knoxtnshooter
10-28-08, 13:06
Hey all... new poster, but i've been lurking for a while.
Thinking about buying my first shotgun in the next few weeks and I'm settled on an 870, but not sure what the best course of action would be.
Primary purposes will be HD and also slug hunting deer. I understand that in an ideal world, i would just buy the two barrels that suited my needs individually, but i think i may be able to kill two birds with one stone... or slug... whatever.
Looking at Remington's offerings, I'm leaning toward buying their Express with a 20" smooth bore barrel with rifle sights. I would then have the reciever tapped for mounting a scope... probably with a pic rail. I believe i could use the sights over the pic rail when the scope is removed for its role as a bedside buckshot gun.
However, I don't know everything, so i thought i'd pose the question here. Is a reciever mounted scope on an 870 as reliable as a cantilever mounted on the barrel? Going to a cantilever would throw off all my plans, but if it is necessary i will.
also, is there some combination of barrel/mount that I'm missing here? Thanks.
Thinking about buying my first shotgun in the next few weeks and I'm settled on an 870, but not sure what the best course of action would be.
Primary purposes will be HD and also slug hunting deer. I understand that in an ideal world, i would just buy the two barrels that suited my needs individually, but i think i may be able to kill two birds with one stone... or slug... whatever.
Looking at Remington's offerings, I'm leaning toward buying their Express with a 20" smooth bore barrel with rifle sights. I would then have the reciever tapped for mounting a scope... probably with a pic rail. I believe i could use the sights over the pic rail when the scope is removed for its role as a bedside buckshot gun.
However, I don't know everything, so i thought i'd pose the question here. Is a reciever mounted scope on an 870 as reliable as a cantilever mounted on the barrel? Going to a cantilever would throw off all my plans, but if it is necessary i will.
also, is there some combination of barrel/mount that I'm missing here? Thanks.