7-rd factory 870's!!!

8200 rpm · July 18, 2001, 11:51 PM

What the heck is this?!

I thought the 870 Marine Magnum ($450) was the only one available with the factory 7-shot magazine. And that PC crap about 870's not accepting LE accessories.

But what did I find at the local shop... an 18" parkerized 870 ($289) with the same mag extension as the Marine Magnum!

I can't remember correctly, but I think it also read "Super Magnum" on the left side of the reciever. Maybe, it just read "Express Magnum". Didn't think much of it when I saw it. But now, I can't remember.

Oh well, I guess I'll find out for sure when I pick it up.

Coronach · July 18, 2001, 11:55 PM

The Super Magnum is the 870 chambered for 3.5" shotshells.

Mike

Shootin' Shane · July 22, 2001, 11:03 PM

I just bought one and it is a great looking gun. Exactly like the Marine Magnum except not nickel. It says 870 EXPRESS MAGNUM on the side. You can't beat the price, I paid $280.00. It is basically the Home Defense shotgun with an extended mag. I guess since the extended mag is installed at the factory, you don't have to worry about a PC dimpled mag tube. The shop I bought it at also had an 1100 decked out the same way except it was $640.00! I'll stick with the 870.

July 18, 2001, 11:51 PM	#1
8200 rpm Senior Member Join Date: December 3, 2000 Location: SoCal Posts: 181	7-rd factory 870's!!! What the heck is this?! I thought the 870 Marine Magnum ($450) was the only one available with the factory 7-shot magazine. And that PC crap about 870's not accepting LE accessories. But what did I find at the local shop... an 18" parkerized 870 ($289) with the same mag extension as the Marine Magnum! I can't remember correctly, but I think it also read "Super Magnum" on the left side of the reciever. Maybe, it just read "Express Magnum". Didn't think much of it when I saw it. But now, I can't remember. Oh well, I guess I'll find out for sure when I pick it up.

July 18, 2001, 11:55 PM	#2
Coronach Senior Member Join Date: March 25, 1999 Posts: 3,147	The Super Magnum is the 870 chambered for 3.5" shotshells. Mike __________________ The axe bites into the door, ripping a hole in one panel. The maniac puts his face into the hole, cackling gleefully, "Here's Johnny...erk." "And here's Smith and Wesson," murmurs Coronach, Mozambiquing six rounds of .357 into the critter at a range of three feet. -Lawdog "True pacifism is the finest form of manliness. But if a man comes up to you and cuts your hand off, you don't just offer him the other one. Not if you want to go on playing the piano, you don't." -Sam Peckinpah "A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." -Robert Heinlein

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July 22, 2001, 11:03 PM	#3
Shootin' Shane Senior Member Join Date: December 27, 2000 Location: West TN Posts: 122	I just bought one and it is a great looking gun. Exactly like the Marine Magnum except not nickel. It says 870 EXPRESS MAGNUM on the side. You can't beat the price, I paid $280.00. It is basically the Home Defense shotgun with an extended mag. I guess since the extended mag is installed at the factory, you don't have to worry about a PC dimpled mag tube. The shop I bought it at also had an 1100 decked out the same way except it was $640.00! I'll stick with the 870.