Thanks for the advice everyone. To clarify a few points:
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4. I understand needing a rifled barrel for slugs. But why would you need a rifled barrel to shoot inside? Inside what? What is your intended target?
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Thank-you for pointing this out as I should have clarified it before posting. I do not have the luxury of shooting at outside ranges all season as it gets too cold and to the best of my understanding, they close for the winter. I just found out about an indoor range, but it only allows one to fire shotguns with slugs. So to practice over the winter, I would be practicing from an indoor range.
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Yeah, that is what I would tell you, too, if I wanted to extract an extra $400 from you.
Last I heard, they are the same guns, made from the same parts on the same line. Only the finish is really different.
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That is exactly what I would have been thinking, but the tactical shop I was at does not sell any firearms. The shop 'gun expert' told me about the 870P and said it is recommended when playing 3-Gun - something I would be interested looking into in a few years. I did look up the differences as stated and found this:
http://www.remingtonmilitary.com/art...Pol6-30-05.pdf
He went on and said something about the 870P also having some type of certification that is needed when used at a 'tactical' type range. Of course most of this does not concern me at the present time as the primary use for this gun is to hunt turkeys and shoot skeet/trap. What did interest me is that the 870P appears to be constructed with higher standards; however from what everyone has said, these extra standards are not necessary for my needs so I am now leaning back towards the Express.
I still think it would be a good idea to have the Express parkerized and plan to do so. I am fortunate enough to have a gunsmith who is the Canadian distributer of Vang Comp not far from my house and have spoken with him - hell of a nice guy. My next question is, should I have it parkerized or for an extra $50.00 parkerized with Teflon or KG Gun-Kote? Comments?
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