I plan to buy a Benelli 14 inch entry gun with a surefire foregrip and ghost rings but I’ve said that for years and there is always something I would rather have first.
This is a bit of hoot. My father Gave me a Ducks Unlimited 870 he won. I don’t hunt so I did not have much use for it but hey, it’s a gift from dear old dad so it’s not like I am going to sell it. On one side of the receiver it has about a 1/8 inch cutout of ducks, the words ducks unlimited and the like.
So to make it something I would like I took it, put a 18 inch barrel on it, put a Surefire pump fore grip tactical light on it, put a tube extension on it and got an actual Remmington pistol grip folding stock marked “For Law Enforcement Only” and put that on the thing and got a sidesaddle shell holder or whatever they are called that mount to the receiver. Machined it to mount on the folding stock (ripped the idea off the end of Terminator 2 and just copied the mounting)
If you look at one side it’s very cool looking with the LE marked stock folded, six extra shells on top, tactical light and all that. Flip it over and no cool LE words on the stock but a big ducks unlimited engraving all over the receiver. It’s a goofy thing.
Have a friend down here who used to guard the Governor. (Got a heck of a Glock off him but that is a different story). Anyway he carried the same setup in a 14 inch in the limo. (Not with the DU markings of course). His was a bit more useful but those folding stocks weigh a ton, my unit is a darn boat anchor, his was just awkward. With both and especially mine it would be hard to engage multiple targets with any speed though his short barrel helped.
I did buy a Remmington synthetic stock for it but it’s just sat on top of the safe for a few years, one of these days I guess. I think I would rather put it back together like it was originally as there were no permanent modifications, turn it back into a big long duck gun with wood and buy the Benelli. Till then though it’s not a bad house gun if you keep the stock folded, I can swing it around with some speed then.
Till then I think I will leave it as is and if there ever is a goofy gun contest and all those Gold Plated Ak’s, MP5’s and Stens from Iraq are entered I stand a good chance of tying for first if I just take the picture from the DU side.
A very windy Rockets Out,