Jon

You suck, but it's probably better that I didn't buy it. Can you PM the selling price?

For anyone who may want to follow up with filing criminal charges(though I would wait until at least the end of the week), do so with your local police and not the Little Egg Harbor PD. As a victim of online fraud you should be filing with the Law Enforcement Agency whose jurisdiction covers your home.

Yes.

If you can measure the height of your sights over the bore you can get a bit more precise. ETA: at 1" over bore, the numbers work out to 6", at 1.5" over bore, it's 4.5".

Also, I used the Hornady Ballistics Calculator(try google, having trouble hyperlinking) and found that GP11 fired through a K31 achieved roughly 2560fps and had a ballistic coefficient of .505 - .514.

Assuming sights are 1/2" off the barrel, a k31 shooting gp11 should drop roughly 7.5" at 200yds using quick and dirty numbers found online.

Wingmaster/Express/Magnum? Have the bolt and/or slide as well?

I found my 870 on gunbroker, took a chance with a basic auction with a terrible description and one blurry photo. The gun was advertised as working so the cash to replace the ejector sucked, but now that I have the tools to do it I'd be happy to mail them to a forum member for a deposit that gets returned when my tools come back.

You ain't kidding brotha.

I just finished an 8? month long 870 project. Started with a 1952 Rem 870 Wingmaster with a broken ejector, very rough 'base model' wood, and a 97" long full choked barrel. Now it's got refinished sporting-grade furniture with a shortened stock, converted to 3" magnum chamber, 7-round magazine, shortened barrel threaded for chokes, and some vang comp parts here and there. For the cash invested I could have bought a brand new 870 Police Magnum, but I'm much much happier with a weapon that I labored over.

If I can convince the wife to take care of the baby I'll try and make an appearance. Need to put some rounds through the new 870.

6285 Greenhill Rd

This was my experience as well back in 1997. Mine was also a several-day class.

Got a reciprocating saw? You can probably fit most of it in the garbage can over the next two weeks.

That shotgun is fine for the class, but not legal to hunt with. You would need to block the tube(typically by using a wooden dowel) in order for it to only accept 2 shells in the magazine before hunting with it.

Edited your title to yards. Damn fine shooting.

For as long as I've been a member, yes.

If you spend some free time sorting your brass and selling it locally(via this site) you can likely do much much better.

Easton F&G has one 'tactical' pit for doing just this.

As already mentioned, you should be able to track USPS Money Orders via the receipt. If it has not been cashed you should be able to receive your money back from USPS. If you've lost your receipt, check at your local USPS to see if they can look up the details. I encourage everyone to make use of the feedback function on the forum in order to voice your displeasure with the seller. While posting feedback isn't nearly enough restitution, it is what we have available to us, and I think more than anything else we all want to put this event behind us.

I'm going to restrict this thread to only involved parties at this time. Any further replies by people not directly involved will be removed.

I have three 870s in my safe, and no Benellis. Then again I am a firm believer that shotguns need wood but that's an argument for another day... ETA I should mention that two of my 870s are old school Wingmasters and the third is a Supermag, so they may be a bit better fit/finish than your everyday Express.

While generally I would agree, I would just hate for this to be dragged out for an additional month or more due to a 1-2 day delay in the mail. Again, anyone who does not receive their refund or product by Monday should PM me your details so that I can do whatever I can to grease the wheels.

I would ask that you guys all hold out until at least next week for your refunds before busting out the torches and pitchforks. If you start having accounts suspended/filing charges/etc it will only increase the amount of time before you get your money back.

If anyone has trouble receiving a requested refund or their Eotech as of Monday 4/7, please send me a PM.