Remington 870 "Hardwood Home Defense"

Looks good to me.

There are a variety of products you can use on finished wood and it does help in the long run. I use a product called Feed-N-Wax by the Howard Company. It is quite few years old; a little goes a long way and I have a big bottle of it. It contains beeswax and Orange Oil. I use it on my 780 Wingmaster. If I get a scratch, I use Old English scratch cover.

I meant 870, not 780

Johnson's Paste Wax is an old favorite of mine, particularly for wood stocked field guns.

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Remington 870 Combo

Looks good. I recently picked up a near new 870 police magnum for a good price that the previous owner put a magpul stock and forend on. Not overly fond of the look, but feels really nice. Keep thinking of finding some wood to put on it instead.

The finish on those stocks is pretty durable, so anything like the products already mentioned should be fine. How much time is your SD gun going to spend in the rain?

two things i would add to your S/D shotgun http://www.brownells.com/shotgun-pa...1187-12gauge-shotgun-followers-prod73728.aspx and this http://www.brownells.com/shotgun-pa...870-1100-11-87-big-speed-safety-prod1599.aspx

The checkering looks much better than the standard Express I had seen at the
local big gun store.

The one I seen had the pressed in type checkering and the workman did not press too hard!!

Tung oil is another good product.

where does tung oil come from these days?

I only ask because it has been many years since Vari-tung in Capps Florida (right there next to the Turner's places) processed any and this week when I drove by the buildings were actually demolished.

No more tourist stealing and eating poisonous tree fruit I guess......

I can see a bottle of Feed-n-wax from where I am typing, I guess that says what I like to put on wood.

-kBob

All that needs is a heat shield, web cotton green OD USGI rifle slings, and bayonet to look like a true trenchman's shotgun! Congrats!

Congrats. I love the 870, hate Remington customer service.
Tung oil works best. Try to stay away from waxy polishes, it shines them up and makes them slippery. When that does work out dump the wood and make it a "Modern" trench gun or "breaching gun" as their called now. Mine has the fort Knox collapsible stock and the sure fire front end with light and 18" barrel when not in shooting cute furry things in the face attire.
You could always sand it down and refinish it to what you like. But if it's supposed to look like a trench gun them wait until it rains , tie a rope around it and run around the woods dragging it behind you to give that authentic "A jar head owned this look". Am I joking? Even I can't tell anymore.

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