NEW LIFE FOR A OLD SCHOOL REMINGTON 1187 update 02/24/12

[GOLD HUNTER]

I found an old Remington 1187 Special Purpose Turkey that is all camo with a treebark pattern and has a 21"barrel and shoots 2 3/4" and 3" shells.

I had been talking to "vaturkey" Ricky on the phone about 3 weeks ago about some guns and.......
Rick gave me the tip on the old 1187 trebark turkey gun and i got the phone # from him and called Ryan in Albany, MN.
Ryan and I talked about the gun and i mailed Ryan a money order .

The old 1187 came in and picked it up 2day and WOW 99% like NEW and has a Truglo red/green dot on it with a .660 Kicks GT choke in her.

YOU GOT TO LOVE THEM OLD CAMO GUNS....
This is a nice shotgun and i will give it a new life of hunting and its going to the turkey woods in 2012.
I will work up some 3" TSS loads and try in her....  

Thanks to:
vaturkey and "Rhino0018"  i appreciate the smooth and easy transition, its hard to find good people like yourseft that you can trust.

What do ya'll think ?


brian

[hookedspur]

Nice One 

[woodchip]

That's great!!

[Hognutz]

Way to go, Brian. Looks like you hit the jackpot..Good luck with the new shotgun..Mike 

[Gold Spur]

I like it! Can't wait to see some patterns from it......

[Gut_Pile]

Locve that old camo. Great buy!

[vaturkey]

Mighty fine lookin GOBBLER SLAYER right there. Good luck with it & post some pattern pics when you can. I'd like to have the money that Jim Crumbley made off of that pattern !!

   Take Care Brian 

            Ricky   

[WyoHunter]

Enjoy!

[mossy835]

A real keeper there!! Hope it gives you years of enjoyment in the woods!

[DeathBoyrdee]

That's sharp.  I'm diggin' that old skool camo

[chatterbox]

Lookin' good, Brian! I'd say that gun was one sweet find!
Best of luck makin' her a slayer!

[WIRE PALADIN]

That's a great looking old 1187 and it looks like it just came out of the box . 

Is the gun staying as is or are you going to do any changes to her ?

Can't wait to see how it patterns at the range......

pat

[renegade19]

Very nice.

[GOLD HUNTER]

The 1187 is my winter project.  1st of all I will have to get new Trigger Plate Pin Front & back from Remington.com.  The gun didn't come with them.  2nd will be the removal of the scope.  I will have the gun drilled and tapped for a base plate and rings.  I will then mount a scope on it.  I'm going to try the choke that is in it but will probably be putting an Indian Creek in her.  I have a few buddies that are going to let me try some chokes.  if i can find... I will be getting a Remington SuperCell Recoil Pad or a limbsaver.

I should have the gun ready to test some TSS loads by March.  

I will be selling the red/green dot scope and then the kicks.660 choke if anyone is interested.

I'll keep you posted on my progress.  

thanks guys  
Brian

[Mr16Gauge]

Great Find

Enjoy