- Location
- Rockland, ON
An 870 Remington Express 20 gauge trio
I use them for deer, turkey, uplands game and pests around the farm. They're nothing spectacular, in my opinion, however, these are one of the most affordable, versatile and reliable shotguns available. Each of these as pictured is sighted for deer at 100 yards and capable of very good accuracy out to that range using Federal Premium Trophy Copper 275 grain sabot slugs in both 2 3/4 and 3 inch sizes.
Top one: A cinnamon hardwood, laminate stock and a Mesa 6 shell holder. I shortened the fore-stock to accommodate the Mesa shell holder. It sports an 18.5" rifled barrel with cantilever scope mount. The scope is a Leupold VX2 1-4x20 with Alumina caps. I also have three other barrels for it; a 20" smooth bore with a fixed improved cylinder choke and rifle sights, a 21" vented rib with Rem Chokes and a 28" vented rib with Rem Chokes. This one has seen a lot of carry time hunting, on walkabouts and on the quad. In its various configurations I have taken a lot of uplands game as well as pests on the farm with this one. I find that the 20" smooth bore barrel with the sights is the most versatile, allowing shot, buckshot (I use 2 Buck) or Foster type slugs to be used. That smooth bore barrel is what is on it most of the time. The Mesa shell holder does make it a little awkward to carry comfortably in hand but allows me to carry different shells and have fast, easy access to them.
Middle one: A synthetic camo stocked Express. It is sporting a 21" rifled barrel with sights and a saddle scope mount. The scope is a Leupold Ultimate Slam 2-7x33 with Alumina caps. I also have 2 other barrels for it; a 20" smooth bore with Rem Chokes and rifle sights and a 26" vented rib with Rem Chokes. If you're not careful those saddle scope mounts want to bite your trigger finger just above the second knuckle. With the 21" barrel this one accounted for 3 turkeys in 2018. This is a nice, light carrying shotgun. It's the one that gets to go out when the weather is really wet.
Bottom one: A cinnamon hardwood, laminate stock. It is sporting a 21" rifled barrel with sights. It has been drilled and tapped and has a Weaver scope base mounted. The scope is a Bushnell Legend Ultra HD 200 DOA 1.75-5x32. The fabric/elastic shell holder on the butt stock is for 12g shells but holds the 20's just fine. This is my dedicated turkey gun and also sees duty during deer season, that's why I decided to D&T it. For turkey it has a 21" barrel with Rem Chokes. I've had to make a lot of turkey stuffing and venison burgers and cutlets because of this SG.
I use them for deer, turkey, uplands game and pests around the farm. They're nothing spectacular, in my opinion, however, these are one of the most affordable, versatile and reliable shotguns available. Each of these as pictured is sighted for deer at 100 yards and capable of very good accuracy out to that range using Federal Premium Trophy Copper 275 grain sabot slugs in both 2 3/4 and 3 inch sizes.
Top one: A cinnamon hardwood, laminate stock and a Mesa 6 shell holder. I shortened the fore-stock to accommodate the Mesa shell holder. It sports an 18.5" rifled barrel with cantilever scope mount. The scope is a Leupold VX2 1-4x20 with Alumina caps. I also have three other barrels for it; a 20" smooth bore with a fixed improved cylinder choke and rifle sights, a 21" vented rib with Rem Chokes and a 28" vented rib with Rem Chokes. This one has seen a lot of carry time hunting, on walkabouts and on the quad. In its various configurations I have taken a lot of uplands game as well as pests on the farm with this one. I find that the 20" smooth bore barrel with the sights is the most versatile, allowing shot, buckshot (I use 2 Buck) or Foster type slugs to be used. That smooth bore barrel is what is on it most of the time. The Mesa shell holder does make it a little awkward to carry comfortably in hand but allows me to carry different shells and have fast, easy access to them.
Middle one: A synthetic camo stocked Express. It is sporting a 21" rifled barrel with sights and a saddle scope mount. The scope is a Leupold Ultimate Slam 2-7x33 with Alumina caps. I also have 2 other barrels for it; a 20" smooth bore with Rem Chokes and rifle sights and a 26" vented rib with Rem Chokes. If you're not careful those saddle scope mounts want to bite your trigger finger just above the second knuckle. With the 21" barrel this one accounted for 3 turkeys in 2018. This is a nice, light carrying shotgun. It's the one that gets to go out when the weather is really wet.
Bottom one: A cinnamon hardwood, laminate stock. It is sporting a 21" rifled barrel with sights. It has been drilled and tapped and has a Weaver scope base mounted. The scope is a Bushnell Legend Ultra HD 200 DOA 1.75-5x32. The fabric/elastic shell holder on the butt stock is for 12g shells but holds the 20's just fine. This is my dedicated turkey gun and also sees duty during deer season, that's why I decided to D&T it. For turkey it has a 21" barrel with Rem Chokes. I've had to make a lot of turkey stuffing and venison burgers and cutlets because of this SG.
