(except 3inch 1 3/8oz magnum slugs, those seriously hurt) The remington 870 is a "nicer" shotgun in the sense that the worksmanship seems to be a little nicer, not noticeably but a little nicer. On that same note, a lot of the newer (last 10 years) 870s have serious finish problems, and tend to rust easily. Anyway, I got my Mossberg 500 for $299 at Big5 with both a 18.5" barrel and a 28" barrel.
Well 1911's do have a much better trigger than pretty much any other gun out there.
Dicks has 870's for like $350, and I plan to get a couple Mesa Tactical parts for it
No complaints, never cleaned it, works flawlessly 800+ shells later.
Really? That's seems really low -- and it's also Dick's (talked about this before). Make sure it's not a special model made for Dick's (they have a lot of these, made specifically for a retailer and given at a lower price, sometimes, the parts aren't the same as the "standard" models and when you try to add parts, you end up having to switch out a lot of stuff--for example, the Big5 special mossbergs require a new foreend tube to use an aftermarket foreend).
Obviously the 500/870 debate will go on forever. I figured I already had a remington so I got a mossberg for variety
