I have a wee older Remington wingmaster with a cut barrel and I believe some type of "Colonial" choke in it. Found out the other day the barrel is too thin and the chokes are not meant for steel. Seeing that the price is on average $250 for a barrel, should I just purchase a new gun. I am having a hard time finding anyone with a barrel for that thing, let alone a used one. Unless someone knows of somewhere who has used barrels.
Buy a barrel or buy a gun?
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Yeah, I have a similar problem.
I've got a nice old 870 with a 30 inch barrel. I'd like to have a 20-inch barrel for it for a hiking gun, but the barrels are way too expensive.
It's funny, I've seen ads recently for 870 shotguns with no barrels for sale for the price of perfectly good ones with barrels on them. I doubt if they will sell. Used barrels in my opinion are popular and hard to come by cheap and new ones, well we agree, are expensive.
I've got a nice old 870 with a 30 inch barrel. I'd like to have a 20-inch barrel for it for a hiking gun, but the barrels are way too expensive.
It's funny, I've seen ads recently for 870 shotguns with no barrels for sale for the price of perfectly good ones with barrels on them. I doubt if they will sell. Used barrels in my opinion are popular and hard to come by cheap and new ones, well we agree, are expensive.
Ardent
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Waterfowler said:
Yep, there are tons of barrels for 870's around, probably the easiest sporting gun barrel to find. I just sold off 4 of them over the last little bit, 20" and under... (Sorry, all out now though
) But for the $160 or so an 18" express barrel commands on the board, might as well put those $ towards a new express, and sell off the rest of the gun...True enough.
I think there are two different markets though, and 20 inches seems to be about the dividing line.
I think there are two different markets though, and 20 inches seems to be about the dividing line.
Ardent said:Yep, there are tons of barrels for 870's around, probably the easiest sporting gun barrel to find. I just sold off 4 of them over the last little bit, 20" and under... (Sorry, all out now though
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we have new 3" norinco 14" barle for $159 not a bad price if your looking for a short gun.
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manbearpig
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yes you can buy an Express for $300, but its a far cry from a Wingmaster.
pick up a brand new $300 Express SuperMag complete with 3.5" barrel/screw-in chokes and sell the stock, receiver and triggergroup separately on the EE.
at the end of the day your Wingmaster with an Express barrel is still a Wingmaster, and an Express still pales in comparison.
you obviously wont be able to shoot 3.5" out of your old Wingmaster with the new barrel, but most 3" shells should function fine (depends on the crimp, if you want flawless function you can simply swap the ejector spring). in fact with the longer chamber/forcing cone of the SuperMag barrel you may even get slightly better patterns.
pick up a brand new $300 Express SuperMag complete with 3.5" barrel/screw-in chokes and sell the stock, receiver and triggergroup separately on the EE.
at the end of the day your Wingmaster with an Express barrel is still a Wingmaster, and an Express still pales in comparison.
you obviously wont be able to shoot 3.5" out of your old Wingmaster with the new barrel, but most 3" shells should function fine (depends on the crimp, if you want flawless function you can simply swap the ejector spring). in fact with the longer chamber/forcing cone of the SuperMag barrel you may even get slightly better patterns.
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I bought an 870 Express Super Magnum 3 years ago for ~$350 and now would like to get a rifled barrel for deerhunting in the shotgun season. It's too bad that the combos available now (express magnum, 30" vent rib, 23" rifled barrel with sights - all camo'd - all for ~$500) weren't available then. $250 for the barrel alone seems like a lot, relative to a new combo.
