Anyone ever own a 878

[JBlk]

Back in the eairly seventies I purchased a 12 ga semi auto from Montgomery Wards that was on sale,The shotgun and a case of shells was in the area of a hundred and fifty dollars.That was the first of many cases that this shotgun digested without a flaw for many years.After thousands of rounds I broke the ear off the outside ejector claw.It was obvious that this weapon had been produced by Remington as the replaced ejector was for a Model 1100 and the barrel was the perfect match for a 870 with the exception of gas ports being drilled in the area of the barrel ring.I was told by the gunsmith that supplied the ejector that the 878 was a model that was in competition for the new automatic that Remington later selected as the Model 1100.I lost that weapon in a house fire yet many memories remain of its days in the field.

[kynardsj]

Biggest racked deer I ever killed was with an 878 back in 1972. That shotgun ate everything I put in it without any problems. Don't remember what became of it.

[ferryboatcaptain]

I've got a 878 12ga.  , great shotgun  only gave 100 bucks for it , well worth that.          FBC

[K-1]

Also got mine in the early 70s, still have it & use it. A few yr. ago I had it opened to take steel shot. They seen to be indestructible. I fell in the mud during a trip to the salt pond and filled the barrel with mud, took if off  cleaned it out with a stick, flushed some water through it and carried on shooting. When I got home I gave it a shower with G96. It may not be the fanciest thing on the marsh put it sure works and that all that counts.