I'm a 65 yr old and I do not shoot competition, however I do make it to the range and shoot about 100/150 rounds once a week sometime twice. I still use my Rem 870 12ga quite a bit on and off the range. On the range I average 75-80/100. I am however very partial to my new 20ga Win SX4. I also am just as proficient with my Sears and Roebuck model 200 Ted Williams 20ga made by Winchester vintage approximately last production series late '70's., It is a pump. I have several nephews that occasionally shoot with me and also prefer the 870 and (are just as accurate with it) than my SX4, Stoeger Comp, A400,
Last weekend I exposed three of them to upland hunting (preserve) and two of them chose the 870 and S/R TW

All my guns are 28" barrels with mod chokes. The 870 is a proven skeet, trap, wobble, and (exhibitionist) choice shotgun. I have seen some shooter cycle three rounds as fast and accurate as someone with a semi-auto.

Last words - I think it is a great choice for range shooting. Competition or pleasure. What ever your choice keep getting out and enjoy the shoot.

Outdoor Junkie

 

I'm a 65 yr old and I do not shoot competition, however I do make it to the range and shoot about 100/150 rounds once a week sometime twice. I still use my Rem 870 12ga quite a bit on and off the range. On the range I average 75-80/100. I am however very partial to my new 20ga Win SX4. I also am just as proficient with my Sears and Roebuck model 200 Ted Williams 20ga made by Winchester vintage approximately last production series late '70's., It is a pump. I have several nephews that occasionally shoot with me and also prefer the 870 and (are just as accurate with it) than my SX4, Stoeger Comp, A400,
Last weekend I exposed three of them to upland hunting (preserve) and two of them chose the 870 and S/R TW

All my guns are 28" barrels with mod chokes. The 870 is a proven skeet, trap, wobble, and (exhibitionist) choice shotgun. I have seen some shooter cycle three rounds as fast and accurate as someone with a semi-auto.

Last words - I think it is a great choice for range shooting. Competition or pleasure. What ever your choice keep getting out and enjoy the shoot.

Outdoor Junkie

I am a retired Police Officer. I was one of three range officers for the Dept. and also the armorer for our S&W handguns and our 870's. One time, we had a training shoot where we threw clay pigeons for the guys to shoot using the 870 with slug barrel. Each officer was issued his own 870. At the time we had approx. a 70 man Dept.
One of the other range officers said he would throw 4 clay pigeons if I was up to trying to shoot them. I got on the line and told him to throw the birds, and I shot down all four of them with my 870. I was impressed as were a lot of the other officers. I don't think I could do that again, but it sure felt good getting all four that time.

 

Not my main Trap gun but it could be.

 

Mine is 20 years old but I wouldn't hesitate to buy a new one.

 

Firing pin broke for the first time on mine. Got parts and fixed it myself and got back to the trap range right away.

 

I may have posted this pic before but here are my two trap guns. 30” Wingmaster (1953) with trap barrel and 34” BT-99 (1972). I like old stuff.

 

I would never consider myself a trap shooter, but I have one trap gun.
The 870 Competition. Rare but excellent gun.

Jim

 

Jim. I really like the look of the longer forend. Great looking gun.

 

They're hard to beat while pumping Doubles ! With a couple other barrel lengths , they're just right !
Properly fitted can be light and day for success !

 

I have four 870 Express models. (standard, super mag, youth 20ga and 7 shot HD) Three from the late 90's/early 2000's and one from ~2008. I love shooting them.

 

My nephew (34 YO) still uses his 870 Express, that he got as a kid, to shoot trap. He has newer shotguns, but does the best with his old standby.
Wayne

 

My 65 year old 870 Wingmasters are still kicking out hulls as if they were new !
Easier to pump doubles than my Mod 12's at this stage of the game !

 

I would not call myself much of a trap shooter
I do always take the 870 as a #2, because I know what to expect

 

I use an 870 TC Trap 30" for, league; . If I point it correctly it will break every bird ( Big IF ) I just don't shoot much trap

 

Why shoot anything else?

 

vatrap. Are those 32” barrels?

 

Top one is a 30" bottom is a 34".
There's only one set of 32" 870 barrels made according to my sources.
They were made for the DU Commemorative Mississippi version in 1983.

 

Nothing wrong with an 870 for trap . I watched a guy breaking a 99 in doubles with it .He has a 870 TC or TB with a 30 ' barrel . Stay away from the 870 express , other then that you can find a lot of them in Pawn - shops

 

I didn't know PFS made a grip for an 870

 

They don't, it's a one off.

 

My 870 is a nice gun to shoot for Trap. It's my only non Beretta shotgun.
At home I swap out the barrel to a 20" and fill it with buckshot, that's how it stays most of the time now.

 

I would guess it is custom fit for his hand

 

I was at a sporting shoot a few years ago , one squirrel target machine was set 20 ft from the stand !
I watched a shooter try to shoot the target , just as it fell off the arm and even though he missed , he
center punched a unopened case of targets , broke all 135 with one shot . We ALL clapped at his
expertise too !

 

I have 3 870TB's,still use all of them.

 

Still my no 1 (no 2 is also an 870).
Bob

 

I still have my 870 TB. In cherry shape. I caved in to peer pressure years ago to a break open gun. We have pump days where buddies all shoot their pumps.

 

I have a lot of love for the 870. My first REAL trap gun was an 870TC. I still have several 870TB's as well as a TC and an All American.
The last time I saw Rudy Etchen at the Grand (around 1999 or so) he was still shooting his 870. I'd bet he would get a laugh out of "pump gun only" events.
The point is 870's are outstanding guns regardless of the era.

 

Still hard to see Remington in the toilet. All the quality firearms they made over the years. Wingmasters, 1100’s, SPS’s the 11-87’s even the G3.