50's era wingmaster at lgs.

[Cosmic_Charlie]

Nice shape, corncob forend and only $349. Don't need it but i want it. Going to run over there today and see if they still have it.

[TNsailorman]

Go for it. I like the 870 myself and there is just something about the "corncob" for end that takes me back to my youth. james

[dverna]

Decent price IMO

[jaguarxk120]

Chances are the action is as smooth as silk!!
A gun that old will have the action parts mated to each other
so they work together very well.
Nice find.

[6pt-sika]

About a year and a half ago I bought a circa 1954 870 16 gauge 28” modified gun for a little of nothing . I worked on the wood a bit and put ten coats of Tung oil on it . Sold it and made a tidy profit .

[Shawlerbrook]

Back when they were made with American quality.

[Smoke4320]

Gun MFG's think CNC means it fits as designed and no need for handfitted craftsmenship. Of course that would raise the price and we as buyers would complain about the hi cost

[Texas by God]

Good luck! That's too good to pass up. What gauge is it?

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[Bazoo]

Wow at that price. My beater express is worth that.

[Gtek]

I have my Fathers that he bought the first year they came out, ADL with the diamond pattern. Probably the reason I have a row of them now with one for every attitude or trip. They are smooth and slick after years of cared for use. That thing has many miles and hours and has dropped a truck bed of bird, Dad's is the one I grab for snipe and dove days. Plus it feels about half as heavy as a later Wingmaster or an Express blast finish banger! If you think you need one I seriously doubt you will regret it.

[6pt-sika]

Wow at that price. My beater express is worth that.

A friend recently sold an 870 Express 28 gauge LNIB he bought a few years back for $300 . He got $1200 for it two months ago .

[Cosmic_Charlie]

Good luck! That's too good to pass up. What gauge is it?

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Yeah, I did grab it. Serial # says it was made in 1955. 12 gage, 28" mod. with a red bead. Will try some trap shooting with it out in Hawthorn, WI this summer.

[murf205]

Good find, and price. I think they are smoother than a Model 12 Win. JMO. You could have Rem Chokes put in it and have the most versatile shotgun ever.

[Cosmic_Charlie]

The nice walnut really caught my fancy and the unique corncob fore end. The demographics in our country suggest that we should see more and more vintage firearms for sale. Saw too at the lgs a Howa Carbon Stalker in 7.62 x 39. Felt like it was filled with helium. $965 though. I do have a case of brass Yugo ammo that would pair up with it nicely.

[Mk42gunner]

Yeah, I did grab it. Serial # says it was made in 1955. 12 gage, 28" mod. with a red bead. Will try some trap shooting with it out in Hawthorn, WI this summer.
Dad and Grandma bought Grandpa one like that for Christmas in 1955. Plain barrel and IIRC a silver (probably aluminum) bead. Grandpa liked to duck hunt with decoys, he killed a lot of ducks with that shotgun.

If you must have choke tubes, please buy an extra barrel to do it with.

Robert

[Texas by God]

Remember back when we did all our hunting with a fixed modified choke?
Yep, it still works for most every thing.
Congrats on your new shotgun.

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[243winxb]

Remington shotgun barrels were upgraded after a class action lawsuit. Better, stronger steel. Around 1997?

Newer, better, Sorry.

[Cosmic_Charlie]

Remington shotgun barrels were upgraded after a class action lawsuit. Better, stronger steel. Around 1997?

Newer, better, Sorry.

Wonder if it was people loading 3" shells into a 2-3/4" chambers?

[TNsailorman]

I actually witnessed one Remington barrel failure on the skeet field ack around the mid 80's. A young man brought new Remington 1100 in 20 gauge to a night shoot. We were on station 3 when I noticed as he shot there was a wink of light from his barrel. One of the other shooters noticed it also and we stopped him and took him and his gun to the lighted shed behind the skeet field. One of the men had a bore light and we took his barrel off and one of the men put his hand over the front end of the barrel while another put the bore light in the chamber end of the barrel. Sure enough you could see a very feint light in about a 6" middle section on one side of the barrel. He was advised to take the gun back to the gun store where he bought it and have it returned to Remington. He did and about 2 weeks later he came back to shoot and had a new barrel and a letter of apology from Remington. I was offered a new barrel by Remington on a recall but I had shot my barrel for hundreds of rounds with no trouble so I politely turned them down. My experience anyway, james

[gewehrfreund]

My 870 is also from 1955 and this picture is from the auction site I bought it from years ago.
I shot it with the original barrel with Cutts but then found an 878 VR skeet barrel for it and shot it that way for a few years (with no problems whatsoever), but finally found an 870 VR skeet barrel which it has on it now, and will stay that way.
FWIW, those are custom English walnut stocks with extensive fine checkering, and it cleaned up nicely from the condition shown in the picture.
I paid $200 for it as the high bidder of the auction. :smile:
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[Cosmic_Charlie]

Nice gun there! Mine has oil finished walnut with modest figure. But it harkens back to a gentler age and i love it.

[Cosmic_Charlie]

Yeah, I did grab it. Serial # says it was made in 1955. 12 gage, 28" mod. with a red bead. Will try some trap shooting with it out in Hawthorn, WI this summer.

Actually, it was not the seial # but the letter code on the barrel.

[Hays47]

When I was stationed in Korea 1970-1973. I bought an 870 12 gauge for the princely sum of 74.00. I hunted everything that you were allowed to hunt over there. It never failed me once. It was subjected to nasty weather and mountain hunting. Once while pheasant hunting I tripped and fell and cracked the stock. After using the rest of the season with a cracked stock.

I wrote a letter to Remington for a replacement stock. I readily admitted that the cracked stock was entirely my fault. Never got an answer so I figured well that is that. About a week after i decided they were just going to ignore me. I received a package pick up note in my letter box at the base post office. Picked it up and noticed the Remington return address. Inside was a shiny higher grade stock for my 870 than the original. On the due bill was stamped in big red letters NO PAYMENT DUE.

Inside was a letter from a Remington employee thanking me for my service. Needless to say they made a Remington fan for a lifetime.

[Patrick L]

Those corncob fore end guns were also just a bit lighter, due to less wood and the fact that in that configuration usually had a plain barrel. These things added a few ounces, so if you were upland hunting it was really appreciated.

[beagle]

Ain't gonna be anymore for sure. Jump on it. Couple years ago, God was looking out for me. I liked my WM 20 gauge 3" LW Magnum so much, I was at Bud's and he had a NIB on hand at the old price so I bought a "spare". With Remington's reorganization, no more WMs for the forseeable future. Opened box, wiped it down and put it up. Trippled in price now, If you can find one.
Don't pass it up./beagle

[Rapier]

I bought a nasty rattle can paint coated 20ga Mod 870 from a pawn shop bunch for $100 back years ago, refinished the wood and metal used it around the farm for many years. Sold it to a young couple for their house gun, pretty cheap. The 870 is a fine pump gun.

[Budzilla 19]

I have a 1956 870, maybe 85%+ finish, bought it ( early 2000’s) cause I liked it’s feel. Shot it couple times, put in the safe, bought an Express model. It’s on standby now, for SHTF scenario.

[Hogtamer]

Youngest son shoots the same gun at doves that I bought on gunbroker 5 yrs ago for $175. Hard to tell it had been shot but nobody wanted “furniture” guns then.