ParadiseDweller
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They prone to rust?No kidding. I've contemplated cerakoting mine for this reason.
They prone to rust?No kidding. I've contemplated cerakoting mine for this reason.
Here's an additional parts source (he has years of experience setting up Remingtons for combat purposes as well..) and used to post on this site...
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JD at AI&P Tactical is a great resource on the 870 and 11-87 shotguns. He no longer sells complete guns and with Remington not supplying their dealers with spare parts anymore (for now) his parts supply is very limited. He is worth a phone call if you have questions about install or disassembly of the shotgun or whether or not an aftermarket part is worthwhile to purchase.When I was looking at building an 870 this place was selling complete guns. He was able to sell me what I wanted cheaper than I could buy the parts and do it myself. I wanted a utility gun short enough for defense or hunting in the thick stuff. Reliable I also didn't want it to look special. Big thing is I wanted a right hand gun with a Left hand trigger group. They make tons of right handed barrels left your choices are 28 inch vent rib with remchokes. My gun is black zinc parkerized all springs upgraded milled extractor Wilson big head safety ,2 shot extension and follower ,18.5 fixed modified choke barrel with tritium bead .I used Remington synthetic stocks to keep it plain looking plus they fit me. I also have a regular magazine cap and standard spring to switch over to if I am hunting with it and don't want to deal with game warden questioning if it is plugged to 3 rounds. JD. Is extremely knowledgeable on 870's and I am happy with the gun I have
All this is true about the original Express finish. I used to sell guns for DSG (when they sold firearms, early 2000s) and I could pull 2-3 Rem Express guns from the factory box before finding a rust free gun for a customer. Yes it usually, mostly wipes off with a CLP soaked rag, but who wants to buy a rusty looking gun NIB!There's lots of complaints about the original Remington Express finish rusting. Other people had no problems.
It was a bead blasted blued finish.
Some people said that if you kept a coat of a rust preventing lube like CLP Breakfree it wouldn't rust, or at least not that fast.
Another way to prevent rust is to do what the manuals said to do: clean off the factory shipping lube and apply something like CLP.
The shipping lube coating apparently wasn't intended to be a user lube, just for shipping.
People who didn't clean it off were often the people who got rust.
Years ago Remington recommended user treatment of the Police guns was to field strip the gun, liberally spray it dripping wet with Rem-Oil or CLP let stand 20 minutes to dissolve the factory coating, then wipe it off and put it into use.
That's still good advice for the Express guns.
Best advice is to not get concerned unless your specific Express starts showing rust. Then you can figure out what to do.
Options are: parkerizing, a paint type gun finish like Cerakote, Lauer Duracoat, or GunKote, or just keeping a coat of gun grease, oil, or wax on it.
Note: NOT car wax...That's not suitable for this application.
The gun I got from him is setting beside my bed cruiser ready conditionJD at AI&P Tactical is a great resource on the 870 and 11-87 shotguns. He no longer sells complete guns and with Remington not supplying their dealers with spare parts anymore (for now) his parts supply is very limited. He is worth a phone call if you have questions about install or disassembly of the shotgun or whether or not an aftermarket part is worthwhile to purchase.
I have 2 of his complete 870 shotguns and he has helped me with setting up about a dozen more that I was working on for friends or for sale. His black zinc Parkerizing is awesome.
How does the "slow rust" look? I got on old remington model 25 that someone stripped and left it. I was gonna get it reblued but in Ca they cant use the chemicals or some **** for a real blueing.On my express I replaced the follower with a machined aluminum one. It also had the "locking" safety which I didn't like so I swapped it to a standard safety. And I threw on some walnut stocks that CDNN had for cheap.
If I had a bead blaster I'd go full irony and strip off the finish and slow rust blue it for giggles. Never had an issue with how it cycles though. Its circa 2000-2001 or so. My dad has a Wingmaster from around 1979-1980 that is smoother but also more loose (he's put a lot of rounds through it).
it’s Simple and does the job without hiccup. Fits well on my frame and arms! good gunDown to one 870, an Express Supermagnum (once again my turkey rig for this year).
I still have an 1100 Special Purpose, and I like the thing, have had a dozen 1100s over the years.
And no issues.
But I like 870s better and have no idea why.
Just do.
Its about the same color/hue as hot dip blue, but usually not as high gloss polished looking as the carding process after each rusting tends to leave a bit more of a matte finish. It is much more durable than cold bluing (and doesn't have the associated stank).How does the "slow rust" look? I got on old remington model 25 that someone stripped and left it. I was gonna get it reblued but in Ca they cant use the chemicals or some **** for a real blueing.