Hawk 982 with a Remington 870 Barrel Installed

[MAX100]

Here is a thread post of a Hawk 982 with a Remington 870 installed using a PVC spacer. I've said for years all you need to do is make a spacer and 870 barrels will fit the Hawk 982. This isn't my shotgun. I found the post on another forum.

http://forums.gunboards.com/showthread.php?134090-Putting-Rem-870-barrel-on-Norinco-clone&daysprune=-1

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[Joe22]

Cool.. Looks pretty good too.. I wouldn't give up the ghost rings for those sights tho.. Be cool if you wanted to get a long barrel for field tho..

[bombadillo]

I'd use HDPE, not PVC for something that can blow up on you.

[FastFinger]

I'd use HDPE, not PVC for something that can blow up on you.

I guess then that a empty toilet paper roll tube wouldn't be a good idea, even painted matte black?

What would be the worst situation with the PVC spacer failing, and what would lead to that scenario?

I'm thinking an obstruction in the barrel is a potential problem, that would have a lot of pressure pushing the barrel ring forward, stressing the spacer, which could fail, possibly allowing the barrel to disengage from the receiver and slide forward? Just guessing.

[bombadillo]

I've just had PVC blow up on me and it sucks. You never know what may happen and thats probably fine for a spacer but still.

[gn3hz3ku1*]

is the pvc made in china? ahhahaah jk

[MAX100]

You can fire an 870 or 982 with a very loose mag cap with no danger. A short piece of PVC is very strong from end to end. It can support a lot of pressure & weight pressing down on it. When a shell is fired in a shotgun majority of the forces go backwards not forwards.

Regardless I would use steel tubing.

is the pvc made in China?

Everything is made in China or from materials or with machines that are made in China. Get use to it.


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[Grumpyoldretiredcop]

You can fire an 870 or 982 with a very loose mag cap with no danger.

You might want to rethink this. A loose enough magazine cap can allow forward barrel movement, which can cause excessive headspace. That would be quite exciting... for a millisecond or so.

I do, however, agree with you that a metal spacer would be much more suitable for this than PVC or any other plastic material.

[MAX100]

You might want to rethink this. A loose enough magazine cap can allow forward barrel movement, which can cause excessive headspace. That would be quite exciting... for a millisecond or so.

I do, however, agree with you that a metal spacer would be much more suitable for this than PVC or any other plastic material.

The bolt on an 870 has to lockup in the extended part of the barrel before it will fire. Do you think Remington would design and sell a shotgun that could blow up from a loose mag cap.

PVC is perfectly suitable as a spacer. I would use steel tubing though.


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[aippi]

I thought your China guns were just as good as the Remington, so why are you guys putting Remington Barrels on them? Is there a reason?

[gn3hz3ku1*]

I thought your China guns were just as good as the Remington, so why are you guys putting Remington Barrels on them? Is there a reason?

longer barrels

[illuminate10]

Here is a thread post of a Hawk 982 with a Remington 870 installed using a PVC spacer. I've said for years all you need to do is make a spacer and 870 barrels will fit the Hawk 982. This isn't my shotgun. I found the post on another forum.

http://forums.gunboards.com/showthread.php?134090-Putting-Rem-870-barrel-on-Norinco-clone&daysprune=-1

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Thanks MAX100. I have a Hawk also and knowing you can put different/remington barrels onto it is cool.......though I have a REMINGTON...............too

[MAX100]

I thought your China guns were just as good as the Remington, so why are you guys putting Remington Barrels on them? Is there a reason?

In my opinion the 982 is better made and designed as a defense shotgun than the 870. Hawk Ind has corrected some of the short comings of the 870, the shell lifter design & the longer mag tube.

I have no need to put an 870 barrel on a 982. Pardner Pump barrels are a drop in fit on the 982 and they cost much less than a 870 barrel.

There are some that own a 870 and 982 that would like to interchange the barrels and turn the 982 into a hunter. Some have a extra 870 barrel that's not being used.


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[KevinXT]

sounds like an easy conversion... i work in a machine shop so making a lil aluminum or steel spacer would be easy!

[Grumpyoldretiredcop]

The bolt on an 870 has to lockup in the extended part of the barrel before it will fire. Do you think Remington would design and sell a shotgun that could blow up from a loose mag cap.

PVC is perfectly suitable as a spacer. I would use steel tubing though.


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I don't think, I know, having seen the results on at least one Police Magnum - case head failure after an unchecked magazine cap loosened. Remove the barrel on an 870, cycle the bolt, then pull the trigger. Does the firing pin operate? Yes, it does... it's one of the operational checks.