i need some information from you guys. i'm trading my xpress magnum barrel to a non magnum 870 18" barrel. can i install this non magnum 18" 870 barrel to my 870 xpress magnum receiver? no problem? pls. respond, i need this info badly, i know most of you guys are knowledgeable with regards to shoguns. thank you in advance.....
870 barrel question
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IIRC the factory 18" barrel uses a different locking mechanism at the receiver than the rest of the range. I'll have to look at mine in the light of day.
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A 2 3/4" barrel will fit onto a magnum receiver without a problem and cycle properly. However, the other way around, a 3" capable barrel will also fit onto a non-magnum receiver, but will not eject the longer spent shells as the 2 3/4" ejector does not accommodate the longer shells.
On a different note, as far as I know, Remington never made a factory non-magnum 18" barrel.
If it's a true 18" barrel, it would be 3" capable, thus a magnum barrel.
If your barrel is indeed 18" long and only accommodates 2 3/4" shells, then according to our laws, you have in your possession a barrel that has been cut down below the legal size of 18 1/2" and as such created a prohibited barrel.
You can cut the barrel down to 18 1/2 " for semi-autos, 18" for all the others mecanism (to stay non-restricted)
A semi auto with a barrel cut down to 18" is restricted
http://lois.justice.gc.ca/en/showdoc/cs/C-46/bo-ga:l_II_1::bo-ga:l_III/20091005/en?page=3
Art. 84
BTW, the "prohibited barrel" #### only applies to less than 105mm handgun barrel. These barrels are prohibited devices. you cannot own them (unless you have the prohibited class license)
Other cut down barrel (below the legal size) are not prohibited device . You can own them if they are not attached to the gun
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You need to read the law again ... and when you refer to the Statutes of Canada, quote the whole pertinent section as it appears in Chapter 39. .... 457 mm means 17.99 inches in English.
You can cut the barrel down to 18 1/2 " for semi-autos, 18" for all the others mecanism (to stay non-restricted)
A semi auto with a barrel cut down to 18" is restricted
http://lois.justice.gc.ca/en/showdoc/cs/C-46/bo-ga:l_II_1::bo-ga:l_III/20091005/en?page=3
Art. 84
BTW, the "prohibited barrel" s**t only applies to less than 105mm handgun barrel. These barrels are prohibited devices. you cannot own them (unless you have the prohibited class license)
Other cut down barrel (below the legal size) are not prohibited device . You can own them if they are not attached to the gun
"prohibited firearm"
"prohibited firearm" means
(a) a handgun that
(i) has a barrel equal to or less than 105 mm in length, or
(ii) is designed or adapted to discharge a 25 or 32 calibre cartridge,
but does not include any such handgun that is prescribed, where the handgun is for use in international sporting competitions governed by the rules of the International Shooting Union,
(b) a firearm that is adapted from a rifle or shotgun, whether by sawing, cutting or any other alteration, and that, as so adapted,
(i) is less than 660 mm in length, or
(ii) is 660 mm or greater in length and has a barrel less than 457 mm in length,
(c) an automatic firearm, whether or not it has been altered to discharge only one
projectile with one pressure of the trigger, or
(d) any firearm that is prescribed to be a prohibited firearm;
You feel he's correct because you read the law and understood it yourself, or because you like the jerk-off emoticon?
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Your barrel is likely a blued barrel. The OP mentioned an Express Model 870 receiver which is bead blasted and blued much to look like parkerized. I assumed the barrel he spoke of to be an 18" parkerized barrel, or be one of the Express bead blasted barrels, which are actually 18.5".
As far as I know, REM never made an 18" factory parked barrel in 2 3/4" only chambers and certainly not any in the Express variety.
Unless of course he's installing a blued barrel on his Express receiver. Then I'm out of line.
... and yes, my mistake, the 470 mm (18.5") only applies to cutting semi-auto centre-fire firearms then being restricted.
My apologies.
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