Nalapombu
Member
Hey all,
I had the chance to check out one of these models last night at Academy Sports. I had never seen one in person before. They had the standard model and the model that had the BRIGHT GREEN accents all over it which made for an "interesting" shotgun for HD use.
Anyway, this model has been out a few years and yet I have seen very little written about it and almost no user reports on it.
When you read about it on the Remington sight, they portray it as the finest and most durable pump shotgun ever created. Granted, they have some MIGHTY HUGE shoes to fill when you also have the best selling pump shotgun in the history of mankind also in your catalog.
I'd like to see what you all think of it. Would you trust it to protect your life? How about would you trade your 870 for one? The strange thing I noticed when handling it was that even though it is a 12 gauge it appeared like it was much bigger, like a 10 gauge. The barrel and mag tube looked almost like it had a shroud over them, but as I understand it that is the protection that encases the metal items on the shotgun to make them virtually impervious to weather. It makes the shotgun look BULKY to say the least. Did anyone else think this when they first saw and handled one?
I don't think the 870 has anything to worry about with the 887. It's not ever going to come close to the numbers the 870 has turned in over the years and I would guess that very few LEO's and other agencies are going to swap out to go with the 887 unless it would be a group that has real concerns about the climate, precipitation, humidity and other factors that can wreak havoc on a standard steel firearm.
Not knowing any more than I do about the 887, I would say the major complaint on it would be the last of options the user has with it. When you get it out of the box, that's pretty much what you get. You ain't gonna be able to swap out stocks, change mag tubes, put on different sights, add rails, or any of that stuff that those that own the 870 take for granted. The 887 does come with a small rail that allows the addition of a light, but that's about it for customization and we all know how gun nuts like to make the guns they have THEIRS and THEIRS ALONE.
OK, so what do you think about it? Have you ever had any trigger time on one? Would you own one or not and why?
Any info you care to add about it, feel free as I'd like to know and learn more about it.
Thanks for the help and your time and sorry for the LONG post.
Nalajr
I had the chance to check out one of these models last night at Academy Sports. I had never seen one in person before. They had the standard model and the model that had the BRIGHT GREEN accents all over it which made for an "interesting" shotgun for HD use.
Anyway, this model has been out a few years and yet I have seen very little written about it and almost no user reports on it.
When you read about it on the Remington sight, they portray it as the finest and most durable pump shotgun ever created. Granted, they have some MIGHTY HUGE shoes to fill when you also have the best selling pump shotgun in the history of mankind also in your catalog.
I'd like to see what you all think of it. Would you trust it to protect your life? How about would you trade your 870 for one? The strange thing I noticed when handling it was that even though it is a 12 gauge it appeared like it was much bigger, like a 10 gauge. The barrel and mag tube looked almost like it had a shroud over them, but as I understand it that is the protection that encases the metal items on the shotgun to make them virtually impervious to weather. It makes the shotgun look BULKY to say the least. Did anyone else think this when they first saw and handled one?
I don't think the 870 has anything to worry about with the 887. It's not ever going to come close to the numbers the 870 has turned in over the years and I would guess that very few LEO's and other agencies are going to swap out to go with the 887 unless it would be a group that has real concerns about the climate, precipitation, humidity and other factors that can wreak havoc on a standard steel firearm.
Not knowing any more than I do about the 887, I would say the major complaint on it would be the last of options the user has with it. When you get it out of the box, that's pretty much what you get. You ain't gonna be able to swap out stocks, change mag tubes, put on different sights, add rails, or any of that stuff that those that own the 870 take for granted. The 887 does come with a small rail that allows the addition of a light, but that's about it for customization and we all know how gun nuts like to make the guns they have THEIRS and THEIRS ALONE.
OK, so what do you think about it? Have you ever had any trigger time on one? Would you own one or not and why?
Any info you care to add about it, feel free as I'd like to know and learn more about it.
Thanks for the help and your time and sorry for the LONG post.
Nalajr