Recently I have bought two Remington 870 Police Magnum, police trade in shotguns. These guns were made in the late 80s. Both showed a great deal of finish wear and the stocks were pretty beat up...no broken parts, no corrosion- just honest finish wear. I paid $170 and $155 for the guns, total, shipped to my FFL which does not charge me transfer fees.
Shot the guns, both shot, fed and ejected- functioned fine. Both would cut clover leafs, point of aim, at 25 yards with Remington Reduced Recoil slugs. Would probably really shoot well with the newer Truball offerings......
Felt badly about how they looked. Stripped them down and started stripping stocks and foreends of finish and grime, steaming dents, Linseed oil. Both stocks really turned out nicely. FFL happened to mention that he recently added a new bead blast cabinet and a parkerizing tank. I asked if he cared if I used them after hours one night if I bought the beer....No problem. I dropped the parts in the solvent tank for about 15 minutes, blew them off with the air gun, bead blasted the metal (less trigger guards of course) and then tossed the parts in the park tank. Took longer to bring the tank up to temp than it did to actually get the parts parked! If I was smarter I would have lit the tank when I first got there before the parts soak etc....Live and learn....
Whole process took about 2 hours of steady work. Came home with two darn near new looking Police Magnum 870's. Is there a cheaper home defense option that is 100% reliable etc.....? I darn sure don't think so. You can barely buy a used Hi Point for $150!!!! Each of my sons will get one of these for their college apartments. Hate to think about it but if they get stolen etc....I don't care, not sentimental, no great monetary loss--- but they will absolutely put men in the ground if need be.
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