I carried a 14" 870 for years when I worked patrol and prior to us having patrol rifles it was my go to weapon of choice for searching buildings, K9 tracks, etc.. I turned it in when I started working at the range. The department was short on shotguns and I no longer had a need for it. I was pretty excited when the legislation passed allowing short barreled shotguns in Indiana and fortunately Curraheeguns (Corey) had one on hand and made me a good deal on it.
The original barrel had a gold bead installed off center and without a pedestal so I bought a new 14" barrel with rifle sights off of Gunbroker. I sent it off to Vang Comp and had it backbored, ported and had the forcing cone lengthened. I installed a Vang Comp dome head safety and +1 mag extension and a GG&G mag follower. I was originally planning to keep the original wood furniture but that doesn't leave many options for hanging a light on it so I decided to go with the Magpul furnite and have a Surefire X200 on the forearm.
I just mailed the original barrel off to have it cut down to 12", threaded for chokes and have rifle sights installed. Not sure if I'll keep both once it comes back or pick the one which performs best, it's always good to have options. Truglo has a new set of rifle sights available with a U notch rear and front NS which I'll have on the way as soon as I hear back from them.
I've gotta get my wife to the range and get her comfortable with it and it will become her primary HD weapon when I'm not around to keep an eye on the place. Only took two months to get the stamp in which was pretty surprising. I'm still pretty thrilled that these are now legal to own here in Indiana. I've been keeping it out where I can look at it for the past week lol. It's really nothing terribly fancy but I'm sure pleased with it.
The original barrel had a gold bead installed off center and without a pedestal so I bought a new 14" barrel with rifle sights off of Gunbroker. I sent it off to Vang Comp and had it backbored, ported and had the forcing cone lengthened. I installed a Vang Comp dome head safety and +1 mag extension and a GG&G mag follower. I was originally planning to keep the original wood furniture but that doesn't leave many options for hanging a light on it so I decided to go with the Magpul furnite and have a Surefire X200 on the forearm.
I just mailed the original barrel off to have it cut down to 12", threaded for chokes and have rifle sights installed. Not sure if I'll keep both once it comes back or pick the one which performs best, it's always good to have options. Truglo has a new set of rifle sights available with a U notch rear and front NS which I'll have on the way as soon as I hear back from them.
I've gotta get my wife to the range and get her comfortable with it and it will become her primary HD weapon when I'm not around to keep an eye on the place. Only took two months to get the stamp in which was pretty surprising. I'm still pretty thrilled that these are now legal to own here in Indiana. I've been keeping it out where I can look at it for the past week lol. It's really nothing terribly fancy but I'm sure pleased with it.
You're the worst kind of friend, I have plenty of friends like this myself. Help like that gets expensive quickly sometimes.
