Update 2007-11-06:
Well, my shotgun came back on Friday... just been so busy, unable to take some good pics of the fantastic Parkerizing job that was done by Tactical Ordinance.
I basically decided that since the shotgun was so cool... it deserved a real finishing (not spray paint).
I also got the stainless follower as a little gift
I will post more pics later in the week.
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Original Post:
Well, it's been a long several weeks. I am writing this and posting pics to wrap up the completion of my 8.5" 870.
Ever since I saw Dlask making the 8.5" shotguns I knew I would have one. I decided to do things the hard way though...
First I ordered a HP9-1 from Marstar for only the receiver; the Chinese made receivers are absolutely fantastic (see the last pic - it's Remington Wingmaster/Police quality). Unfortunately the barrel and trigger group on the Norinco were not. The trigger was actually garbage, literally; it had a sear that wasn't working and sometimes would not fire when the trigger was pulled. Ouch! Again, luckily I bought this shotgun only for the receiver.
A Knoxx Stock was then ordered from TSE at rougly the same time to tame this little beast.
Once the shotgun arrived (2 weeks later) I dropped it off at DLASK to get the barrel and work required to accommodate the barrel.
I then ordered a Wingmaster (alloy) trigger group and Flexi-Tab upgrade kit from Tactical Ordinance. I also decided that I might as well not risk the feeding on my soon to be shotgun and also ordered a set of latches to replace the Chinese ones.
I got the shotgun back, minus forend furniture as I had told Jo (Dlask) that I would fit my own forend... what a mistake that was. I managed to fit a forend, but was ashamed to show anyone.
I called Jo a few days later and had a chuckle about how difficult it is to make forends for these little babies. Well, Jo invited me down to see what he had in his shop... I was pleasantly surprised to find that he had one beautiful aluminum-picatinny rail'd forend for the 8.5" 870. This was it!!! It was all coming together!!!
But as with everything in life, things are not always that easy... the Norinco tube was metric and too large for the forend. I made a quick stop to Reliable Gun in Vancouver this morning and picked up a new forend and nut then raced to Dlask to see if he could shorten this one. Well, Jo being the man that he is simply swapped an already modified forend for my newly bought replacement forend (wait time 30seconds). I still can't believe the service, thank you so much!
Anyway... I put it together... made some minor fitting adjustments then painted it Lordco Engine Enamel Black - it's a little too glossy for my liking, but whatever... I'm just glad it is done.
ENjoY!!!
DLASK
Well, my shotgun came back on Friday... just been so busy, unable to take some good pics of the fantastic Parkerizing job that was done by Tactical Ordinance.
I basically decided that since the shotgun was so cool... it deserved a real finishing (not spray paint).
I also got the stainless follower as a little gift
I will post more pics later in the week.
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Original Post:
Well, it's been a long several weeks. I am writing this and posting pics to wrap up the completion of my 8.5" 870.
Ever since I saw Dlask making the 8.5" shotguns I knew I would have one. I decided to do things the hard way though...
First I ordered a HP9-1 from Marstar for only the receiver; the Chinese made receivers are absolutely fantastic (see the last pic - it's Remington Wingmaster/Police quality). Unfortunately the barrel and trigger group on the Norinco were not. The trigger was actually garbage, literally; it had a sear that wasn't working and sometimes would not fire when the trigger was pulled. Ouch! Again, luckily I bought this shotgun only for the receiver.
A Knoxx Stock was then ordered from TSE at rougly the same time to tame this little beast.
Once the shotgun arrived (2 weeks later) I dropped it off at DLASK to get the barrel and work required to accommodate the barrel.
I then ordered a Wingmaster (alloy) trigger group and Flexi-Tab upgrade kit from Tactical Ordinance. I also decided that I might as well not risk the feeding on my soon to be shotgun and also ordered a set of latches to replace the Chinese ones.
I got the shotgun back, minus forend furniture as I had told Jo (Dlask) that I would fit my own forend... what a mistake that was. I managed to fit a forend, but was ashamed to show anyone.
I called Jo a few days later and had a chuckle about how difficult it is to make forends for these little babies. Well, Jo invited me down to see what he had in his shop... I was pleasantly surprised to find that he had one beautiful aluminum-picatinny rail'd forend for the 8.5" 870. This was it!!! It was all coming together!!!
But as with everything in life, things are not always that easy... the Norinco tube was metric and too large for the forend. I made a quick stop to Reliable Gun in Vancouver this morning and picked up a new forend and nut then raced to Dlask to see if he could shorten this one. Well, Jo being the man that he is simply swapped an already modified forend for my newly bought replacement forend (wait time 30seconds). I still can't believe the service, thank you so much!
Anyway... I put it together... made some minor fitting adjustments then painted it Lordco Engine Enamel Black - it's a little too glossy for my liking, but whatever... I'm just glad it is done.
ENjoY!!!
DLASK
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