Remington V3

[ethanjordan]

While this is not a full review, I figured to let you guys know about my Remington V3.

I've owned my V3 for over a year now. I've put several thousand rounds through it (mainly bird shot for skeet and sporting clays). The gun has been excellent, with only 2 rounds that failed to feed. Those rounds were cheapo walmart brand with very thin base of brass at bottom of the shell. And those 2 rounds failed to feed after about 1,500 rounds of usage.

I've cleaned the gun only about 4-5 times...each time at around 1,500-2,000 rounds. Pretty amazing performance.

The 26 inch barrel is light and quick to point. The barrel beads haven't had a problem. The recoil is very light (can easily shoot one handed without any felt recoil).

Two of my friends liked it so much that they bought one too...and they've never had a performance problem either.



The only 'issue' is that very rarely, the shot will have some power flick at you....and this is easily corrected by putting electrical tape into the back end of the forestock (a 30 second and 1 cent fix).

[BajaJames83]

I have its older brother the Versamax and have thousands of rounds through it and never an issue as well.

I highly recommend the V3 as well as the 3.5" versamax is not needed for most.

I will be getting my father in law a walnut V3 for Christmas as now that he is older and has some neuropathy his balance gets thrown off shooting his 870.
Ive let him shoot my versamax a few times and he noticed a big difference in recoil.

[k1dude]

I've always wanted a V3, but kept putting it off. Now I may never be able to get one because of the Remington bankruptcy and civil unrest.

[BajaJames83]

I've always wanted a V3, but kept putting it off. Now I may never be able to get one because of the Remington bankruptcy and civil unrest.

They wont be going under it will be a restructure and or someone will buy them or part them out.
The versamax and V3 blow away the Mossberg 930/940s.

[naz]

Awesome! Thanks for the review

Just for my learning, is cleaning too often somehow bad for the shotgun, or is it just more of a convenience / time saving thing for you not to clean it each time you use it?

[sandiego67]

I've got the VersaMax synthetic. 28" barrel with some flush chokes.

https://www.remington.com/shotguns/autoloading/versa-max/versa-max-synthetic

I've had it 5 years and it is in good shape because I rarely shoot it. I am an O/U guy and don't like picking up shells on the trap range.

I am doing a little housecleaning in order to buy a new shotgun so I would be willing to part with it if anyone is interested.

[DArBad]

Still waiting for the V3 Tactical to show up at my local Sportsman's Warehouse.

[FLZ_Boy]

The V3 is by far my favorite shotgun. A couple years back, you could find them for$475. At that price level it was a bargain. However, I did have a cam pin on the bolt carrier break after the 1000 round mark. I did call Remington direcrly and I was able to get a new bolt carrier with a cam pin.

[yk1977]

looked to own V3 for a long time...

I looked for the V3 for a long time, and specifically because of the following unique innovations that I really like:

And finally, I were lucky to order it from sportsmans located in Corona, last weekend!!!

it was available for order and specifically "American Walnut" model that has one extra improvement comparing to other V3 models that I also wanted: "unvented gas block", for more info see here, Picture A

The only 'issue' is that very rarely, the shot will have some power flick at you....and this is easily corrected by putting electrical tape into the back end of the forestock (a 30 second and 1 cent fix).

@ethanjordan, I read about the problem that you reported above, as only one complain for the gun, could you please check gas block on your barrel, is it vented or unvented, see the link about how to check it? this will give me an understanding should I apply the same workaround that you did...


I'm owner of FN SLP MK I that is good gun as I can say for my needs:

• at home 22" barrel for home defense
• sporting clays with 30" barrel from Winchester Super X2 (that fits perfectly)

no issues so far with cycling slugs, #00 or #7.5 shells that I ran thru it... fast action, fun.... but I think it is too heavy for my wife and quite dirty clean (could be due to ammo, but I tried different brands and same result...)

that is why I went with this purchase:
Remington V3 Field Sport "American Walnut" 26" and I hope sportsmans will complete my order on Dec 16 as they currently promise, fingers cross... if so, will give you my thoughts comparing to FN that I own

[Donny1]

I love shooting mine and the recoil is very low. It's been flawless except for 2 times the magazine lockout had slid over and locked up the gun. Took me a minute to figure it out. Not sure if it was me but since then I keep an eye on it and it hasn't happened again.

Great gun for someone like me who has torn shoulders in the past. I can run boxes of ammo with no pain, also points very well and balanced.

[yk1977]

OK, I got my Remington V3 Walnut 26" from sportsmans (Dec 24 2020) and finally had a chance to use it for sporting clays today... fun, fun and fun...

I will not try to say the same good things about the gun that you can find on web, just thank you to Remington engineers who built this platform/product and deployed it to market!!! (specifically Walnut model)

We ran today with my wife more then 500 rounds at LA Clays Shooting Sports Park like a blink of an eye, no issues at all... and at the end, my wife admitted that V3 is better for her vs FN

I just cleaned up it at home before we go there... I didnt have a chance to pattern the gun, to understand spray of different chokes, since LA Clays dont have station for that right now (promised to set up next moth)

anyhow, I really-really like the V3 Walnut (with improved gas system) from all point of views, and even planning to sell my FN and purchase another V3 Walnut, in case I will find 18.5 barrel for my V3

here are some pictures of my FN (with 22" & 30" barrel) and V3 Walnut:
1. https://drive.google.com/file/d/16Ql...S3FDEiXx6/view
2. https://drive.google.com/file/d/16Pk...sShid6ZBE/view
3. https://drive.google.com/file/d/171G...KoDRv5N2i/view
4. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1735...b7VhDojLl/view
5. https://drive.google.com/file/d/172b...Emfk375Gd/view
6. https://drive.google.com/file/d/16zJ...4RgITFdKX/view

[yk1977]

Another impressive point is cleaning, all parts are easy to clean, no places where you can't get easily like in my FN (specifically when cleaning piston and gas tube)

the only one wish here is to simplify assembly/disassembly of V3 Walnut:
1. it requires open-ranch to unscrew updated gas compensators
2. gun should be in horizontally & vertical position to easily remove the bolt group
3. to remove bolt-handle, you should set bolt to the max front position and only then you can remove bolt-handle

these are just improvements/wishes... and not really issues

and here are images after I ran >500 rounds thru the V3:
1. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DGF...ew?usp=sharing
2. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Cx0...ew?usp=sharing
3. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Cuo...ew?usp=sharing
4. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Cr3...ew?usp=sharing
5. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Cdj...ew?usp=sharing

and after all is clean:
* https://drive.google.com/file/d/1C_w...ew?usp=sharing

[BajaJames83]

was that new stock? I havent been able to find a new V3 anywhere.

[Misterclick]

I love mine. Fit, finish and it handles really well out of the box. Zero issues with function.

[yk1977]

hard to say...

was that new stock? I havent been able to find a new V3 anywhere.

hard to say... I was up at 1AM on Dec 6 and just decided to look for V3 on google before I go to sleep and boom! the first search was sportsmans website with option to purchase... I had to wait 3 days for it to be delivered to the store to do paperwork and picked it up on 24th

my v3 walnut is brand new... dont know how to check manufacturing date...