Dicks has a special going on for the 870. It's the Remington 870 Scoped Combo - $419.98

Comes with the 23" fully rifled barrel and a 28" vent rib barrel with Rem choke.

Two questions. Does the 28" barrel take different chokes? Or is that rem choke some type of

built in choke that can't be changed?

You think that 28" barrel will get me by for casual trap/skeet shooting with the proper choke

(assuming it takes chokes)?

It seems like a pretty good deal I think I'm just gonna jump on it. Base 870 is around $275 and

a barrel would run me around $150 - $200 anyways it seems. Scope probably isn't great (Bushnell)

but probably good enough if I ever get a 22 rifle.

Thoughts?

The 28" barrel is threaded for Remington's proprietary choke tube system, Rem™ Choke. Remington tubes are designed for both lead and steel shot.

 

The 28" barrel would be preferable for trap and skeet shooting. Both Remington and after-market manufacturers offer choke tubes for the Express, from an open cylinder choke down to super-full choke constrictions designed for turkey; in both flush-mounted and extended.variations.

 

http://www.remington...hoke-tubes.aspx

Sorry posted in wrong thread.

 

 

Thanks for the responses to my question, I have one more. I intended for my Remington 870 to be dual purpose HD and Trap/Skeet. After learning there aren't many options for the left handed 870s I went ahead a ordered a Magpul 870 tactical from Buds.

 

How difficult is it to swap the safety switch? I swapped the control lever on my HK45 with no problem and was hoping I could do the same on the 870 tactical.

Edited December 17, 201213 yr by RichfromOcean