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I thought I'd post this for anyone who owns a Remington Versamax tactical and give you my $.02 on my conversion to a field gun.
I have a Remington Versamax tactical that has seen some use but decided I do more hunting than tactical match shooting. A few weeks ago, I decided to start doing some waterfowl hunting but didn't want to shoot 3" shells out of my pump shotgun. I was on the fence of buying a new autoloader but didn't want to shell out the money for a new one. After some thought, I decided to convert my versamax tactical to a field gun.
I ordered a few parts and pieces from midwest gunworks (www.midwestgunworks.com). They were friendly and knowledgeable in getting the correct items I needed to get the job done. I ordered a 28" barrel, a standard size magazine spring, and a swivel-style barrel nut.
The parts arrived a few days earlier than I expected and it took me about two hours to complete it (Cleaning the gun, new barrel, and inspecting the parts and pieces I got). The process was straight forward on swapping out the barrels and installing the new barrel nut.
I did have a slight hold up on swapping out the front sight from my tactical barrel to the new one. The new barrel came with a bead style front sight and my tactical barrel had a fiber optic front sight. After taking off both of the front sights, I noticed the sights were not interchangeable because the new vent rib did not have a pre-drilled hole that would accompany the "peg" that was on the fiber optic sight. I assume the peg was used to keep the sight from moving left to right. Overall, it was a simple fix with the appropriate size drill bit, and a paint pen.
I used the paint pen to mark the "peg" on the fiber optic sight. While the paint was still wet, I simply placed the fiber optic front sight on the vent rib so it would transfer the exact place of the "peg" and where it needed to be drilled. After I drilled the hole (about 1/32'' deep into the vent rib) I screwed in the fiber optic sight and it fit perfectly flush with the vent rib.
There were several versmax barrel options and varied about $100 between each style. I ordered the cheapest barrel just by chance because I didn't want to spend another $100 for the fiber optic front sight. I'm glad I did because it was very easy to swap out the bead style sight for the fiber optic sight.
I have a Remington Versamax tactical that has seen some use but decided I do more hunting than tactical match shooting. A few weeks ago, I decided to start doing some waterfowl hunting but didn't want to shoot 3" shells out of my pump shotgun. I was on the fence of buying a new autoloader but didn't want to shell out the money for a new one. After some thought, I decided to convert my versamax tactical to a field gun.
I ordered a few parts and pieces from midwest gunworks (www.midwestgunworks.com). They were friendly and knowledgeable in getting the correct items I needed to get the job done. I ordered a 28" barrel, a standard size magazine spring, and a swivel-style barrel nut.
The parts arrived a few days earlier than I expected and it took me about two hours to complete it (Cleaning the gun, new barrel, and inspecting the parts and pieces I got). The process was straight forward on swapping out the barrels and installing the new barrel nut.
I did have a slight hold up on swapping out the front sight from my tactical barrel to the new one. The new barrel came with a bead style front sight and my tactical barrel had a fiber optic front sight. After taking off both of the front sights, I noticed the sights were not interchangeable because the new vent rib did not have a pre-drilled hole that would accompany the "peg" that was on the fiber optic sight. I assume the peg was used to keep the sight from moving left to right. Overall, it was a simple fix with the appropriate size drill bit, and a paint pen.
I used the paint pen to mark the "peg" on the fiber optic sight. While the paint was still wet, I simply placed the fiber optic front sight on the vent rib so it would transfer the exact place of the "peg" and where it needed to be drilled. After I drilled the hole (about 1/32'' deep into the vent rib) I screwed in the fiber optic sight and it fit perfectly flush with the vent rib.
There were several versmax barrel options and varied about $100 between each style. I ordered the cheapest barrel just by chance because I didn't want to spend another $100 for the fiber optic front sight. I'm glad I did because it was very easy to swap out the bead style sight for the fiber optic sight.
