11-87 Sportsman HD question

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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - 11-87 Sportsman HD question

Posted: 10/3/2005 7:33:09 PM EDT

I happened to be at a local gunshop when a new shotgun caught my eye. I had never seen a 11-87 with an 18 inch IC barrel and a factory extended mag tube. It was parkerized, and had synthetic stocks. I took a long look, and it was nice. Since I never buy a gun on a whim, and always think on it for a night, I left home to ponder on it.
After checking the Rem sites (both civ and LE) I thought the gun was thier new 11-87 Police Model. The price seemed too low, so of course, the next day I ran down to purchase a new toy. After checking it out again, I saw that it was not the 11-87 Police, but an 11-87 Sportsman. I guess this must be the equvilent of Rem's 870 express line. The gun was not listed in any of Remington's websites, so I take it that it's a newer model.
Anybody heard of this model yet? I'll post more once I wait out my 10 day torture period. BTW the price was in the high $500's. This seemed good since the 11-87 Police model was around $800.

Posted: 10/3/2005 9:45:24 PM EDT

[#1]

Sportsman is a brand name Remington USED to use for their budget guns, before the Express name.

Either this is an older, used gun someone has fitted up as an HD gun, OR it's a special run for some distributor.

Recently Remington has been making defense type shotguns as limited production items for big distributors.
Among these are a couple of OD Green 870 pump models.

Before buying make sure it not a used gun. If it's new, ask what distributor it was made for.

Posted: 10/4/2005 7:01:21 AM EDT

[#2]

Sportsman is the name Remington uses for the inexpensive 1100's and 11-87's. Express is the name we all know for the inexpensive pump's. I just picked up a 11-87 Sportsman for a friend. It has the cheap bead blast finish that the Express models have. This model has a 26" barrel. I also got him a 20" deer barrel with rifle sights and screw in chokes.

From the Remington site:

Model 11-87™ Sportsman®

Designed to be easy on both the shoulder and the checkbook, these rugged gas-compensated autoloaders are the latest addition to the Model 11-87 family, and quite possibly the best autoloader value on the market today. The Model 11-87 Sportsman provides the same soft-recoil and superior handling that has made the Model 11-87 famous.

Available in both 12- and 20-gauge versions, the Model 11-87 Sportsman series offers the choice of 26- or 28-inch standard contour, vent rib Rem™ choke barrels with Modified choke tube and single bead sight. The matte-black metal finish and the durable, all-weather black synthetic stock and fore-end can handle the hard wear of days in the field. These value-priced workhorses also include stock and magazine cap swivel studs for the easy addition of a Remington sling.

How much are they asking for the 11-87? How do you know it is a Sportsman model? Is it NIB?

Posted: 10/4/2005 8:30:44 AM EDT

[#3]

Thanks for the replies. The gun is brand new, and in fact the gunshop said they had just got 2 of the models in only a few days ago (both with 18 inch IC barrels and factory extended mag tubes). It looks just like the 11-87 Police listed on Rem's LE site, only thing is that is says "Sportsman" rather than "Police" on the side. I paid $580 for it. I hate posting prices on the internet, because there is always someone whos brothers cousins neighbers friend bought the same thing for $XXX and will tell me I got ripped off. The finish looked okay for a HD gun, but the machine work on the reciever looked crude compared to other 1100 Remingtons I've seen. I didn't buy it to be a looker though. I was shopping for a cheap used Rem 1100 to make into a HD gun. Around this parts used 1100 or 11-87's go for about $400 on up. Add another $200+ for a short barrel, $40 for a extended tube, and $60 for the synthetic stocks, I figured $580 for a new 11-87 seemed a good deal.

Posted: 10/4/2005 8:47:30 AM EDT

[#4]

I think you got a great deal. I just paid $520 for the 26" Sportsman and that was from a friend who sell to me for cost. Sixty bucks extra for the mag extention is about right. As D-Wheel said Remington does many of these special runs these days. I know I bought four of them in the past two years. Enjoy, MIKE.

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