Remington 887..

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I think I'm gonna get this gun... Sounds bad ass!!

http://www.remington.com/products/firearms/shotguns/model_887/model_887…

Anyone have one?
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88sdad 6/18/2009 6:32am
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I've had my model 870 for 35 years, and it's been a great gun.
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Cygnus 6/18/2009 6:37am
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What wil you be using it for? Looks like a great waterfowl/ turkey gun.
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kaw rider9 6/18/2009 7:13am
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Cygnus wrote:
What wil you be using it for? Looks like a great waterfowl/ turkey gun.
My current 12 ga. is a Charles Daly..

I hunt Duck, Geese, Turkey and Deer with it.. It's been a great gun!

I just saw the 887 in the newest American Riffleman mag, and said I have to have it..
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SEEMEFIRST 6/18/2009 7:51am
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Very nice.
Question for you Rob, I've been shooting all my life, but never once needed or really even wanted to shoot a slug from a shotgun, we hunt with rifles around here.

The question is, does the choke the shotgun have matter when shooting slugs?

I've just always had a hard time wrapping my head around slug shooting.

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SEEMEFIRST wrote:
Very nice. Question for you Rob, I've been shooting all my life, but never once needed or really even wanted to shoot a slug from a...
Very nice.
Question for you Rob, I've been shooting all my life, but never once needed or really even wanted to shoot a slug from a shotgun, we hunt with rifles around here.

The question is, does the choke the shotgun have matter when shooting slugs?

I've just always had a hard time wrapping my head around slug shooting.
I just found out this past winter that they now have rifled slugs. I bought a few and shot them out of a 20 gauge single shot and a 12 gauge 870.
I could not believe the difference between them and the old standard slugs.
Much more accurate and a ton more velocity. They even sound like a rifle, a very BIG rifle.
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kaw rider9 6/18/2009 8:58am
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SEEMEFIRST wrote:
Very nice. Question for you Rob, I've been shooting all my life, but never once needed or really even wanted to shoot a slug from a...
Very nice.
Question for you Rob, I've been shooting all my life, but never once needed or really even wanted to shoot a slug from a shotgun, we hunt with rifles around here.

The question is, does the choke the shotgun have matter when shooting slugs?

I've just always had a hard time wrapping my head around slug shooting.
You can't use a choke with a slug.

And Larry is correct, rifled slugs are the best!

I'll take pics of what I use after a while.
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jib-tmb 6/18/2009 12:14pm
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SEEMEFIRST wrote:
Very nice. Question for you Rob, I've been shooting all my life, but never once needed or really even wanted to shoot a slug from a...
Very nice.
Question for you Rob, I've been shooting all my life, but never once needed or really even wanted to shoot a slug from a shotgun, we hunt with rifles around here.

The question is, does the choke the shotgun have matter when shooting slugs?

I've just always had a hard time wrapping my head around slug shooting.
If I may add my .02 here....If you have a shotgun that you can get extra barrels for and you really want to shoot slugs, I'd look into a "slug barrel" for it. Hastings makes a good selection for a variety of brands. Fully rifled bore instead of just the choke. You can mount a scope on it if you like. When you want the scatter gun again it just takes a minute to change back.
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jib-tmb 6/18/2009 12:25pm
6/18/2009 12:25pm Edited Date/Time 4/17/2016 12:29am
88sdad wrote:
I've had my model 870 for 35 years, and it's been a great gun.
Those 870's are hard to beat! I've had one myself now for 30 years or so. I've hunted small game and waterfowl with it and shot both trap & skeet too. Great shotguns!
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SEEMEFIRST 6/18/2009 1:10pm
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SEEMEFIRST wrote:
Very nice. Question for you Rob, I've been shooting all my life, but never once needed or really even wanted to shoot a slug from a...
Very nice.
Question for you Rob, I've been shooting all my life, but never once needed or really even wanted to shoot a slug from a shotgun, we hunt with rifles around here.

The question is, does the choke the shotgun have matter when shooting slugs?

I've just always had a hard time wrapping my head around slug shooting.
jib-tmb wrote:
If I may add my .02 here....If you have a shotgun that you can get extra barrels for and you really want to shoot slugs, I'd...
If I may add my .02 here....If you have a shotgun that you can get extra barrels for and you really want to shoot slugs, I'd look into a "slug barrel" for it. Hastings makes a good selection for a variety of brands. Fully rifled bore instead of just the choke. You can mount a scope on it if you like. When you want the scatter gun again it just takes a minute to change back.
I shoot an Ithaca, and have 2 barrels for it, one for upland, and one for water fowl/turkey.
I have no need for slugs, I just wondered if I could shoot them with a modified choke.

Just never wondered enough to ask anyone.

Thanks though.

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