11-87 Vertical Foregrip

[Bam_Bam]

I ran a search on this board and couldn'd find anything.

I'm looking to see if I can get a vertical foregrip for my 11-87 and haven't been able to find anything. I've tried the sponsors of this site, Brownells, and a few other places. Nothing. Haven't found anything with even a picatinny rail system.

Does such a piece exist and if so any idea where I'd find it? The only thing I can think of is purchase a normal foregrip and drill a couple holes, attach a picatinny rail and try to create a makeshift rail system.

 

[manbearpig]

i suppose you could inlet a 4-5" picatinny rail into your foreend and buy any of the aftermarket rail-mountable foregrips. i did that on an old biathlon rifle so i could attach a rail-mountable bipod. the benefit of this is that if you decide you dont like the foregrip, youre just left with a short rail inlet into the bottom of your foreend, which can be used for other rail-mountable things like flashlight mounts & sling swivels.

why would you want to do such a thing though?

 

[Bam_Bam]

i suppose you could inlet a 4-5" picatinny rail into your foreend and buy any of the aftermarket rail-mountable foregrips. i did that on an old biathlon rifle so i could attach a rail-mountable bipod. the benefit of this is that if you decide you dont like the foregrip, youre just left with a short rail inlet into the bottom of your foreend, which can be used for other rail-mountable things like flashlight mounts & sling swivels.

why would you want to do such a thing though?

Ya that's kind of what I was thinking as a last resort.

As fas as why, I'm interested to see if I can handle the shotgun any better with one. Vertical foregrips have made a huge difference in the way I can handle rifles. I tried one on an 870 and it seemed like it would take some getting used to. I find that I can handle the recoil and such pretty well so figured to give it a try. Worst case scenario is that it doesn't work and I'm a few dollars out of pocket.

 

[manbearpig]

Worst case scenario is that it doesn't work and I'm a few dollars out of pocket.

and possibly a ruined shotgun?

do you have a pump to use as a guinea pig? if you have an 870 or 500 then its just a matter of a $30 forend that can accept any rail-mountable foregrip - and if you decide you dont like it youll get most of your money back from the EE and no guns were harmed in the process

 

[Bam_Bam]

and possibly a ruined shotgun?

do you have a pump to use as a guinea pig? if you have an 870 or 500 then its just a matter of a $30 forend that can accept any rail-mountable foregrip - and if you decide you dont like it youll get most of your money back from the EE and no guns were harmed in the process

I've tried it with an 870 and though it took some getting used to the kick and handle, I got the increased control that I was seeking.

I have no intention of drilling and tapping the foregrip of my existing 11-87. The plan was to buy an additional foregrip and do some trial and error on it. That way it's just the $30 foregrip as you mentioned. When you mentioned a ruined shotgun, have you seen instances where the firearms themselves have been damaged by trying to modify them this way?

 

[manbearpig]

i had no idea they were so cheap - by ruined shotgun i meant most people arent going to want a foregrip on their 11-87 if you try and sell

in that case yeah, go for it. you can get rails like this on ebay for around $10:

not sure how much clearance you have inside the gun at the bottom of your forend. you could measure it with a caliper i - on my semi-auto 12ga its pretty much just a mm or so, and the forend is very thin so attaching the rail securely would be quite difficult.

 

[Bam_Bam]

We'll see if it works should it come to that. I'll still look around for a while to see if I can find a commercially made forend.