Sunday, July 10, 2005

New Baby..

No, the wife is not pregnant.. We are anxiously awaiting the arrival of another baby. My new baby. I just bought a brand new Remington 870 Tactical! Oh, She is sooooo pretty!
I bought this especially for the Ken Hackathorn Class. Funny part is, Peaches (aka acrunchyfrog) bought one as well! Now, we already get lots of crap because we are somewhat inseparable during shooting classes, now we are going to have matching guns? What's worse? Peaches is having vinyl die-cut stickers made up with our nick-names to put on the stock, so we can tell our guns apart! Oi, we really do bring it on ourselves.
So, here are the specs on the newest addition to the Rescue Mike gun safe..


  • Make: Remington
  • Model: 870 Tactical Magnum
  • Gauge: 12
  • Chamber: 3"
  • Action: Pump
  • Capacity: 8 + 1
  • Receiver: Olive Drab
  • Safety: Cross bolt
  • Barrel: 20"
  • Front Sight: Bead (This is going to be replaced with a Hi-Viz sight)
  • Chokes: Cylinder
  • Stock: Speed Feed IV stock with a pistol grip
  • Overall Length: 40.5"
  • Average Weight: 7 1/4 lbs.

I am giving very serious thought to sending the barrel off to Vang Comp and having them back bore it, and port it, but we will see. I want to see how it patterns out of the box first. However, I am putting Hi-Viz sights and a Jumbo Safety on Her, that is definite!

Other than buying new toys, I spent all day in my IV Tech Class. Most of the day was boring, but after lunch we actually got to stick each other for the first time! Several people had big problems, but it really wasn't that hard. Just move quick! It hurts less, and gives them less time to freak out!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Nice weapon, I picked up the 18 inch version. Hope yer past all of your IV labs and on to your Registry.