When I looked at getting a defensive shotgun a year ago, 930 SPX's were all over the place at low prices. Six months later, after I had read a few reviews they were much less common and the prices had gone up. Wonder if it was because of the good reviews it's had?
Mine has digested just about everything from light birdshot to heavy 3-inch slugs without only one hiccup. That was with some "specialty ammunition" that a forum wanted a review on. Suffice it to say that flechettes should be left to tank and artillery shells, not shotguns.
There's a Pride-Fowler mini red-dot mounted on my M1913 rail, it coincides nicely with the fiber optic LPA front sight. The advantage of the PF is that is not only has the normal light-sensitive mode but also has a 'full power' On mode which keeps the dot at maximum brightness when desired.
Remington 870's have the same relationship between their barrels and tubes as the SPX so getting a front sling plate is easy enough. The unsupported mag tube may be a problem but should be easily solved with a clamp that fits an 870 if one is needed.
The only real drawback to the 930 that I've seen is that it has 'junk in da trunk'; the recoil spring extends quite far down the buttstock making a shorter LOP stock problematic. There is though, at least 3/4's of an inch that can be shortened, though it may require cutting the spring housing. As it's built the 930 has a .75 thick spacer between the stock nut and the stock plate. The only thing the spacer does is transmit thrust between the nut and plate so it should be easily replaced with a flat washer. I've experimented with the LOP by removing the recoil pad and the 930 is much easier to shoulder with the shorter LOP.
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