870 Marine XCS
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870 said:
If you can find an old shiny Marine Magnum, go for it.
How many of you have ever plunked down $800 for an impulse purchase gun, brought it home, showed it to your wife, and instead of her gettiing upset, have her say "Oh honey, it's beautiful"?
Mind you, I married a pearl among women
.pc9 said:
Ok, when I get home after work I'll post a pic. Actually what I think I'd really like to post would be a very close up pic of the metal it self. I'm pretty sure, given the texture of the metal, that the new XCS is still a nickel plated finish just with the Trynite coating added making it black.
Also I should note that after looking at many a copy of the original 870 marine magnums, I noticed allot of their later models had flaws in the machining. One I looked at in a Calgary Canadian Tire actually had a wrinkle in the metal of the breach.
Needless to say, Remington's quality control standards on these new XCS 870s seems to be up to a much higher standard... possibly because they are new and Remmy wants it's product to be a success.
RevolverRodger
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Somewhere in QC
What'S the advantage over the good old Marine Magnum ?
Looks nice but I prefer the shiny one myself
Will post pics of mice for comparison
Looks nice but I prefer the shiny one myself
Will post pics of mice for comparison
- Location
- East ontario
like looking gun withthat surefire on it, what do you plan to use if for??
camping , home defence??
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camping , home defence??
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Ceska said:1 vote for less shiny being better.
But the chicks dig the shiny guns.
At least my wife does, anyhow
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The advantage over the old mm is simply an added extra coating Remy calls Trynite. I personally think there is better quality control on the new XCS ones too.
The round you see in the shot, and the one in the speed feed stock are simply aluminum dummy rounds, be careful about cycling with them in a new shotgun as they get chewed up fast by sharp extractors.
The exclusive use of this (and my only) firearm is for certain trips I do just below Alaska up BC's coast, I travel by canoe and sleep where I can. Very few trips I do in bear country even require a firearm but my annual two to three week trips certainly do.
The old shotgun I used to take was a beat up 20 year old winchester defender (model 1300). Camping on salt water shores with no where to dry out and clean my poor old defender meant major breakouts of rust after only three days.
Needless to say I was always going to go with the 870mm cause of their salt water resistance but when I heard about their new XCS (Extreme Conditions Shotgun), I held off for this new layer of corrosion protection hoping it wasn't a gimmik, time will tell.
The round you see in the shot, and the one in the speed feed stock are simply aluminum dummy rounds, be careful about cycling with them in a new shotgun as they get chewed up fast by sharp extractors.
The exclusive use of this (and my only) firearm is for certain trips I do just below Alaska up BC's coast, I travel by canoe and sleep where I can. Very few trips I do in bear country even require a firearm but my annual two to three week trips certainly do.
The old shotgun I used to take was a beat up 20 year old winchester defender (model 1300). Camping on salt water shores with no where to dry out and clean my poor old defender meant major breakouts of rust after only three days.
Needless to say I was always going to go with the 870mm cause of their salt water resistance but when I heard about their new XCS (Extreme Conditions Shotgun), I held off for this new layer of corrosion protection hoping it wasn't a gimmik, time will tell.
