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My Favorite Guns: The Remington 870

I received my first gun when I was 3 yearsquality replacement with mass-production
old. As a small child, it seemed I waspotential began. Remington engineers realized
destined for a love of firearms. Mythey could save money by incorporating
grandfather always carried a Remington 870currently produced items so they began
Wingmaster in the now politically incorrectdesigning a pump shotgun which utilized parts
rifled rack in the back window of the 68 fordfrom the already produced 1187 autoloader. In
pick-up. It was always a thrill to go farming1949, Remington announced the discontinuance
with grandpa and I spent as much time as Iof the Model 31. Later that year, they
could riding along on the machinery. One day,announced  the  production  of  the  870.
while Pap was talking with our fieldman, I
figured out how to work the slide on the 870.In 1950, the first 870's began showing up in
It was unloaded but at the age of 3, I knewretail facilities. Remington knew they had a
how it worked and took every advantage togood product and wanted to capitalize on the
work the action. When Pappy returned toeconomic boom of the middle class in the post
truck, his grandson was standing on the seat,war years. Instead of tentatively entering
grinning from ear to ear, and working thethe market with one or two models, Remington
action of the 870 still in the rack. Helaunched 15 different variations of the 870
looked at me laughing and said, "KR, (myin 12, 16, and 20 gauges. The standard field
initials and family handle) that gun might asgrade 870 AP was priced at $69.95. Remington
well  be  yours!"wanted to provide the gun for the entire
spectrum of the hunting community so Deluxe,
The Remington 870 is the undisputed championTournament, and skeet grades were also
of firearms sales world wide, moving over 9introduced along with a Riot Grade pistol
million models and variations by the end ofdesigned to be sold to police and military
the 20th century. At the end of WWII,and compete against the Model 12 Trench Gun.
Remington recognized the world of industrySales were explosive and Remington quickly
was changing. Labor costs were increasing andbegan producing even more variations of the
automation was taking hold. The Remington870 to feed market. In 1955, the Magnum
Model 31 pump action shotgun was one of theversions with 3" chambers were introduced and
identified models as being too expensive toin 1959, the first rifled slug gun was
continue production and development for aproduced.



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