Is it just me, or is the addition of these so-called breaching chokes on the new Tactical 870 line completely annoying/"ghey"? I'm a hardcore Remington fan, but it is getting a little tiresome to see them slapping the name "tactical" on anything that moves and then loading it up with a lot of tacticool accessories and then charging twice what it is worth.
Breaching Choke on Remington 870 "Tactical"
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Get used to it. Remington's (and Marlin's) new "management team" knows best! At least they think they do. Once the pencil pushers figure out they may know business but they know nothing about shooting/hunting things should get back to normal.
Hopefully Remington will survive this "test" period and will get back to the basics of producing high quality reasonably priced firearms.
The addition of the breeching choke on the Remington tactical shotguns is a very significant advancement. Not because of the breeching choke which is a bit silly but because the barrels are machined to accept Remington chokes. Previously most 18.5" Remington barrels with bead sights had fixed cylinder chokes. My very own tacticooool 870 is used as a farm gun and I prefer tighter chokes than cylinder for #4 buckshot.
So buy the 870 and two or three choke tubes in the constriction of your choice and sell the breeching tool on the EE.
So buy the 870 and two or three choke tubes in the constriction of your choice and sell the breeching tool on the EE.
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The addition of the breeching choke on the Remington tactical shotguns is a very significant advancement. Not because of the breeching choke which is a bit silly but because the barrels are machined to accept Remington chokes. Previously most 18.5" Remington barrels with bead sights had fixed cylinder chokes. My very own tacticooool 870 is used as a farm gun and I prefer tighter chokes than cylinder for #4 buckshot.
So buy the 870 and two or three choke tubes in the constriction of your choice and sell the breeching tool on the EE.
well said
And for someone thats into the tactcool stuff, ill buy any of your unused Breeching chokes you want to sell.
bbb
It's a breaching attachment. No constriction but you can unscrew it and put a choke in it's place.
The only pro to the breaching device on the new tactical 870's is that the gun comes with a threaded barrel, other than that the breacher is useless unless you plan on breaching doors on a regular basis. The choke on the shot is nil with that version. Again, best part of those guns is that you can add you're choice of choke. I had the powder coat "grey" 870. Great gun until all the paint flaked off after the first time shooting it.
I had something simialr happen with a Ruger 10\22. I guess good paint is too expensive nowadays...
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I kind of agree with you about the word "tactical" being played out by Remington and everyone else on the planet.
That being said, when I looked at the new Remington "tactical" shotgun with the built in rail, XS ghost ring sights, extended mag and yes, even the cheezy yet cool looking breaching style muzzle brake ( which as others mentioned makes it accept Remchoke tubes) I thought it represented really excellent value for the money.
I know, it's disappointing. The guy at the gun store said it was a "duracoat" when I was looking at it so of course I was impressed and it seemed like great value for the money. I ended up taking it back to the gun shop after the paint started falling off and getting a plain jane 870 4+1 (love the action on the 870) and a 590a1 spx to satisfy my need of having something tacticool.
There is also another short barrel option that is threaded for choke tubes: the smoothbore 20" Wingmaster Deer barrel. The Remington product number for this barrel is 24545. While the Remington website claims that this barrel comes with both a rifled and Improved Cylinder choke, mine only came with the rifled choke.
The extra barrel length costs a bit of portability, but the advantage is that you can gain an extra round in magazine capacity with an extension tube that fits flush with the barrel.
I don't see why choke tubes aren't more common in short barrels; buckshot usually does provide superior patterning with something tighter than cylinder bore.
The extra barrel length costs a bit of portability, but the advantage is that you can gain an extra round in magazine capacity with an extension tube that fits flush with the barrel.
I don't see why choke tubes aren't more common in short barrels; buckshot usually does provide superior patterning with something tighter than cylinder bore.
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The reason that most real tactical shotguns do not have choke tubes is, that in the end you have a greater chance of the tube going down range after a few thousand rounds of slugs and buckshot
bbb
Seriously? The trap shooters have had screw in chokes for many years and some of those guys shoot thousands of rounds in a few months or less. If it was a major problem it would have surfaced by now.
Mark
I sold my old Remington tactical 870 just so I could get the new 870 tactical with Rem choke & the bonus was I got drilled & tapped receiver w/ XS ghost ring sight which Remington was know not to include this on most 870 models well worth the trade up. my older model was Not tapped.
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- Southern ON.
Whether you want to call the 870 tactical or tacticool, I think the addition of the Rem choke to the tactical line simply made the 870 platform more versatile. However, this is not a new idea. Winchester came up with the same idea with the Practical Defender in their 1300 series shotguns.
The chance might be greater for people who don't check their equipment before using it however I have a 20" Remington 870 barrel that has had a few thousand rounds through it and the choke tube has stayed firmly in place.
