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Turkey Guns & Shooting => Turkey Guns => Topic started by: thuber on August 12, 2018, 10:18:57 PM
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Just picked this up.....(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180813/3c54f736a0a13186c08d0b70f86d808c.jpg)
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Looks nice, congratulations.
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Congrats looks nice....
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Nice ... turkey killer
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Nice. Congrats!
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Very nice! Remington ( particularly the 870 Super Mags ) and Mossberg 835`s, pretty much the classic, standard turkey guns, IMHO. Not to denigrate other guns, mind, just a whole heap of turkeys claimed by those two.
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I paid $400 for it. After I said I’ll take it he said his phone was blowing up. Crazy what a camo pattern will do.
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Nice find
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very nice looks to be in great shape.
I have several Old School Remingtons
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Put a red dot or scope on that puppy!
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Choke her down to .660 and go kill the big one. ;)
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They are hard to find. In 870 or 11-87.
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I’ve been searching for one for awhile. I couldn’t justify paying $900 for one though!
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Just picked this up.....(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180813/3c54f736a0a13186c08d0b70f86d808c.jpg)
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Thuber, what vintage for that 870? Thanks.
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1992
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1992
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Remington didn’t start dipping Greenleaf camo until 1993
1992 was Nwtf gun of the year in Trebark and Sps guns in Bottomland
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Then I’m not sure how to read the serial number.
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Then I’m not sure how to read the serial number.
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I have a few of the old camo guns also. Maybe they were manufactured in 92 and sold in 93,definitely not an expert on reading serial numbers on guns either. Somebody will know for sure on here though.
Whatever the case great purchase. Looks like a nice one for a great price. Congrats!!!
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You found a gem . Out of all of the older Remingtons the Green leaf 870 is one I would like to have . I have a bottomland 1187 26 inch barrel .
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The serial # is not how you determine year manufactured . You go by the date codes stamped on the barrel. You need to be careful as Remington has had some Old School guns with date codes that don’t match the year that the camo pattern was introduced and dipped on the shotguns. I have a couple myself. As any manufacturer they have several barrels that were say made in 1992 and not assembled into a complete gun till 1993 then dipped in Mossy Oak Greenleaf. That particular gun seems to be made in 92 but has a camo pattern that wasn’t introduced until a year later.
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Then I think it is a 1995 gun.
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I don't think Remington worried about making them uniform. I've seen some Greenleaf guns with solid recoil pads and others with what I call the honey comb older style also. I would imagine they just used up old inventory while the company was evolving like any other company which resulted in small differences.
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Very nice in what ever year it was made in!
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I don't think Remington worried about making them uniform. I've seen some Greenleaf guns with solid recoil pads and others with what I call the honey comb older style also. I would imagine they just used up old inventory while the company was evolving like any other company which resulted in small differences.
Just the opposite Remington was all about consistency and quality control. The reason for different recoil pads was a design change or a contract with a supplier ended and a new one started. And as far as evolving, Remington had been in business for 175 years at that point. Im guessing they were pretty solid by then.