Remington 870 Tactical-12 gauge, doubled in price

[Palladan44]

Just noticed the spike in price. These are now going for 800+ dollars. I own 3 and each was either 235, 300, and 325 dollars all within the last 6 years.

Is this just the times and frenzy driving this, or is there another reason? Other "self defense" style weapons are available and still selling for regular rates, or slightly raised(ex. Ar 15s and Glock or Sig pistols)
Why such a surge in these?

 

[entropy]

Yup, but you can buy all the Hatsan copies of it you want at my LGS for $250-300.

 

[Phydeaux642]

Panic buyers amuse me. People have had four years to stack it deep at cheap prices yet now they will pay North of $1,000 for a $400 shotgun...and you can't even find any shells other than target loads. So, to answer your question, it is frenzy panic buying.

 

[Palladan44]

Panic buyers amuse me. People have had four years to stack it deep at cheap prices yet now they will pay North of $1,000 for a $400 shotgun...and you can't even find any shells other than target loads. So, to answer your question, it is frenzy panic buying.

This is kind of what i thought.

 

[lemaymiami]

For anyone really needing a defensive shotgun... go to Gunbroker, enter "wingmaster 12" and find more than one ex-police standard Remington model 870 riot gun (my personal preference after carrying one on the street years ago...) for fairly reasonable money (but still $100 to $150 more than they were a year ago...). Many will be pretty scuffed up on the exterior but still in great working shape internally... and if you can, avoid the ones that have obviously been monkeyed with in their lifetime... Years ago (seventies and eighties) all we had were Wingmasters, this was before "police" and "tactical" models came along. Be pretty hard to beat a basic riot gun for home defense - or on the street at close quarters (less than 15 yards....). It's still a one shot fight ender if you do your part...

 

[kozak6]

There's also Remington's bankruptcy to consider. Roundhill is a complete unknown and doesn't have 870's back into production yet.

 

[DocRock]

They’re collectors items! A pre ‘20 870 will be worth thousands...

 

[Palladan44]

There's also Remington's bankruptcy to consider. Roundhill is a complete unknown and doesn't have 870's back into production yet.

Now this makes a little more sense.

 

[Phydeaux642]

There's also Remington's bankruptcy to consider. Roundhill is a complete unknown and doesn't have 870's back into production yet.


Now this makes a little more sense.

I'm not so sure that's the reason. A Mossberg 590A1 would normally sell in the $550-$600 range. They were selling on Gunbroker a few months ago for $1,200+ and Mossberg isn't in bankruptcy. Panic buying is the culprit.

 

[Speedo66]

...and you can't even find any shells other than target loads.

AIM Surplus has 00 Buck. https://aimsurplus.com/sterling-12-gauge-00-buck-ammunition-10rd-box/

 

[FL-NC]

Its a combo of the panic and people thinking that the 870 is the end-all be-all of pump shotguns and that there will be no more of them, I think. I was at a gun show in Pensacola this weekend, and while there were 870 and Mossberg tac type shotguns available (and highly overpriced) there was no shortage of the tactical pumps and autos in the $300 range like the ones PSA spams me about several times a day. I can't vouch for the "quality" of these guns, but I'm thinking for most people to have a shotgun of this type for protection that wouldn't see a whole bunch of use (which tends to be the case with these guns in my experience) these import tactical pumps are probably just fine. I have 2 of those H&R 870 clones from chiiina that wal mart sells (or used to sell?) I keep in my vehicles. I fired a few rounds from them to make sure they worked, then I snaked the bores, rubbed some oil on them, reloaded them, cased them, and stashed them in the vehicles. I'm confident that they will both fire should the need arise.

 

[Barry the Bear]

I've been seeing mossberg Mavericks for 500 lately. As I said on another thread, ANY repeating firearm is at a premium right now.

 

[Phydeaux642]

AIM Surplus has 00 Buck. https://aimsurplus.com/sterling-12-gauge-00-buck-ammunition-10rd-box/

I see the Sterling 00 buck on Ammoseek all of the time. I'm fairly new to shotguns, so, I'll admit that I don't know anything about that brand and can't find much about it on the interwebs.

 

[lemaymiami]

I've seen info here that described the Sterling as Turkish... Wherever it's from I'd make a point of buying about twice what I needed then running about half of it downrange to verify performance after patterning it with the gun you'll be using ... Basic 2 3/4 00 Buck doesn't have to be fancy or particularly clean burning to be terribly effective at close quarters (under 15 yards...) but you will need to know how it patterns...