Well I was at LeBaron to buy ammo -- Another impulse buy

870P said:
MIM seems to do fine when a part is designed from the outset with it its use in in mind, or for parts that don't have to bear a lot of stress if that's not the case. However I wouldn't trust it in application where you have a very small part that's fairly highly stressed as is the case with an 870 extractor.
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Well I'll have a forged extractor to toss in if/when the MIM part fails. $20 is cheap insurance.
 
The Kurgan said:
Well I'll have a forged extractor to toss in if/when the MIM part fails. $20 is cheap insurance.
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You wont need it man. My 870 MM has hundreds of rounds through it. Probably over a thousand. Even hard to extract cheap winchester bulk pack and hundreds of 3" magnum slugs. I have never even had it apart other then when I installed a Knoxx Spec Ops on it. Never seen a patch or brush. Only oiled the bolt and slide bars and cleaned the outside. I would trust my life to it any day of the week. Even after it fell in sand and was dropped in a lake.
 
Tachead said:
You wont need it man. My 870 MM has hundreds of rounds through it. Probably over a thousand. Even hard to extract cheap winchester bulk pack and hundreds of 3" magnum slugs. I have never even had it apart other then when I installed a Knoxx Spec Ops on it. Never seen a patch or brush. Only oiled the bolt and slide bars and cleaned the outside. I would trust my life to it any day of the week. Even after it fell in sand and was dropped in a lake.
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That is reassuring! I am quite happy with mine.
 
I hope I'm not violating any rules by sounding like a shill but LeBaron has a firearms sale up until October 31st; 15% off regularly priced guns. I was going to buy my first gun yesterday, but alas, it wasn't in stock. I'll tough it out and wait for the LGR to be scrapped so I can stay off the gun grabbers' radars.
 
jlagman said:
I hope I'm not violating any rules by sounding like a shill but LeBaron has a firearms sale up until October 31st. I was going to buy my first gun yesterday, but alas, it wasn't in stock. I'll tough it out and wait for the LGR to be scrapped so I can stay off the gun grabbers' radars.
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Typical LeBaron ... "Vee don ave dat in stack". Shop elsewhere regardless.
 
jlagman said:
I hope I'm not violating any rules by sounding like a shill but LeBaron has a firearms sale up until October 31st; 15% off regularly priced guns. I was going to buy my first gun yesterday, but alas, it wasn't in stock. I'll tough it out and wait for the LGR to be scrapped so I can stay off the gun grabbers' radars.
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I only buy rifles at LeBaron when they're on sale. They have good prices and a good selection. Very rarely did I encounter a model not in stock. However, I hear people complain about this. I think the real problem is that they sell alot of rifles and shotguns, and can only order so many in.
 
easy said:
Typical LeBaron ... "Vee don ave dat in stack". Shop elsewhere regardless.
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How's buying ammo from them, can I expect more security of my personal information than a piece of string attaching the binder, with a shopping list for the bad guys, to a counter?
 
jlagman said:
How's buying ammo from them, can I expect more security of my personal information than a piece of string attaching the binder, with a shopping list for the bad guys, to a counter?
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I wouldn't know. I don't buy cheap ammo at big box stores. I once ended up with a flat of #4 Federal crap from WallyMart with several shells missing the shot component. I found this out during a 3 gun match.
 
jlagman said:
How's buying ammo from them, can I expect more security of my personal information than a piece of string attaching the binder, with a shopping list for the bad guys, to a counter?
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They are competively priced, and never felt like my personal info was public knowledge. I much prefer the Markham location, but that's just me.
 
Tachead said:
You wont need it man. My 870 MM has hundreds of rounds through it. Probably over a thousand. Even hard to extract cheap winchester bulk pack and hundreds of 3" magnum slugs. I have never even had it apart other then when I installed a Knoxx Spec Ops on it. Never seen a patch or brush. Only oiled the bolt and slide bars and cleaned the outside. I would trust my life to it any day of the week. Even after it fell in sand and was dropped in a lake.
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Maybe over a thousand??? Not even broken in yet - I have a 20 gauge 870 with at least 10K thru it and a couple of 12 ga models with WAY more than that.

You probably should clean it though - maximize your chances for success. Mine get torn down every 500 rds or so...
 
mudgunner49 said:
How do you miss that when you're checking your ammo beforehand, or even when loading???
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Maybe by the weight difference, (must have been feeling strong that day), but how can you see through a closed, opaque hull that the shot is missing when you never expect such a thing to happen?
 
easy said:
Maybe by the weight difference, (must have been feeling strong that day), but how can you see through a closed, opaque hull that the shot is missing when you never expect such a thing to happen?
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I haven't gotten burned too many times but I always give ammo at least a cursory inspection as I load it, prior to loading when shooting a match. All my HG ammo gets chamber-checked...
 
mudgunner49 said:
Maybe over a thousand??? Not even broken in yet - I have a 20 gauge 870 with at least 10K thru it and a couple of 12 ga models with WAY more than that.

You probably should clean it though - maximize your chances for success. Mine get torn down every 500 rds or so...
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Its only a little over a year old though. And, you can clean a shot gun? lol. I am very anal about my firearms and clean them regularily and oil with high end oil but, a utility shotgun I wont waist my time on. Once I get an forend nut socket I will strip it down and give it a good cleaning but, for now, just oil on the bolt and slide bars.
 
Very nice gun. Not sure if you have seen that Van dam flick "Hard Target"
It's like a 1 hour commercial for your 870.
Thanks for the detailed pics.

Regards
Andrew
 
Tachead said:
Its only a little over a year old though. And, you can clean a shot gun? lol. I am very anal about my firearms and clean them regularily and oil with high end oil but, a utility shotgun I wont waist my time on. Once I get an forend nut socket I will strip it down and give it a good cleaning but, for now, just oil on the bolt and slide bars.
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You don't need a forend nut socket to strip the gun down and clean it, just leave the forend attached to the pump and tear down the rest of the gun...
 
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