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This gun can be taken apart easily, once you get the hang of it, and it is just as easy to reassemble. Watch out for the pressurized magazine spring, and be sure to wear proper protection. Work slowly and accurately – you don’t want to mess anything up. The pins, bolt, trigger group, and carrier are all very durable and easy to handle, but they are also small. There are a ton of them, and the most well-known ones belong to the Wingmaster series or Express series.
I would contact Remington Arms or one of their warranty dealers in your area. Mossberg 590A1 beats the crappy Remington all day long. I burried the 870 as son as i got the 590A1 in my hands. Your comment above “When racking the Mossy 500, it feels like it’s about to come apart” Makes me LOL and understand that you have probably never hold one in your hands. The Remington 870 Express is the quintessential shotgun.
Ruger American Rifle w/Magpul® Hunter Gray Stock – 20″ Heavy Barrel – 6.5 Creedmoor
Federal Low Recoil slugs produced a very respectable group at these longer distances, especially from a TAC-14. That being said this gun is much smaller and lighter. If size is an issue, a TAC-14 packs a significant punch.
That wood furniture TAC-14 may well join my 870 and vintage .16 Model 11 on the Browning patent that was my Dad’s. …and while not ideal for long distances it excels at close range and is easy to use/maneuver. I’d rather have one of these or a mossberg variant than a full size long gun for self defense in a house or smaller space. One of these down a hallway or stairwell in a house would be quite destructive towards any intruder intent on pushing through.
Remington Model 870 Hardwood Home Defense – 12GA – Pump Action (R
As you’d imagine this is not a replacement for a real shotgun with a stock. It’s slower and harder to shoot in every way. The only thing that might have made it better is if Remington had used the 870 Wingmaster model rich blue finish over the 870 Express-style parkerized finish. I can attest my original Model 870 TAC-14 had some of the rust-when-exposed-to-air finish that some Remington budget guns have unfortunately become known for. This particular model doesn’t have that issue.
I can confidently say they are working towards having a better matte blue finish and getting rid of the common rusting problems. If you’re able to get ahold of the Federal low recoil 8 pellet double aught buckshot, it makes this beast as tame as a kitten. I thought I had a squib the first time I shot one.
Remington 870 Home Defense
I’ve never any pain from shooting this gun due to the pistol grip design. What I’m about to say about the gun’s performance on the range will largely seem negative, but I want to get out in front of that. It’s a challenge to handle, especially aimed buckshot, but that’s where the fun comes in. The wood looks great and maybe it’s the hipster in me, but I love wood on my shotguns. The forend has the corn cob texturing just like the older Remington 870s, thought it lacks the glossy appearance of shotguns of yesteryear.
7+ lbs is not a particularly light shotgun, by the way. It’s about the right weight for a 12ga of this size. I recently ought a HD shotgun, looked at the 500, 870, but bought the Benelli, just fit me better. I’ve also discovered that the metal trigger guard and housing on “high end” 870s can,also be dented and even cracked if dropped.
Honestly, Remington has cheapened those "Express" models terribly. These things always looked like liquor store hold up guns to me. The increased capacity should have been standard when it was introduced, Rem has lost a lot of sales over one less shell.
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I would tell you about the tight groups but you wouldn’t believe me. Amazingly, the groups are identical between my 18” Remington Wingmaster and my Tac-14. All of my home defense and truck shotguns are loaded with them.
After getting those repaired it was still running like junk so he just replaced it with a bottom ejecting browning shotgun. Having put about 1000 rounds through both systems on trap I find that the 500 is a bit less balanced and the action is a bit more stiff. If I was going for a cheap clays gun I’d go 870 but most other tasks 500. They are both shotgun legends and while I have my preference towards Mossberg I would trust both of them, assuming I didn’t get a freedom group ruined gun. But being left-handed and kind of a cheapass, any pump gun I’ve bought has been a Mossberg, simply because that tang safety you don’t like is ambidextrous.
The other Mossy 500s I’ve handled always felt a little rickety, had cheap feeling polymer and rattled a little too much for my liking. They also don’t really pass the eye test for me. My knock is that people gripe about the current non metal trigger guard/ housing. There’s no doubt that the Remington 870 is still the king of the pump action shotgun.
Now just passed the two year warranty but called Remington and they are going to replace my shotgun. I think I got the one gun off the production line that had an issue but the company is standing tall and making good on their commitment to customer satisfaction. However, my personal 12ga is an ’88 Mossy 500. I’ve never experienced a single problem with it. It is one of the most beat up, ugly, dirty old shotguns you’ll ever see, and I trust it for home protection every night. The slide operation may not be as slick as a top of the line Wingmaster, but neither is the price.
For an equivalent amount of bad-ass weapon, the Tac-14 is about $100 cheaper than the Shockwave. The 870DM is Remington’s newest take on home-defense and is one hell of a fast-loading shotgun. By offering a 6-round magazine, incredibly intuitive controls, and a Supercell recoil pad, the 870DM is not your run-of-the-mill scattergun. Like classic Rem firearms, this guy is built with a nice balance between steel and synthetics to keep reliability up and weight manageable.
Ammunition, accessories, and any other item that is not a firearm will ship Ground Live Rate based on weight and destination. Expedited shipping methods may be added for additional cost. AR 15, at least for me I'd be wary of over penetration. I have a .410 shotgun, pistol caliber carbine and a .45 auto pistol. I live in an apartment complex though, not everyone's situation is the same.
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