I just got off of the phone with Remington because I wanted to order some parts for my 870 Express. I have been in the process of upgrading my Express to a Police model by changing out the springs and getting a machined extractor. I know that in the past Remington has said that there was a difference between the mag spring and sear spring etc. But the guy that I talked to said that there is no difference between the Express and P model in terms of the springs. He said that the P model does have a heavier Sear spring because the P model needed a heavier trigger pull but stated that the express model does not have a cheaper made spring just a lighter trigger pull. However he said that the magazine springs are the same. When I brought up the issue of the extractor in the Express being MIM and the P being machined, he said that's absolutely not true. He said they are the same in both models. He said basically they are the same gun except that the P is parkarized and the Express is not and the P does go through more of a quality check. He also said that the Express is cheaper because of the stocks. He said that Remington has to pay speedfeed more for their stocks as opposed to them making their own for the Express. He said that your money would be better spent buying better sights and buying ammo for the gun because ammo prices have gone up.
I also asked him if the spare P parts were restricted for sale to civilians. He said no they are not you could order whatever you want because there is basically no difference in the parts.
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