Anybody have a source for shortening the magazine tube on a 870

cpu77 · November 3, 2009, 10:23 PM

I just got a price to shorten my magazine tube down to fit a 9" barrel and they want $275! Why so much!

hogdogs · November 3, 2009, 10:39 PM

Post this in the NFA section... Someone there may be of help.
Brent

Lee Lapin · November 5, 2009, 01:48 PM

Only person I know who builds AOWs is Mark Serbu ( http://www.serbu.com/ ). You might try asking him, but I have no idea if he does that kind of work on guns he's not building himself. The worst he could say is no... well, it might be a little more colorful than that...

lpl

ETA- and as to why so expensive... The magazine tube has to be un-soldered from the receiver, shortened, re-soldered back into the receiver, and then the receiver has to be refinished. And most of the people who do this work have to buy expensive licenses for the privilege of doing business as well.

Jeremiah/Az · November 5, 2009, 03:05 PM

A 9" barrel? Is that a typo? Anything shorter than 18" is illegal!

hogdogs · November 5, 2009, 03:11 PM

jeramiah... With a tax stamp from atf it can have a 1 inch barrel and is considered a short barrel shot gun...
Visit the NFA section just below this shotgun section to see some nice legally owned guns.... Full auto, short rifles, short shotguns, AOW's (any other weapon) and silencers... They have a nice photo thread going

Brent

spacecoast · November 5, 2009, 03:13 PM

Quote:

I just got a price to shorten my magazine tube down to fit a 9" barrel and they want $275! Why so much!

That would seriously limit the number of shots in the magazine - maybe 2? Why so short?

hogdogs · November 5, 2009, 03:15 PM

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All legally obtained and owned...

Nice huh?
Brent
*Image guiltlessly ripped from the NFA photo thread...
http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/...d.php?t=320003

Jeremiah/Az · November 5, 2009, 03:46 PM

Yes,Hogdogs,you are right about the stamp. Some of those in the picture look like some serious pain to me!

Kmar40 · November 8, 2009, 11:43 AM

Not sure I'd pay $200 for some of those. An SBR Mosin? Don't know why.

DRice.72 · November 8, 2009, 12:54 PM

Kmar40, if your buying a NFA weapon, you are gonna have A LOT more than $200 invested in it. As far as why, why do ppl buy money they can't spend, why do ppl buy 200 mph cars. They love them. Those who invest in NFA weapons do so out of their love of firearms, and firearm history. I would also imagine shooting them is a whole lot of fun too!

444 · November 8, 2009, 03:18 PM

If you add $275 to the price of an 870, you could probably just buy a Serbu Super Shorty. Of course you also have to have the barrel shortened.

When I bought my Serbu, I got it used and saw several other ones used at that time. Point being, I think you would be money ahead to just buy the SS instead of putting one together yourself.
Of course the SS has a 6" barrel if I remember correctly. I don't know if this is an issue for your or not.

Well, maybe you don't want an AOW and want a full stock. If this is the case, just ignore me: nothing to see here.

November 3, 2009, 10:23 PM	#1
cpu77 Junior Member Join Date: April 7, 2006 Posts: 13	Anybody have a source for shortening the magazine tube on a 870 I just got a price to shorten my magazine tube down to fit a 9" barrel and they want $275! Why so much!

November 5, 2009, 01:48 PM	#3
Lee Lapin Senior Member Join Date: September 7, 2004 Location: SE NC Posts: 1,239	Only person I know who builds AOWs is Mark Serbu ( http://www.serbu.com/ ). You might try asking him, but I have no idea if he does that kind of work on guns he's not building himself. The worst he could say is no... well, it might be a little more colorful than that... lpl ETA- and as to why so expensive... The magazine tube has to be un-soldered from the receiver, shortened, re-soldered back into the receiver, and then the receiver has to be refinished. And most of the people who do this work have to buy expensive licenses for the privilege of doing business as well. __________________ Mindset - Skillset - Toolset. In that order! Attitude and skill will get you through times of no gear, better than gear will get you through times of no attitude and no skill. Last edited by Lee Lapin; November 5, 2009 at 03:15 PM.

November 8, 2009, 12:54 PM	#10
DRice.72 Senior Member Join Date: October 19, 2009 Location: Western North Carolina Posts: 451	Kmar40, if your buying a NFA weapon, you are gonna have A LOT more than $200 invested in it. As far as why, why do ppl buy money they can't spend, why do ppl buy 200 mph cars. They love them. Those who invest in NFA weapons do so out of their love of firearms, and firearm history. I would also imagine shooting them is a whole lot of fun too! __________________ They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety - Benjamin Franklin Light is faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright unitl you hear them speak! They should have stopped with "Congress shall make no Law...

November 8, 2009, 03:18 PM	#11
444 Senior Member Join Date: November 20, 2000 Location: Ohio Posts: 3,968	If you add $275 to the price of an 870, you could probably just buy a Serbu Super Shorty. Of course you also have to have the barrel shortened. When I bought my Serbu, I got it used and saw several other ones used at that time. Point being, I think you would be money ahead to just buy the SS instead of putting one together yourself. Of course the SS has a 6" barrel if I remember correctly. I don't know if this is an issue for your or not. Well, maybe you don't want an AOW and want a full stock. If this is the case, just ignore me: nothing to see here. __________________ You know the rest. In the books you have read How the British Regulars fired and fled, How the farmers gave them ball for ball, From behind each fence and farmyard wall, Chasing the redcoats down the lane, Then crossing the fields to emerge again Under the trees at the turn of the road, And only pausing to fire and load.

November 3, 2009, 10:39 PM	#2
hogdogs Staff In Memoriam Join Date: October 31, 2007 Location: Western Florida panhandle Posts: 11,069	Post this in the NFA section... Someone there may be of help. Brent

November 5, 2009, 03:05 PM	#4
Jeremiah/Az Senior Member Join Date: May 27, 2009 Location: Az. Posts: 509	A 9" barrel? Is that a typo? Anything shorter than 18" is illegal!

November 5, 2009, 03:11 PM	#5
hogdogs Staff In Memoriam Join Date: October 31, 2007 Location: Western Florida panhandle Posts: 11,069	jeramiah... With a tax stamp from atf it can have a 1 inch barrel and is considered a short barrel shot gun... Visit the NFA section just below this shotgun section to see some nice legally owned guns.... Full auto, short rifles, short shotguns, AOW's (any other weapon) and silencers... They have a nice photo thread going Brent

November 5, 2009, 03:15 PM	#7
hogdogs Staff In Memoriam Join Date: October 31, 2007 Location: Western Florida panhandle Posts: 11,069	* All legally obtained and owned... Nice huh? Brent *Image guiltlessly ripped from the NFA photo thread... http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/...d.php?t=320003

November 5, 2009, 03:46 PM	#8
Jeremiah/Az Senior Member Join Date: May 27, 2009 Location: Az. Posts: 509	Yes,Hogdogs,you are right about the stamp. Some of those in the picture look like some serious pain to me!

November 8, 2009, 11:43 AM	#9
Kmar40 Senior Member Join Date: February 15, 2009 Posts: 668	Not sure I'd pay $200 for some of those. An SBR Mosin? Don't know why.