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Posted: 4/16/2003 1:33:42 PM EDT
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Please someone correct me if I am wrong but the US military now uses Mossbergs exclusively, correct? But they did used to use the Remington 870s. What were the specs of the Remington 870 military shotguns? What were there barrel lengths, stock, mag capacity, sights used, etc. Thanks in advance. |
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The US military establishment has scads of 12ga. pumps of all different makes and models. I have personally seen Winchester M12's, old Savages, Win. 1300's, Rem 870's and Mossbergs in both M500 and M590 trim. These guns were purchased in small lots whenever it was felt some more shotguns were needed for whatever reason(s). Hopefully, many of these have been phased out...but don't bet on it. It would not surprise me too much if there are still a few M97 Winchesters in service somewhere. The 4 or 5 870's I have seen were all, I believe, 20 in. barrels, cylinder bore, parkerized with walnut stocks and fore ends, standard everything, no mag extensions and I seem to recall that one had a barrel shroud/heat shield. They worked just fine, as almost all 870's do. |
Sturmpioneer, yeah that's a Mk 1, and if you can't tell by the haircut, that's a US Marine holding it.  This Mk 1 has a 21" barrel with rifle sights and +3 extension... mag tube holds 7 rounds. Probably has a fixed IC choke. Folding stock in the pic is open. AFAIK, the device between barrel and extension is just a clamp for rigidity, and if it has any other function, I'm not aware of it.
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Hi All! Hard to tell in the stock department (if we are refering to the young marine wielding the big bad extra-capacity 870)...the only clue I can see is the metal rod that extends forwards along the side of the reciever. This leads me to speculate that it is one of the Sage International telescoping stocks (check them out here:www.sageinternationalltd.com). I have been trying to acquire one of these stocks for some time, however living in Canada seems to be a serious drawback for one of these...despite there being no canadian laws barring the stock! I would love to test drive one...*sigh*. BrobeeBiter |
I didn't know that. Where does the bayonet mount, on the side? I'm trying to picture a M7 or M9 bayonet attached to it. |
Apparently they are quite collectable: cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=587&item=2171131896&rd=1 Edited to add: The one on eBay might not be an actual Mk1 piece, and may be "a little" overpriced compared to a real Mk1 clamp. |
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american shooter on the outdoor life network see: www.americanshooter.com did a piece on the new usmc benelli m4. the usaf is still using winchesters, remington 870s and mossberg 500 and 590s. depends on the base and the catm shop on what they have. also, a lot of army bases are using the shotgun as a cover weapon on the gates. makes sense as most gates are near civ roads and you don't want .223 spraying all over the place. |
How about no sight blade for the front or rear sight ramp. |
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