Shotgun Blues.

[SoBored]

Okay, I'll try to make sense but I'm low on sleep.

I have two shotties, a Stoeger coach gun supreme in 3" and an 870 Wingmaster with 18.5" inch barrel, mag extension and bayo mount in 2 3/4". I don't have anything ideal for turkey or geese, (meaning full choke and 3").

The coach gun is my cowboy action gun so it stays. I love my 870 but it's only 2+3/4".

I'm thinking of buying an HP9 with the 14" barrel and then buying a 26" or 28" barrel with screw in chokes. Then my Nork could do short barrel fun, turkey and geese. Then if time goes by and I find I'm not using my 870 I could sell it without the barrel, but really it's in great shape and is a nice piece so I'd probably keep it, (I hate selling guns ).

Does this make sense? Can the HP9 handle 3" magnum shells? Any ideas I haven't had yet?

 

[oneone]

I'm thinking of buying an HP9 with the 14" barrel and then buying a 26" or 28" barrel with screw in chokes. Then my Nork could do short barrel fun, turkey and geese.

Would that same barrel you would be buying solve your problem with your current 870? Or is there more to change than just a barrel when wanting longer shell capability?

 

[Gunslingr]

Could you not just get a longer barrel for your 870? One with chokes? I've used 2 3/4 on geese, never hunted turkey but if your worried its not enough a lot of geese and i'd imagine turkye have been taken with 2 3/4

Also to oneone, there is more to change than just the barrel, it needs to be a 3" receiver as well.

 

[SoBored]

I don't think a 2+3/4 " Wingmaster should be fed 3" magnum shells. If anyone here knows better I'm all ears. Also I would have to reclassify my 870 to use a barrel less that 18.5" (I think). So I thought I'd buy the HP9, get the 3" chamber and the short barrel and then get a goose/turkey barrel for it. Then I'd have 3 barrels I could configure it with counting the 18.5 I own on my 870.

Really if my coach gun had 2+3/4" chambers and my 870 was 3" I think I could be happy with the 18.5" barrel as being short enough. Since it isn't, I'm thinking of the HP9 and wondered if anyone had bought one for fun and used it for hunting turkey, ducks or geese. I wouldn't be feeding it 3" magnum rounds all them time, probably just for turkey.

 

[Spcamno]

Easy solution: Buy an HP9 selling the receiver and use the barrel on the wingmaster.

For you to use 3" shell all you have to do is replace the ejector and ejector spring see this thread for details:

http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=581619

 

[SoBored]

Easy solution: Buy an HP9 selling the receiver and use the barrel on the wingmaster.

For you to use 3" shell all you have to do is replace the ejector and ejector spring see this thread for details:

http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=581619

I was all over those posts, thanks for them. Someone mentioned "coaches post" about replacing the ejector but I can't find that post.

How do you get the two factory rivets out? Punch from outside?

 

[Leg]

The receivers on the 2 3/4" and 3" receivers are the same. The ejector needs replacing and of course a new barrel with 3" chamber and you're good.

Personally I'd hold on to the Wingmaster and try and find a 14" barrel for it. The barrel will cost around the same as an HP9 but you end up with a fine shotgun. Not knocking Norcs, I have an HP9 as well, great bang for the buck. If I could only have one I'd stick with the Wingmaster though.

In the end it doesn't make much difference. Get the Norc or keep the Wingmaster. The Norc will be the cheaper option.