Here is a one of the 72 mail outs even the starting price is higher at $124.95. Not sure what year you have
Wingmaster and Fleur de lis
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Here is a one of the 72 mail outs even the starting price is higher at $124.95. Not sure what year you have
Pretty much the same here. Don't know if it is right or wrong but that is the word used for sure
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Here is a 1977 Wingmaster with original Fleur-de-lis stock;
A super clean sweet one for sure which I seen to recall someone may have sold in a weak moment or am I getting mixed up. Is that magnum stamped on her???
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I have seen quite a few old 870s with the short forend that is the same as the current police one. They can't all have had different forends swapped or be police guns with swapped barrels. Both types of ribbed forends seem to be reasonably common on guns built after about the mid to late '50s (early guns used a different forend with a round cross-section). It might be a case of Remington building guns with whatever parts they had on hand.
Here is a 1977 Wingmaster with original Fleur-de-lis stock;
Nice bit of furniture you have there hoytcanon !!!
Gun looks good too..28inch and full choke..mid bead???
Rob
Why not?? They made like 12 million of them now. That foreend was also used on slug guns etc, military used a ton of them just look at the volumes they supplied for nam and lots ended up military surplus
They sold too quick for remington to have old stock kicking around for more than a few months
Many years ago I had the pleasure of visiting the factory where the 870's we being made and it was unreal the daily volumes being pushed out the door
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Believe the term "furniture" means something different to the tactical crowd.... It means stocks to me.... Have never used furniture polish on metal before.....
Nice pics of some nice old guns..... Love the 870's...
Nice pics of some nice old guns..... Love the 870's...
Here is a one of the 72 mail outs even the starting price is higher at $124.95. Not sure what year you have
The one I have the picture of does not have the checkering and has the groved forend.It is listed as the AP Grade in the flyer.It is from a 1972 flyer.That I know for sure, as it came in the 1972 catalogue that I ordered at the time and kept all these years.Was thinking of buying one at the time.
If I was more into computers I could post a picture,but that is way beyond my computer skills.
Did you read the write up I sentHello Mac.Read part of it ,but not all.Very interesting read .Thank-you for sending it.
The flyer I have is number E 7204.On the front page ,of the four page flyer, at the top it reads,"Now a special 4 gun group of Remington shotguns and rifles priced to give you greater value at a lower cost ."Below that is a picture of the Model 870 AP Grade,a little write up on the shotgun ,the prices and the specifications.
At the back bottom of the flyer it says,"Remington Arms of Canada Limited, 45 Taymall Avenue,Toronto 550,Ontario
The flyer I have is number E 7204.On the front page ,of the four page flyer, at the top it reads,"Now a special 4 gun group of Remington shotguns and rifles priced to give you greater value at a lower cost ."Below that is a picture of the Model 870 AP Grade,a little write up on the shotgun ,the prices and the specifications.
At the back bottom of the flyer it says,"Remington Arms of Canada Limited, 45 Taymall Avenue,Toronto 550,Ontario
Here is a 1977 Wingmaster with original Fleur-de-lis stock;
That's a beauty.
Good bits if info.
I would say that at any given gun show I have attended and perused the selection of old 870s, it's a toss-up between which of the two forend types is more common. I would say that is too common for them all to be swapped.
As far as I know, US military-issued 870s have not been released as surplus to the public. The single most common shotgun used in the Vietnam War was actually the Stevens Model 77, with about 60,000 purchased. These are not common today, as many were left behind when the US left.
There were lots of 870's there also. Marines converted 100% to the 870 in 1966 plus most of the special forces did also
All I know is I tore the US sites apart trying to find one of the 870 Vietnam 50th Anniversary Tribute Remington® Shotguns and could not get one
Some nice IMO
There were lots of 870's there also. Marines converted 100% to the 870 in 1966 plus most of the special forces did also
All I know is I tore the US sites apart trying to find one of the 870 Vietnam 50th Anniversary Tribute Remington® Shotguns and could not get one
Some nice IMO
Just as an aside, the U.S. Army Ordnance Dept. issued Order No. 17074 on Aug. 7, 1941, which standardized the following shotguns for “riot and sporting use”: Winchester Model 97, Winchester Model 12, Ithaca Model 37, Remington Model 31 and Savage M620. Obviously this pre-dates the Model 870.
From American Rifleman:
This police wood that is a dime a dozen in some areas as stated earlier here, could someone please help the member in the EE looking for some with his WTB listing. He just bumped it for the 18th time and doesn't look like he is too fussy on condition. I would help but only have one set installed on a gun of "true police wood" out of may be 24 sets or more of wingmaster stock sets I own between guns and extra parts AP style is common here, police wood not so much in this area but we never had large numbers of law enforcement either like the big cities using them.
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