Adding Sights to a Rem 870

[Homerboy]

I have an 870 Express tactical. Would like to add real sights to it, rather than the bead in the front. What's the easiest way to go about doing this? Could i have a picantinny rail installed on the top?

[zippy13]

A popular conversion for the tacti-cool 870 Ex is a ghost ring sight set. Typically, the front sight is simply cemented over the existing bead; however, the rear requires drilling and tapping for a set screw. Click here

[MAX100]

The easiest way to buy a rifle sight barrel. It's very costly to add ghost rings sights to a shotgun, starting at $200 and up. You would be better off to sell or keep your shotgun and buy a shotgun that comes with GRS.

The 870 Express Tactical Model 81198 for $450. XS ghost ring sights and rail mount, tapped for choke tubes, breacher choke, factory tube extension, black oxide finish and LE SpeedFeed forend. The best deal Remington has ever offered on a defense shotgun.

Mossberg 590 18.5" barrel GRS for $450

The best option is the Hawk 982 an 870 style shotgun with GRS for around $200. It's very durable and reliable. This shotgun is a heck of a deal and you can see why.


GC

[RoscoeC]

You could always do what I did.

http://www.midwayusa.com/viewproduct...tnumber=381172

I was able to buy the barrel with the rifle sights already on it for less than I could buy and install the sights alone.

You can then re sell the barrel for a pretty good chunk of what you paid for the new one with the rifle sights.

[jmortimer]

What MAX 100 said, You could buy this new shotgun with nice ghost ring sights for about the same price as the Remington barrel with the weenie non-GRS and it will probably be as good as your Remington 870 - possibly even better. http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...=156332463#PIC
They manufacture shotguns for Remington so in a way you are getting a Remington.

[oneounceload]

Would like to add real sights to it, rather than the bead in the front

You mean a simple bead and your own eyes for the rear aren't good enough for HD/room distances????

[popeyespappy]

Or you could get the Trijicon tritium ghost ring setup for your 870 for two thirds of the cost of the Scattergun Technologies model here. I believe that Trijicon manufacturers the Scattergun product.

[Lee Lapin]

In the Closeout section, the Remington Country Store had 18.5" rifle sight smoothbore barrels for $59. They had the Marine Magnum finish, but hey... for $60 you get a barrel AND sights.

If they have any left that is...

lpl

[StuntManMike]

Unfortunately they sold out of both a long time ago and never bothered to take them off the website.

[Lee Lapin]

Yep, they seem to be out of stock now. But a few days ago when I checked the page, they still had some in stock. And a couple or three weeks ago, I had three of them delivered for the barrel box here.

Sorry for anyone who missed out- this was a good deal.

lpl
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http://www.remingtoncountrystore.com...37&topcat=1038

870 Barrel Assembly Comp 12GA 18" Cylinder Item No: REMG PRT2387
This item does not allow backorders, quantity requested is greater than the available inventory (0).

[LockedBreech]

I have the same shotgun, and the bead seems fine to me, since shotguns are generally close-range weapons. Ghost rings seem really cool but I question the practicality.

[PetahW]

My state's only deer season, besides archery, is shotgun-only - and I know of at least 20 guys, who've simply epoxied a set of $45 fiber-optic replacement sights for a muzzleloader (from Dick's Sporting Goods) to their barrels w/o any issues.

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/te...080&hasJS=true

Some have even gone as far as cutting their 28" bird barrels back to 18"-20".

The guys with VR barrels use the clamp-on FO turkey sights from Tru-Glo.

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[bamaranger]

for a Rem bbl, matte finish, fixed choke, w/ rifle sights. The $150 Midway bbl seems like the right direction. These are not scare items, and after a bit, you should turn one up to suit.

+1 to rosces advice