Remington 870 Safety

Not with the factory saftey AFAIK. It's notched for the detent and trigger. Reversing it would mess that up..
 
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You need to buy a left hand trigger plate. Basicly that is what remington calls the trigger mech.

That is the part you need, now finding one is another story. I have been looking for over a year. I called remington and they knew what it was but would not ship to Canada. they said I had to order form a Canadian dealer and gave me some numbers. After calling all of them and getting the same answer, no such part, I am still look for a dealer who can get me one.

Hope that helps.

Shawn
 
You can plug the detent hole and re-drill it offset to the opposite side. I have done this before (I"m a lefty).....works fine....cheaper than buying another mech too....
 
I shoot left as well. My only concern would be a right handed shooter using my shotgun and thinking it was on safe when it actually wasn't.
 
As a lefty myself, I've just trained to take the safety off as I mount the gun on my shoulder. A quick flick of the thumb works like a charm.

Makes it easier to borrow a gun if you ever need to, and you don't have to retrain anyone borrowing yours.
 
Hhmm I might just leave my safety as it is then. Better to be safe than forget about telling someone about the reversed safety and something happening.
 
David K said:
.... One worthwhile "improvement" is to add an oversized safety button. Had it on all my 870s. Cheap and easy to add.... David K.
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I didn't like the one I tried, it was too big and rubbed against the outside of my trigger finger when shooting right hand.

I am an ambi shooter but prefer shooting LH, like most I have adapted to the RH safety.

Cheers
 
Ike, try a ScattergunTech large head safety. This one is circumferentially bigger and flat, as opposed to the VangComp dome style you might have tried.

Ike said:
I didn't like the one I tried, it was too big and rubbed against the outside of my trigger finger when shooting right hand.

I am an ambi shooter but prefer shooting LH, like most I have adapted to the RH safety.

Cheers
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It was more like the Wilson Jumbo Head safety from the early 90s. The edges were stepped and sharp which I didn't like.
Actually I don't have desire for a larger button, it happened to be on a gun I was looking to buy. I am happy with the standard button and don't have any trouble finding it when I need to use it. :)
Cheers
 
gunasauras said:
You can plug the detent hole and re-drill it offset to the opposite side. I have done this before (I"m a lefty).....works fine....cheaper than buying another mech too....
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Thanks I never even thought of that:redface:

And for a righty using my gun I will let them know. A regular one doesn't work for me because when I bring the gun up and put my finger in the trigger gaurd the button gets put on safe. Which is really a pain.

Shawn
 
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