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Dongotto
PostPosted: Fri Jan 25, 2019 9:45 pm  Reply with quote
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Found one in original condition with plain mod barrel. Feels really good and works slick. Stock is uncut but several dings and scratches. Blueing is good .I can own it for 300. Seems like a good old shooter. Does that seem in line with what you guys have found on price? Thanks

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 26, 2019 9:54 am  Reply with quote



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From what you described it seems about right.

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 26, 2019 2:08 pm  Reply with quote
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If it fits you and it hasn't been chopped up etc....yeah, I'd buy it immediately.

I USED to be able yo go to my local gun shops and get a pretty damn nice Ithaca 37 pump in any gauge for about 300.00, and older style corncob forearm Remington 870s for 250.00, a Winchester Model 12 for 400.00 and most Browning BPS models for 350.00.

That was 15 years ago and the internet has changed everything, including causing bargains like vintage pumps to disappear and start costing more money.

Buy that thing and live the dream.

300.00 is no kind of expense for the quality of vintage firearms. You wont get anything new that is worth a damn for 300.00

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Dongotto
PostPosted: Sat Jan 26, 2019 3:07 pm  Reply with quote
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Just picked it up. Barrel code is WKQ. Do I go by the k or Q for date. Either 63 or 78. I'm thinking 78. It looks more modern.

Danny I never seen these older ones around .

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skeettx
PostPosted: Sat Jan 26, 2019 4:46 pm  Reply with quote
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https://www.rem870.com/gun-manufacture-date/remington-serial-number-lookup/

https://www.leeroysramblings.com/Gun%20Articles/remington_barrel_date_code.html

Your barrel was manufactured on August in one of these years:
2017, 1990, 1963, 1941

I would bet 1963 for an old barrel

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dannypratt
PostPosted: Sat Jan 26, 2019 8:43 pm  Reply with quote
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I'm going to say the 1963... 1941 wouldn't be an 870 yet, still a Model 31.

And yes, I just dont see them as much these days either. Used to regularly see them, like clockwork. I really do believe both internet sales and internet information has allowed more folks to spot these guns quicker and snap them up, or simply post directly on the internet.
I should have bought more when I saw them, or kept more of them I had.

A used but not abused pump gun is a ringer for making swaps and trades...

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Dongotto
PostPosted: Sat Jan 26, 2019 10:31 pm  Reply with quote
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I just weighed it on very accurate digital bass tournament scales and it weights 6lbs 9oz. That's why I wanted it first time I picked it up without knowing weight. It just felt light and swift with great balance. I'm well pleased so far. Just need to shoot tomorrow. With mod choke should be a great all around field gun.

Danny, I had only handled newer heavy 870 16s as I just never see old ones.. Now I know when I see a plain barrel I better look close! Hidden treasures it seems.

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dannypratt
PostPosted: Sun Jan 27, 2019 8:13 am  Reply with quote
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DG,
I agree completely...I get all warm and fuzzy over a nice vintage vent rib barreled gun and how austere I will look with my vintage, vent rib, 16ga pump or auto loader (back when they were new, these were considered "deluxe" options), cradling it in my arm as I talk to a fellow enthusiast I meet in the field, at the corner of two fence lines, a nice 50° day, with a slight breeze rustling the branches of an old gnarly oak, both of us with feathers sticking out of our game pouches....

In reality, I snap up as many plain barrel guns I can find for the very fact you just discovered. And after I get home from hunting, I dont sit at my workbench with a tooth pick and a q-tip, poking seeds and debris out from the pockets under the vent rib.

And I never have had that meeting at the fence posts.

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Dongotto
PostPosted: Mon Jan 28, 2019 8:50 am  Reply with quote
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skeettx wrote:
https://www.rem870.com/gun-manufacture-date/remington-serial-number-lookup/

https://www.leeroysramblings.com/Gun%20Articles/remington_barrel_date_code.html

Your barrel was manufactured on August in one of these years:
2017, 1990, 1963, 1941

I would bet 1963 for an old barrel

Mike


I called Remington this morning and the serial number on the receiver is a 1963. You were right.

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dannypratt
PostPosted: Mon Jan 28, 2019 6:52 pm  Reply with quote
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SkeetX is more than a knowledgeable feller when it comes to shotguns of yesteryear...if we could get him and Researcher to make some regional presentation tours we would all would have far less head scratching. Between those two guys and this forum I've had some of the most difficult questions answered not only promptly, but properly.

This is the best site on the internet period. Members too.

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dannypratt
PostPosted: Mon Jan 28, 2019 6:54 pm  Reply with quote
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DG,

Now get your eyes sharpened for a Remington 31 16ga...you think that 870 is nice...oh boy, you'll be in heaven.

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