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Posted: 3/22/2006 2:51:30 AM EDT
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Maybe you can help out! I'm looking for a forearm bushing wrench for the Remington 870, where can I get one? I'm not a big fan of using a chisel to take off and put on the forearm bushing. My local gunshop guy says 'Just Check Brownells' but as we all realize, the Brownells online catalog is an innavigable maze of broken links and misleading search result queries (seriously, the only time I ever find anything on the Brownells page is when Google takes me there). -- Also -- I'm looking for advise on the best way to mount a set of sights to the beast, so I got to wondering - what are my options vis-a-vis adding scope rails to the receiver? I know that B-Square makes a sort of wraparound scope mount that is held in place by extended receiver pins, but this thing is hell of tacky, and adds unnecessary weight to the already heavy weapon. I'm sure a skilled gunsmith would be able to add a scope rail to the receiver. But what about attaching a rail to the business end of the barrel? I figure that if one adds a rail to the top of the barrel, then he could easily affix a set of flip-up sights to compliment the optics. Are there any aftermarket options for a barrel-mounted rail? Speaking of which, how many rounds of double-aught do you think one of those Hakko Tacpoints can take before getting destroy-ed? Think I can finish a whole eight-shot magazine before it's toast? |
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Forend wrenches from Brownells: www.brownells.com/aspx/NS/store/catsearch.aspx?k=080870202&ps=10&si=True www.brownells.com/aspx/NS/store/productdetail.aspx?p=17206&s=41275 www.brownells.com/aspx/NS/store/productdetail.aspx?p=8873&s=21981 Duck bill pliers will work in a pinch... |
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In a pinch you can also use a "spade" drill bit the correct size and a set of vice grips. I would not rush out and buy one, but if you have one in your toolbox... Thanks to CaCrusin or DFW, one of whom, I think, was first to mention this. It works well unless the nut is extremely tight. Some of the rifled slug barrels such as the Hastings have scope mount extensions brazed onto them, but I have never seen or heard of anyone doing a Picatiney type rail extension. I suppose it could be done, but it seems like a lot of trouble and expense (you would need a steel rail and a jig to ensure you are centered on the barrel, etc. etc.) to get a rail onto a barrel when one can easily be put on a reciever by drilling and tapping. In fact, I would guess a new reciever would cost less than the price of having a "one of" custom job done for you...especially by someone like GG&G. www.hastingsbarrels.com/barrels.html Some of the guys here are into optics on their tactical shotguns, so maybe one or more of them will have more info for you on this issue...and i think the TacPoint will last more than 8rd. of #00 but I am pretty sure it will go TU relatively quickly. (Less than 200rd.) |
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ikor, why are you so sure of the longevity of that scope. I know it's not an aimpoint...but come on 200 rnds? I've heard people say the same thing about the sight I have. It hass ove 500 rnds through it with not even a real loss of zero. ...and besides that scope comes with a lifetime warranty. If it breaks, send it back. |
Well, actually I am not sure, but I have seen two fail quickly when mounted on AR 9mm carbines and I am guessing the recoil of 12ga. Buck and slugs will take the "goodie" out of one pretty fast. I can also tell you that even the Surefire dedicated fore ends will sometimes get a lamp broken after less than 200rd. of heavy Buck and / or slugs, Still, I should have added a  there as I was also being a bit smart-assed. I am certainly no optics expert and do not play one on TV. Leupold scopes, Aimpoint M / ML series and Trijicons are all the optics I own except for a cheapo 1" Bushnell on my 10/22
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Pri makes a rail: PRI Rail They also make an interesting "no drill" option, with sidesaddle: Rail with shell holder |
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Mr. Moderator: "I was also being a bit smart-assed." I understand where your comin' from have These are both true stories. As I always say...that's what the warrenty's for. |
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You are absolutely correct thinkat. Hopefully we don't have that attitude here on the shotgun forum. We do like our shotguns, but most of us, I think, realize we don't know everything there is to know about most subjects in life. It is a sad day when any of us thinks he / she can't learn something from someone else. I have seen some "knock-down. drag-outs" over the TacPoints, but I could care less other than giving the best information available to our members. Not everyone needs a mil-spec optic for every purpose and not everyone can afford the darned things either! I have seen brand new Leupolds with adjustments all clabbered up right out of the box (2) although that was many years ago and I think their QC is a lot better now than then. Hell, I've been married and divorced twice and I STILL don't understand wimmenz!  And BTW...welcome to the forum! 
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I'm old fashioned, I mostly use the Brownell's Catalog. Although they have one of the more difficult websites to navigate, their catalogs are the best. You can call them and have one sent to you. I will not be held responsible for the mass amounts of spending that may follow. Besides the B-Square, Aimtech and Da-Mar make a shotgun scope mount for the 870. The Aimtech replaces your trigger group pins with bolts to mount the scope. The Da-Mar needs the receiver drilled and tapped. The Da-Mar looks like the lighter of the two. www.brownells.com/aspx/NS/store/ProductDetail.aspx?p=62&title=SHOTGUN+SCOPE+MOUNT www.brownells.com/aspx/ns/store/ProductDetail.aspx?p=7632&title=SHOTGUN+SCOPE+MOUNT If you are thinking about going to a rifled barrel or one with rifle sights, then check out: www.brownells.com/aspx/NS/store/ProductDetail.aspx?p=10968&title=SHOTGUN+BARREL I have Scattergun ghost ring sights on my SG. I don't have to worry about them "going out". I refer back to my old-fashioned comment. Of course, I only use it for tactical purposes. I do however, use it to kill varmits around my property. That's not hunting, it's just killing. If your gun has the front bead sight,--as you probably know--it has to be removed before any sight is added to it. The easiest way around that is buy a new barrel with rifle sights already on it. They won't be visible, though, if you mount an optic to your gun. I'm not aware of any flip up sights for a shotgun. |
| You may noy like the way the B-Square looks but, in my opinion, it is the the best "saddle" mount out there. My EOTech and Aimpoint both hold zero with it installed and remain that way when I remove th emount and reinstall it. I like mine and besides drilling and tapping a a rail, is the only way to go. |
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