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Rem 870s with detachable mags

Jackalope

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Uhhhhh. Why? I mean seriously remington dld they honestly believe there was a need for a mag fed pump gun that was not satisfied by the tube fed gun which would move people to buy this?
 

Ohiosam

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3 gun was my first thought. House gun where you keep the gun unloaded but have a couple full mags is the other. Otherwise it's something unique in a market where it's hard to stand out from the crowd,
 

giles

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Migratory bird hunting? In places with real Dove populations, I could see this being nice. A lot of the videos you see guys take two guns and have a gun constantly loading a gun for the customer. (Mexico hunts)
 

Jackalope

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Migratory bird hunting? In places with real Dove populations, I could see this being nice. A lot of the videos you see guys take two guns and have a gun constantly loading a gun for the customer. (Mexico hunts)
Guys that pay to dove hunt in Argentina wont be shooting a pump 870. They don't have little paco reloading for them because its quicker, its because lil Paco works for tips.
 

MK111

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The armchair wantabe's will buy all they make. I can see it now guys in camo walking around the gunshows with this new Rem slung across their chest.
ASAP
 

Wmiller07

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Guess I'm in the minority here but I like it because I can have the mag out and gun beside me while I sleep. With small children in the house I do t feel comfortable having a loaded tube fed shotgun. The only problem is shotshells will deform being compressed in a magazine.
 

MK111

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I have a loaded Win 1897 12 ga shotgun in the house. I've had the magazine tube loaded for 25 yrs and never noticed deformed shells. I unload and reload every once in a while. Matter in fact I think the same buckshot and slugs rounds have been in it for 25 yrs.
The magazine is loaded and the action is pulled back putting a round on the carrier and all I have to do is push the forearm forward and it's locked, loaded, and cocked.
 
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Wmiller07

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They are much stronger long ways vs short ways if that makes sense. Shotshells are compressed on a different axis in a tube vs in a magazine. It's just what I have heard but it made sense to me. I like my Glock as my home defense gun anyways.
 

MK111

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They are much stronger long ways vs short ways if that makes sense. Shotshells are compressed on a different axis in a tube vs in a magazine. It's just what I have heard but it made sense to me. I like my Glock as my home defense gun anyways.

Win 1897 has a magazine tube not a box magazine.
Plus I have a Glock 23 40 S&W, H&K P7 squeeze cocker 9MM, SA 40 S&W and a Ruger LC9 9MM all loaded and ready. Forgot the RIA 22 TCM 17 round auto.
 
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