Positive News about the new production 870's

[enefgee]

I received the attached as part of a mailing from the Vang Comp list I'm on, with regard to the 870's being produced by the "new" Remington:

"It's no secret that Vang Comp has not been a fan of the 870 "Express" line of shotguns.
In the "Freedom Group" days there was so much wrong with the Express 870 shotguns that you needed to get the shotgun to a gunsmith just to make it function properly.

These are not those shotguns.

These shotguns came in on a pallet (actually, two) from the new Remington. RemArms.
We were nervous when we first opened that very top shotgun but we were pleasantly surprised when we opened the box and found a nicely assembled shotgun.
We could work with these.
So we got to work, visually and physically inspecting 57 different components of the assembly.

All these guns needed was a little bit of TLC, so we performed a reliability service and inspection.

And a few more finishing touches to make them feel great out of the box and work reliably for a long, long time."

Things appear to be looking up!

 

[Leg]

Good to hear something positive.

I find it strange though that they choose to build off an Express when they felt they were lacking in quality.

 

[Claven2]

Good to hear something positive.

I find it strange though that they choose to build off an Express when they felt they were lacking in quality.

I think they will build off what they can get. Likely they've been struggling to acquire product.

Fundamentally the receivers are all all identical, save cosmetics.

 

[Fordtrucks]

I had a left hand express looked like they carved the reciever using an angle grinder... total pos

 

[spyderchop]

My new 870 Tac 14 new production is a beauty. Smooth as hell.

 

[Leg]

My new 870 Tac 14 new production is a beauty. Smooth as hell.

It’s RemArms? I thought the recent Tac 14s were NOS purchased in the States.

It would be nice to see some pics of the new production guns, regardless of model.

 

[enefgee]

I think they will build off what they can get. Likely they've been struggling to acquire product.

Fundamentally the receivers are all all identical, save cosmetics.

When you're going to do work on them anyway (the note is from Vang Comp) it just means a few extra fixes, and you'll bill for that additional work, it doesn't make much difference. They sell out their modified guns in minutes as it is. It's like the Tac Ord guns FOC used to try to stock - in one door and out the other. Vang does the same stuff to Mossberg 590's so at least they have two sources.