870 wingmaster

[siggerette]

so my pops gave me his 870 wingmaster, i put a 18 incher on it and an extended tube for home defense. i wanted to kno the difference between the other 870s. i kno theres no plastic on this gun at all, wen i kno some 870s have a plastic trigger guard. oh by the way my pops bought this piece in 1993 shot it once and never touched it again.

[Black Majik]

It's a bit more refined than the express models. Polished blue, walnut stock. The only piece I've found that is plastic is the follower. Older ones are black plastic, new ones are bright orange.

Oh yeah, new WMs have plastic magazine tube insert under the magazine cap. Yours should be metal which you can pry off (whatever that piece is called holding the spring and follower in the magazine tube)

[aippi]

If you mean how does it differ from other models then here is your answer.

Very little as there is only one 870 and they only differ by finish and furniture.

The Police is nothing more then a Parkerized Model with three small parts different then the Express and the Express has a polymer trigger plate assembly which is better then the cast metal for several reasons.

The best way to understand this is that the Police Model is a parkerized Wingmaster with different stocks and shorter barrels...The Wing Master is a Blued model with the cast metal trigger plate assembly and barrel used for sport shooting and hunting.

Different models have different stocks and barrels but there is only one 870..

Oh, the biggest differences between the models is the price.

[Clinton]

[QUOTE=siggerette;3704521]so my pops gave me his 870 wingmaster, i put a 18 incher on it and an extended tube for home defense.QUOTE]


What barrel did you take off of it? Length and choke.

[siggerette]

i think it was like about 20 sum inches. and now i have an additional shells that will fit

[Full Clip]

Hey, I got my dad's Wingmaster. WTF is going on here?
Got a vent-rib and 18" for it.

[Black Majik]

i think it was like about 20 sum inches. and now i have an additional shells that will fit

Hold up. Just to clarify, don't go stuffing 3" magnums in there if your gun only chambers 2 3/4" shells. Just because the barrel says 2 3/4 and 3" doesn't mean the gun itself can.

[aippi]

As Black Majik stated, Hold UP....... if your Wingmaster has a serial number that ends in the Letter "V" it is a 2 3/4" receiver and no matter what barrel you put on it, you can only shoot 2 3/4" shells.

If it has a serial number that ends in the letter "M" and you put a barrel on it that has a 3" chamber, then you can shoot 3" shells.

I am sure Pops explained that to you but just wanted to cover it again for safety reason. You have a great shotgun now so be safe and enjoy it.

[siggerette]

Hold up. Just to clarify, don't go stuffing 3" magnums in there if your gun only chambers 2 3/4" shells. Just because the barrel says 2 3/4 and 3" doesn't mean the gun itself can.

im not a complete moron, hahah i only use 2 3/4

[siggerette]

As Black Majik stated, Hold UP....... if your Wingmaster has a serial number that ends in the Letter "V" it is a 2 3/4" receiver and no matter what barrel you put on it, you can only shoot 2 3/4" shells.

If it has a serial number that ends in the letter "M" and you put a barrel on it that has a 3" chamber, then you can shoot 3" shells.

I am sure Pops explained that to you but just wanted to cover it again for safety reason. You have a great shotgun now so be safe and enjoy it.

my buddys keep flaming on it cuz they all own mossy 590 and 500s my other buddy is army infrantry and he says his service 590 was a pos. but i dont kno the rem feels like a better made piece than the mossys

[Black Majik]

im not a complete moron, hahah i only use 2 3/4

Just looking out...

[siggerette]

no worries man. good looking out tho