Short barrel for my 870 or another gun????????

gonecountry

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Well I have been searching for a while tonight and just cant seem to find the answers to help me decide what I want to do. I have a fairly new 870 express laminate 28" VR barrel and ever since last summer when I first seen this thread http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=165801 on mr00jimbo's 18inch that he put laminate stocks on I have wanted one of my own.

My delema is that I dont know if I should get an 18 inch barrel from somewhere and install it when I want to carry the shorter gun or even if an 18 barrel from the factory 870 syntehtic express will fit because the barrel lug looks like it is in a different place. Or is that just an optical illusion?

I have heard that getting another barrel could cost me almost a much as a new gun and this year I'm getting married in June so the money is gonna be tight and I'd like to go the cheapest route. But my other option is to just buy and new 18 inch synthetic and then look around for a set of laminate stocks like mr00jimbo did.

What do ya'll think?

P.S. I wont mind switching the barrel if I do decide to just have one gun because I'll probably just keep the short barrel on it most of the time for rabbits and grouse in the tight woods near my house. If I decide that I want to go shoot some clays or ducks. I can switch it over then, not really a big deal.
 
Dlask usually has 18 inch express barrels for about $80. He builds his short guns from express 870's and sells off the new 18" which he has no use for. That's where I got mine. He usually has a couple listed in the Equipment exchange.
 
Originally posted bygonecountry:"...I have heard that getting another barrel could cost me almost a much as a new gun..."
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Put a want-to-buy ad in the parts and bits equipment exchange.

You'll soon find out that you can get a (used) replacement barrel for next to nothing.

NRN
 
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A shorter barrel with an appropriate choke is very handy for upland birds and game. Rifle sighted slug barrels(smooth or rifled), for deer. Bought a 20" smooth bore last Fall for a bit over $200 including the taxes at Gobles here in London. No box or packaging cut the cost, I think. Don't know if they still have any though. The guy told me they were selling a lot of 'em.
Other packaged barrels run $300 plus.
An 870 barrel should go on any 870 action with no fuss.
 
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