870 Magazine Tube Dimple Removal

True. I just wish more of the express models didn't have the dimples back when I was looking. My original plan had been to buy an 18.5" 870 and then an extra 28" barrel for duck season.

Instead, I bought the 18.5" 590A1 so I could put a 28" Mossberg 835 barrel on it. I later realized those barrels (if you can find them) cost almost as much as a complete shotgun.

I will likely just buy a second 28" 870 or V3 for ducks. I threaded my Mossberg for Remchokes so they will get along in my safe.

Good luck removing the dimples, OP.
 
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Milson Wilson said:
Good luck removing the dimples, OP.
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Thanks. I should have updated this thread when I did it but totally forgot I'd even made it.

I used the socket method to get the dimples out. A friend and I did it. It required a 16mm socket (a long one preferably), lots of gun oil, vice grips, 2 sets of hands and about an hour of time, since neither of us knew what we were doing and we decided that slow and steady was the way to go. It worked fine but I can't stress the "slow and steady" method enough. My friend wacked the socket a little too tough one time and almost got the bloody thing stuck in the magazine. It took a little elbow grease, between him pulling on the socket with the vice grips, and me pulling on the butt stock, to get it out. So just be careful and take your time, oil is your friend, be firm but don't go overboard with the hammer and you should be fine.

:cheers:
 
I think I might play it real safe and use this guy's method:

http://w ww.rem870.com/2010/01/17/removing-dimples-on-remington-870-magazine-tube/
 
Dorian Gray said:
Thanks. I should have updated this thread when I did it but totally forgot I'd even made it.

I used the socket method to get the dimples out. A friend and I did it. It required a 16mm socket (a long one preferably), lots of gun oil, vice grips, 2 sets of hands and about an hour of time, since neither of us knew what we were doing and we decided that slow and steady was the way to go. It worked fine but I can't stress the "slow and steady" method enough. My friend wacked the socket a little too tough one time and almost got the bloody thing stuck in the magazine. It took a little elbow grease, between him pulling on the socket with the vice grips, and me pulling on the butt stock, to get it out. So just be careful and take your time, oil is your friend, be firm but don't go overboard with the hammer and you should be fine.

:cheers:
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if you ever want to invest in tools for the job Brownells sells a sewage tool for that very purpose, I think it's. Under 10$
 
Potato boy said:
if you ever want to invest in tools for the job Brownells sells a sewage tool for that very purpose, I think it's. Under 10$
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If I ever do it again I may very well invest in such a tool. As it is, this was just an 870 I had sitting in the cabinet that I never used much and wanted to make it into a more "Tactical" type of gun. I doubt I'll ever do it again but it's good to know that if I do decide to, there are tools out there to make the job easier.
 
" Instead, I bought the 18.5" 590A1 so I could put a 28" Mossberg 835 barrel on it.
I later realized those barrels (if you can find them) cost almost as much as a complete shotgun. "
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You can also use any Mossberg 500 hunting barrel. They are cheap and plentiful.

You just need to unscrew the 590 magazine tube, and replace it with this one.

ht tp://www.brownells.com/shotgun-parts/magazine-tube-parts/magazine-tubes/mossberg-500-magazine-tube-6-rds-prod9232.aspx
 
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