Does anyone own a Remington 870 Police Marine Magnum?

I had one for bear defense while I worked up north. Only ever shot cookie boxes with it and a few bear-bangers. Worked flawlessly and most importantly NEVER rusted despite considerable abuse around sal####er. I offloaded it when I didn't need it any more, but I'd buy one again if the need arose. It had only a simple single bead and a smooth bore. I could hit a cookie box very reliably out to 50 yards, but never tried much more than that with it (rifled slug).
 
Had one
Its over priced has gritty internals and has poor ergonomics when compared to a mossberg 590 or 500 mariner.
 
gottagetmemoosebye said:
Yes the one with open sights, rifle style sights as opposed to a front bead.
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OK...cause most people confuse them with the regular SPS Marine Magnum that has the simple front bead sight...when they are indeed 2 different beasts! This is the Remington model #25047, and as stated above, Wolverine Supplies has or can get them. Your best bet is to contact Gravel Angency and ask them if they have brought any in recently and which dealers have them in stock.

Phone: 1-866-662-4869 
Fax: 418.682.3343
Email: csr@gravelagency.com
 
gottagetmemoosebye said:
They DID have one on their website but it has since disappeared. I should call them to see if they are expecting any more in.
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You're right, says "out of stock" now. A week or so ago it was still in stock.

It's an 870 Police with electroless nickel plating whereas the regular marine mag is based off the Express.

FYI, apparently nothing on the gun says "Police" so the only way to visually differentiate from a regular MM is the rifle sights, Speedfeed stock and model number, if that matters to you.
 
bearkilr said:
You're right, says "out of stock" now. A week or so ago it was still in stock.

It's an 870 Police with electroless nickel plating whereas the regular marine mag is based off the Express.

FYI, apparently nothing on the gun says "Police" so the only way to visually differentiate from a regular MM is the rifle sights, Speedfeed stock and model number, if that matters to you.
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Unless things have changed recently, the Special Purpose MM is still based off of the Wingmaster. It should still have the aluminium trigger guard like the Wingmaster and Police MM guns do. One thing to note is that the current SP MM, like the current Wingmaster, has the same cheap MIM extractor as the Express guns and is pretty much a regular production line shotgun. The P MM and all other P model 870s have the better quality machined extractors and they also go thru a little more hand fitting, polishing and inspecting by slightly more "qualified" personel before they are released from the factory.
 
Hey thanks for that great info VLT79! Yes I am looking for the model 25047.
I live on the East Coast so figure the more salt / rust resistant the better. Glad to hear you regret selling yours. That is,unfortunately, the sign that it was a great gun :)
 
VLT79 said:
Unless things have changed recently, the Special Purpose MM is still based off of the Wingmaster. It should still have the aluminium trigger guard like the Wingmaster and Police MM guns do. One thing to note is that the current SP MM, like the current Wingmaster, has the same cheap MIM extractor as the Express guns and is pretty much a regular production line shotgun. The P MM and all other P model 870s have the better quality machined extractors and they also go thru a little more hand fitting, polishing and inspecting by slightly more "qualified" personel before they are released from the factory.
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To my knowledge there are two types of Marine Magnum 870's, the regular and the rare Police model, though there are differences between the current MM and older models.

The Marine Magnum came out in 1992 I believe. At that time it actually had an 18" cylinder choked barrel. The newer ones have an 18.5" barrel. The older ones generally have powder residue on the mag extension, an easy way to tell, since the barrel is shorter than the extension. They also had aluminum trigger guards and machined extractors and ejectors. I'm not sure when things changed to plastic trigger guards and MIM parts.
The Police MM model came out in mid 2000 I believe. It has the machined extractor and ejector as well as other 870P parts, the rifle sights on an 18.5" cylinder choked barrel, but it doesn't have the "Police magnum" on the receiver like the parkerized 870P.

Remington confirms that the current 870 MM is based off the Express. I don't know if the original Express that came out in the late 80's had an aluminum trigger housing and machined parts, but I suspect they did. Perhaps when Remington changed their Express line to plastic and MIM, the MM did as well, since it was always based off the Express.


We need a Remington 870 guru. :D
 
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bearkilr said:
To my knowledge there are two types of Marine Magnum 870's, the regular and the rare Police model, though there are differences between the current MM and older models.

The Marine Magnum came out in 1992 I believe. At that time it actually had an 18" cylinder choked barrel. The newer ones have an 18.5" barrel. The older ones generally have powder residue on the mag extension, an easy way to tell, since the barrel is shorter than the extension. They also had aluminum trigger guards and machined extractors and ejectors. I'm not sure when things changed to plastic trigger guards and MIM parts.
The Police MM model came out in mid 2000 I believe. It has the machined extractor and ejector as well as other 870P parts, the rifle sights on an 18.5" cylinder choked barrel, but it doesn't have the "Police magnum" on the receiver like the parkerized 870P.

Remington confirms that the current 870 MM is based off the Express. I don't know if the original Express that came out in the late 80's had an aluminum trigger housing and machined parts, but I suspect they did. Perhaps when Remington changed their Express line to plastic and MIM, the MM did as well, since it was always based off the Express.


We need a Remington 870 guru. :D
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I wouldn't be surprised if Remington did indeed change it from what it use to be...that being said, now I really regret selling the old one! LOL! It's a bloody shame to see companies sabotage their own products in order to reduce costs simply to gain profits. A few years ago I remember them sending out a survey asking which famous person "we" wanted to see represent Remington. I told them they should save the $$$ they wanted to spend on a fool that knew nothing about guns and re-invest it back into making quality guns at an affordable price...they didn't listen!!! Haha!
 
Indeed Remington introduced the Marine Magnums in 1992. They had 18" barrels, synthetic furniture with a full length fore-end and based on the 1987 introduced Express Magnums. The only difference between the 870 Express of 1987 is the Marine Mags were introduced with the first synthetic furniture following the SPS's (Special Purpose Synthetics) and were completely nickel plated inside and out. They came with REMs 2 round extension and clamp.

The Marine Mags of today are still based on the Express models, 18-1/2" barrels with synthetic furniture and nickel plated, but have all the lower cost effective features. i.e. MIM parts, polymer trigger housing, rougher bead blasted only finish rather than parkerized before nickel plating.

Any "Police Magnum" nomenclatured Marine 870s were based on the Wingmaster, however bead blasted, parkerized and nickel plated and would have been special ordered by entities who needed the gun for Marine applications in salty environments. Navy.

Today's production Marine Magnums are nothing more than REMs recent inexpensive option with nickel plating. They are neither parkerized nor blued before they are nickel plated. Perhaps even chromed. Not sure. Marine Magnums have become more of a decoratively finished gun than a salt air enduring implement of days of yore.
 
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Any "Police Magnum" nomenclatured Marine 870s were based on the Wingmaster, however bead blasted, parkerized and nickel plated and would have been special ordered by entities who needed the gun for Marine applications in salty environments. Navy.
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See, these don't exist, at least not for civilians. The Police Marine Magnum has no markings on the receiver distinguishing it from the regular Marine Magnum, so I'd question if they really use the same receiver as the 870P.
 
The brand new Marine Magnum I bought last year was a POS. Extractor was seized out of the box so it wouldn't eject shells, easy enough fix. Then after about 200 rnds the nickel started flaking off the bolt and inside the receiver. That was my first and last Remington... Oh and it definitely had a plastic trigger guard.
 
doesn't the plastic trigger guard mean you have the cheapy express marine magnum and not the police one? how much was it?
 
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