Success! A Very AWESOME Day For my Grandfathers 870 Wingmaster!!

Old Friend said:
What he said.

The other option would have been to leave Grampas bird gun as is and replace it. 870's are pretty reasonably priced.

Just my .02 cents worth.
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For sure and I thought about that. But many people said that most of the things I would have bought to replace it would not hold a candle to it in the realm of quality. No plastic here :)
 
CamDelle said:
Ok so then I need Brownell's Deluxe Remington 870 Ejector Riveting Staking Tool Set (part #080-612-001, around $38(2010 pricing)now 54.00). Then I would use it to grind off the head of the rivet.... Then replace spring.... then use it to re flatten the rivet and good to go..... And then a new spring for $6.00

Getting close to the price of a new gun lol'

Cool. Thx much. I can see how the spring is shorter as it is visible in the ejector hole.... A new 870 it is hiding just inside the ejector hole a bit.
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The tool is nice and works great but if you take it to someone that does this work they will 9 times out of 10 reuse the existing rivets and don't have the tool. I have changed quite a few over the years with no new tool and only needed new rivets once and that was on a 410.
If you decide to go that route make sure it is not a 3" already.
 
I'm not recommending that you do it but, I have older 870 with 30" barrel and fixed FC and my cousin has a 1100 with a 30" fixed FC barrel also. We've been shooting both 2 3/4 and 3" steel out of it with no problems for years. We never shoot anything larger than #2 shot. If I split the barrel, I can get another one for around $200.
 
Well it was all worth upgrading the old gun. Here's what I got today on my first ever goose hunt! Also borrowed some spent 3 inch shells and it seems that it will eject them no problem... Next trip I will try with 3 inch live shells.

I feel very appreciate to all that helped me figure this situation out. I also feel very fortunate to have this 1956 Shotgun from my grandfather and also to be the first to shoot it in around 50 years!

Thanks all

Thanks Papa!

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Glad to hear Congrats. If she will eject 3" empties now sounds like you are one of the lucky ones and she has a 3" ejector.I am finding 3 or 4 out of 10 or so are all right as supplied. Interesting that it seems most are early guns out of the 50's. Both of my 50's were fine also and one was a factory 2 3/4" skeet model. take care
 
3macs1 said:
Glad to hear Congrats. If she will eject 3" empties now sounds like you are one of the lucky ones and she has a 3" ejector.I am finding 3 or 4 out of 10 or so are all right as supplied. Interesting that it seems most are early guns out of the 50's. Both of my 50's were fine also and one was a factory 2 3/4" skeet model. take care
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Actually it is the shorter spring that is held on by the rivet on the side so definitely a 2 3/4. However It worked so all is good!
 
CamDelle said:
Actually it is the shorter spring that is held on by the rivet on the side so definitely a 2 3/4. However It worked so all is good!
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Short????. We would convert some to 3" by putting in a new mag spring and cutting back the ejector lip by 1/4" with a dremel when parts were scarce
From memory the 2 3/4 inch guns had a long ejector and the 3 inch guns has a shorter ejector that let the bolt move to the rear a little further so a 3" hull would clear the ejection port. Maybe I am misunderstanding
 
i like the wood on that beautiful old wingmaster.you are a lucky man to own such a fine gun.pass it down to the next generation when you are done with it as it will be going strong long after we are gone .
 
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