged up but shucking smoothly.
Hope this helps someone out there.....