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Posted: 7/23/2010 3:21:10 PM EDT
| any reason why I shouldn't buy one? I would be just using it to try out 3 gun, not HD. |
I have one, and like it. I also have 3 870's, and the Hawk 982 is as good. I took the 982 apart down to the nuts and bolts and cleaned / degreased everything before use. The receiver plate was loose, and needed to be loctited, as the rest of the screws. Replaced the spring with a Wilson Combat, and I had an extra wood stock set laying around:
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I have one, and like it. I also have 3 870's, and the Hawk 982 is as good. I took the 982 apart down to the nuts and bolts and cleaned / degreased everything before use. The receiver plate was loose, and needed to be loctited, as the rest of the screws. Replaced the spring with a Wilson Combat, and I had an extra wood stock set laying around: http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c341/Brauer/Hawk982.jpg That looks great! Is it parkerized or matte blue? Where can you get parts for these?? |
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I have one, and like it. I also have 3 870's, and the Hawk 982 is as good. I took the 982 apart down to the nuts and bolts and cleaned / degreased everything before use. The receiver plate was loose, and needed to be loctited, as the rest of the screws. Replaced the spring with a Wilson Combat, and I had an extra wood stock set laying around: http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c341/Brauer/Hawk982.jpg That looks great! Is it parkerized or matte blue? Where can you get parts for these?? I'm pretty sure all 870 parts except the barrel fit the Hawk shotguns. My forend tube was too large for the Speedfeed forend I wanted to install, so I had to buy a factory 870 forend tube assembly ($22) and it dropped right into the receiver with no issue. Other people have not had this problem though, so I'm assuming my gun is from an earlier run as I got it in 2006. But other than that: - 870 Big Head safeties fit - 870 stocks fit - +1 Wilson extensions fit flush (but like the 870 Express, the Hawk has magazine tube dimples that need to be removed, and +2 extensions extend past the barrel) - Side Saddles fit And I am reasonably sure that almost all 870 internals will fit as well, but I have never tried. The front bead is some kind of metric thread though, so if you want to install an aftermarket 6-48 or 5-40 bead you need to get the hole enlarged and retapped. |
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