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Offline Swampman

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870 Magnum
« on: June 28, 2010, 12:56:45 PM »
After several years of looking I was finally able to trade for one.

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Re: 870 Magnum
« Reply #1 on: June 28, 2010, 01:48:43 PM »
Looks like a nice one. Wish mine was blued instead of the matte finish.
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Re: 870 Magnum
« Reply #2 on: June 28, 2010, 02:13:04 PM »
nice. i got to say the 870 is a beautiful shotgun imo one of the best looking pumps
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Re: 870 Magnum
« Reply #3 on: June 29, 2010, 06:37:26 AM »
Quote from: JW/OK on June 28, 2010, 01:48:43 PM
Looks like a nice one. Wish mine was blued instead of the matte finish.

Mine is the laminated stock witha Matte finish also . Put a few coats of Gun blue on the metal , and now it does not get rusty. Do not really like a shine on a shot gun.
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Re: 870 Magnum
« Reply #4 on: July 01, 2010, 03:44:30 AM »
I just traded my bps for a 870 magnum wingmaster a couple days ago.  It looks identical to yours.  I got to shoot it yesterday and i have to say it is one sweet shotgun.  have you fired it yet?  I want to find a slug barrel for it now so i can use it for deer hunting this fall.
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Re: 870 Magnum
« Reply #5 on: July 01, 2010, 04:35:51 AM »
I haven't fired it yet.
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Re: 870 Magnum
« Reply #6 on: July 01, 2010, 09:54:28 AM »
Quote from: marine on July 01, 2010, 03:44:30 AM
I just traded my bps for a 870 magnum wingmaster a couple days ago.  It looks identical to yours.  I got to shoot it yesterday and i have to say it is one sweet shotgun.  have you fired it yet?  I want to find a slug barrel for it now so i can use it for deer hunting this fall.

Check out Cabelas , Gander mt. , ballastic products or Shotgun news for the slug bbl . And wingmasters aren't mags. Magnums are magnums not wingmasters different recivers . I mention this so someone won't shoot 3 inch shells in a wingmaster reciver . The Mag. bbl will fit and in some if not most cases the bbl has written on it something like 3 inch shells in magnum recivers only. And yes a good gunsmith can convert a wingmaster reciver to shoot 3 inch shells by opening the ejection port etc. but why ?
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Re: 870 Magnum
« Reply #7 on: July 02, 2010, 08:14:50 AM »
The Wingmaster is easy to convert to a magnum.
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Re: 870 Magnum
« Reply #8 on: July 03, 2010, 02:50:42 AM »
Marine, I have a slug bbl for 870. pm for details  Dick
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Re: 870 Magnum
« Reply #9 on: July 03, 2010, 02:24:46 PM »
The ejection port is fine.  They just have to install a magnum ejector.
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Re: 870 Magnum
« Reply #10 on: July 03, 2010, 03:32:42 PM »
shootall, im confused mine says remington magnum 870 wingmaster on the side and the barrel is original to the gun and reads 12 ga magnum for 3in shells.
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Re: 870 Magnum
« Reply #11 on: July 04, 2010, 04:40:33 AM »
 :D Swampman, Nice 870..look like the one I bought new about 1978....It is still one of my favorite shotguns..maybe my all time pick for an all round shotgun...Have used it on bobwhites to geese and turkey...Yours looks like a 30 inch full...????????? Nice gun enjoy...
Marine, your gun will shoot 3" fine..older Wingmasters were made only in 2 3/4" chambers...those guns will not eject a 3" shell if you placed a 3" barrel on them...but as Swampman pointed out a change in ejectors will solve that problem..I had my trap grade 870 changed to 3" so I could use it for waterfowl..you have no worries...
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Re: 870 Magnum
« Reply #12 on: July 04, 2010, 02:18:25 PM »
I'll either get the 30" cut to 26" and Remchokes installed or buy another barrel.
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Re: 870 Magnum
« Reply #13 on: July 04, 2010, 05:48:07 PM »
 :DWill you keep the old barrel??????????????///
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Re: 870 Magnum
« Reply #14 on: July 05, 2010, 02:22:22 AM »
Probably....It's so nice I hate to cut it down.  It's just too long.
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Re: 870 Magnum
« Reply #15 on: July 05, 2010, 05:32:12 AM »
there are lots of used barrels out there for the taking.  i Pick them up at gunshows for cheap, around $70-$80 used but in nice shape.
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Re: 870 Magnum
« Reply #16 on: July 06, 2010, 02:14:43 AM »
Quote from: marine on July 03, 2010, 03:32:42 PM
shootall, im confused mine says remington magnum 870 wingmaster on the side and the barrel is original to the gun and reads 12 ga magnum for 3in shells.

Mine either say wingmaster or magnum , now I'm confused  ??? I have bbls marked for both depending on rec. and some marked single use ( these are old bbls )

Swampman , I had a 30 inch bbl cut to 23 3/4" ( where the post on the rib worked out ) and it is one of the best guns I have . I did this before turkey guns became all the rage . It has takem alot of game from deer to quail . I had Briley tubes installed and have most choke choices covered .
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Re: 870 Magnum
« Reply #17 on: July 06, 2010, 03:07:56 AM »
That would save me a lot of money.  There's a place nearby that does it for $90.00.
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Re: 870 Magnum
« Reply #18 on: July 06, 2010, 03:16:55 AM »
If you do get the longer tubes that are treaded all the way , they have been great with every thing including steel and other duck loads . But XX full is a super choke for OOO buck. And # 6 shot
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