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I just received a Remington Wingmaster 870 Magnum today, bought it from a fellow member, and it came with a 28" and a 21" barrel. Both barrels have the Remington chokes and the stocks are the standard sizes, not youth stocks.
I was wondering what purposes the 21" barrel could be used for. It's smooth bore, VR, and bead sights. What uses could it be intended for?
The 21" barrel is the youth model barrel.
It makes a nice handy little gun. Would be just fine for home defense, or hunting grouse in some thick stuff.
Or hogs in tight brush, the 7" shorter or so, would be less metal and lighter gun.
DJ Niner
11-05-2009, 01:11
I just received a Remington Wingmaster 870 Magnum today, bought it from a fellow member, and it came with a 28" and a 21" barrel. Both barrels have the Remington chokes and the stocks are the standard sizes, not youth stocks.
I was wondering what purposes the 21" barrel could be used for. It's smooth bore, VR, and bead sights. What uses could it be intended for?Remington has offered factory 870s with a 21" barrel intended for turkey hunting (SPS-T comes to mind). The discontinued straight-grip 870 Special Field also had a 21" barrel option (along with 23").
A short-barreled shotgun will shoot and kill everything a longer barrel will, if you can shoot it well enough to place the pattern properly. My friends and I used to use short-barreled scatterguns for fast-rising quail, partridge and snipe, and even early-season pheasants in thick cover or tall cornfields. Try it with an open mind, and if you don't like it or shoot it well, sell the sucker. :supergrin:
Remington has offered factory 870s with a 21" barrel intended for turkey hunting (SPS-T comes to mind). The discontinued straight-grip 870 Special Field also had a 21" barrel option (along with 23").
A short-barreled shotgun will shoot and kill everything a longer barrel will, if you can shoot it well enough to place the pattern properly. My friends and I used to use short-barreled scatterguns for fast-rising quail, partridge and snipe, and even early-season pheasants in thick cover or tall cornfields. Try it with an open mind, and if you don't like it or shoot it well, sell the sucker. :supergrin:
I actually bought the gun for my 11 year old son. He shoots better than I do.
:dunno:
I'll let him see how he likes it with both barrels. He may even like the 21" better than the 28".
DJ Niner
11-06-2009, 00:54
I actually bought the gun for my 11 year old son. He shoots better than I do.
:dunno:
I'll let him see how he likes it with both barrels. He may even like the 21" better than the 28".That's the spirit! :thumbsup:
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