Originally Posted by
willyworm
Out of curiosity spur, what model Remington put the nail in the coffin?
I do agree modem 870's ain't what they used to be, same goes for 11-87/1100. I got say though this V3 I got a couple years ago has been a helluva firearm so far.
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Well to tell the truth it was two. One was a Walmart 12ga 870SM express that had a choke bored off center. Remington made that good, sent a new barrel with no questions asked and to tell the truth after a little barrel polishing it is a fine gun, shoots beads and patterns wonderfully.
The second one was a 26" 20ga 1187 sportsman from PSA in Greenville. The barrel proved to be very rough and shot a full foot below the bead. I contacted Remington and they sent a new barrel. It shot low too and the barrel was also rough as heck. I contacted them again and sent the gun to them. About 2 months later I got it back with a target and a inspection report. Read "Gun patterned at 20 yards with full choke and #6s. Shot within specifications." Pattern was noticeably low on the 20 yards pattern but apparently still in their "specifications". I went on to polish both barrels. Put the barrel that shot less low with a Burris FF3 on the gun and killed a limit of turkeys. A year or two later I sent the other barrel off (still had it as they didn't ask for it back) to Johnny Stone and had him cut the barrel down to 24" and install a trulock turkey choke. Gun now shoots beads and patterns very good. You figure out why rem couldn't get the chokes straight for me. So I guess it was a multitude of things. I'm a tinkerer and admittedly picky but all of that was new bad trend for me. I wish I had a nickle for every quail, dove and turkey I've killed with 1100s & 870s. No hater here. No clue about versa maxes, never shot one. Wanted one of those V3s badly a few years back, posted here asking about it but no one knew anything. That's what drove me to shop around and handle a bunch of guns. Ben, ber, franchi, win, brown, etc. Liked the franchi because it fit like a rem used to. Have been pleased with the white trash junk gun too.
Last edited by Spur hunter; 02-04-2019 at 06:58 PM.
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