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One nice photo from IPSC Shotgun Competition in 2010: Photo by Palermo (IPSC Ukraine)
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There are a lot of talks about the effectiveness of shotguns. But we need to understand the role of the shotguns and what they can and can’t do. Let’s see information about the shootouts where shotguns were used: North Hollywood shootout and 1986 FBI Miami shootout. Brief description of the North Hollywood shootout (from Wikipedia): The North Hollywood shootout was…
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I know that there are more than 5000 13000 17500 readers of my blog but I know just several readers personally. But I would really like to get to know more of you personally. I would like to invite you to introduce yourself. It would be great to know each other better. Please post a brief comment with your name,…
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Wow, that was great! I love to participate in competitions because you can test your skills and receive real experience. This was my 3rd competition and this time I was 10th out of 19 shooters, I am very happy with this result and will work to improve it. You can see some videos here: IPSC Competition Video
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Interesting article by Ryan J. Morgan about use of tactical shotguns during Operation Iraqi Freedom: The tactical shotgun in urban operations
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Scott Dew, owner of the CDM Gear shared the very interesting story of creation of his unique clamps: So, I started making clamps about 4 years ago but I actually started out doing a lot of custom, one-off stuff for people. I was also designing an adapter like the Mesa Tactical stock adapter about the same time they did. This…
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Happy New Year to all Rem870.com Blog Readers! This blog had more than 4000 readers in December, 2009. Check often, a lot of interesting articles coming soon…
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Nice Remington 870 photo from a shooting range:
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Today, I’ve seen a funny signature of the user VFR_STPETE on the http://www.shotgunworld.com forum in Home Defense / Tactical Shotguns section. It made me smile. Jules: We should have shotguns for this kind of deal. Vincent: How many up there? Jules: Three or four. Vincent: That’s countin’ our guy? Jules: Not sure. Vincent: So that means there could be up…
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Here are some of the commonly used shotgun abbreviations: LOP – Length Of Pull, is the distance between the front face of the trigger and end of the butt plate or butt pad. CQB – Close Quarter Battle CQC – Close Quarter Combat SD – Self Defense Cyl. – Cylinder IMP CYL – Improved Cylinder VCS – Vang Comp Systems,…
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I have received answer about dimples in magazine tube from the first hands, directly from the Remington: “The dimples in the magazine tube is to keep the new style retainer in place. If the dimples are removed, the retainer would not stay in place. We do not recommend these dimples to be removed. This style was introduced in the late…
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Dimples were not in magazine tube forever, Remington started to punch them into magazine since 1990 or little later. Their purpose is to stop owner from using a magazine extensions. There are no dimples in Police version of Remington 870 (standard Remington 870 Express magazine capaciy is 4+1, or the one with factory magazine extension is 6+1, but it has…
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I am proud owner of the Remington 870 shotgun and decided to start a blog about my hobby. In this blog I want to share my experience, useful information and review different Remington 870 accessories and upgrades. There are many versions of the Remington 870 shotguns: combos, marine, deergun, tactical etc. At the moment I own a Remintong 870 Express….
