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[j.primo]

Butt stock: remove rubber/plastic butt plate. Two screws (usually Phillips head) need to be removed. Get a long socket wrench with long extension. Remove bolt.

Forend: I'm a mossberg guy. Remington owners fill in the rest.

[axhoaxho]

Search Youtube under 'remington 870 disassembly', and you will find a number of videos to walk you through how to take-down and put-together your 870. It is very simple, and that is the beauty of the 870.

All you need is just a good set of screwdrivers (Craftsman 8 pc. screwdriver set, lasts a lifetime), and may be invest a little for a good forend wrench (optional.)

Have fun.

Regards,

[Ed_Hazard]

Check out this video. A little drawn out but it's pretty good.



This video deals mostly with the fore end removal, shows how to use regular needle nose pliers instead of the offset.

[Ed_Hazard]

http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct...tNumber=126882

Would this shorten my overall length of my remington express? On the forend it would come with the twin rails ofcourse?

Yes it would shorten the overall length by a couple inches. It would be closer to the youth stocked gun. Measure your guns current length of pull and compare it to the stocks 12" LOP to see the difference.

[axhoaxho]

Interestingly, I found that Surefire makes one beautiful tool to remove/tighten the 870 forend nut.

See picture below, it is just a simple piece of metal, and we can use it as a big screwdriver tip on the forend nut. Just position this piece of metal on that two notches of the forend nut, and turn the forend nut with our hand easily.

This tool is very effective, it is small that can be kept in our range bag, and it should be rather easy & cheap to make.

The catch, however, is that I don't think Surefire sells this tool by itself. This tool came (free of charge) with a purchase of any Surefire 870 Forend LED Weapon Light...

Regards,

[Ed_Hazard]

Yeah the Surefire tool is pretty good as it will fit a bunch of different gauge guns. I also like the one that Speedfeed include in their kits. It is more model specific but the T section works real well for leverage.

[Barabas]

That's the spirit!

It's easier to change things around on a new gun, no rust or swollen wood to deal with. I have an 870 that I took to two gunsmiths to have the forend wood removed, one scratched the forend up trying to get it off, the other said he would recommend I leave it alone and use it as is.

I decided that if I wanted to molest a shotgun, I'd do it with a new one instead of a classic.

[BigDogatPlay]

Last I checked I believe the bolt carrier will double in a pinch for removing the fore end nut. But I too have the SureFire tool that came with the fore end I have on my gun.