870 Express Value

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Nathan

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Please help me estimate the value of this gun.

It is an 870 Express reciever and stock, a wingmaster 2 3/4" vent rib 28" imp cyl barrel and it has no built in gun lock.

The finish is about 85 - 90%. The receiver is pretty old, I think because it does not have a flat top milled into it. It also has a Choate magazine extension.

It is in good working order, but it is not overly clean. It has quite a bit of dust build up, but appears to have no pitting. Really, the metal work is all 95+% condition.
 
Around here it would be $150-200 depending on the shop. Trade-in value between $75 and $125 depending on the shop.
 
Nathan,

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870 Express Value

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Please help me estimate the value of this gun.

It is an 870 Express reciever and stock, a wingmaster 2 3/4" vent rib 28" imp cyl barrel and it has no built in gun lock.

The finish is about 85 - 90%. The receiver is pretty old, I think because it does not have a flat top milled into it. It also has a Choate magazine extension.

It is in good working order, but it is not overly clean. It has quite a bit of dust build up, but appears to have no pitting. Really, the metal work is all 95+% condition.

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That 870 Express mostly all had 3 inch chambers - since it doesn't cost anything more to machine it that way from the factory.

So the 2 3/4 inch chamber barrel was just something that someone found and probably swapped on a Wingmaster gun to replace their barrel with something better.

No Remington comes with a lock built into the gun. Unless you saw one of them Electronic Fire Weapons that they came out with a couple of years ago that never really worked out in the real world.

The Express is a rather new gun in terms of guns - since it was only made in the last 20 years or so - so in that term it is not a old gun.

The condition of the finish is not relivant because nothing is origional and Remington sold them guns new for about $199.00

The real value in this gun is to sell parts of it on e bay or in the shotgun news for what ever you could get.

Just like a 1984 Toyota car, the car its self is only worth about $40.

But if you could get someone to buy the engine for $100 - you could make more money.

Your gun is only worth about $75 - $100 depending on who is buying and who is selling.

Your barrel might be worth $50 to the right person...

I hope that answers your question..
 
Thank you for the info. I was thinking we were talking about a $100 - $150 gun because of it's highly rebuilt status. Funny thing is before I could talk price with the guy, my boss offered to pay $170! Oh well.

"No Remington comes with a lock built into the gun."

Actually, the new ones do.
http://www.remington.com/pdfs/om/om_870.pdf It is shown in the manual.
 
According to my catalog, in the condition you described (fair-to-good), it's in the $100-$150 range, and since it's had some replacement parts, I'm thinking to the lower end of that. Someone may have thought of them as "upgrades", but they generally bring down the value.
 
I think nathan means the foolish little j lock on the newer guns. the tamper proof thing. i find 870s of all types 50 - 250. ive found one 870 comp with gas compisator. got it for 75 bucks...no one wanted a single shot pump. great singles trap gun
 
I was going to say. There is no guns made with a key like a back door on your house.

That silly little J slot gimic was not a option on a Express shotgun made in the 80's. When you loose the key, just give it to a 10 year old and in about 2 minutes he will have it unlocked.

The joke is on Nathans boss. Like my little cousin would say - he got took!

Nathan, go to a good gun shop and look on the used gun racks and I am sure that you will find a nice used shotgun that you could afford.

Most of the express line shotguns were just as good as the Wingmaster shotguns when it comes to reliability and service. Since you can buy a new one with a 3 inch chamber for as little as $235, why would you pay more than that for a used one.

I'm sure that another one will come along if you keep your eyes open.

Remington only made a couple of million 870's.....
 
I appreciate the straight talk on this. Yea, I was just about to talk to the guy about a for real price when that guy told me my boss bought it. Oh well. Good for both of them. Every deal has a buyer and a seller. I just like to keep myself warm at night knowing I really got a good deal!

Anyways, for a Rem 1100 in this condition, about how much would that be worth. I ask because I have this dream of building a self defense/deer shotgun with an 18" barrel. I would like to have a short barrel with choke tubes so I have the option of rifled choke or an other choke.

I may also go the 2 barrel route, but that adds some money I don't have to the deal, but I can always pick up bits and pieces off the net.
 
Nathan--

The first thing I would do is get another job with a boss who isn't going to snake you behind your back.

On to the shotguns, a Remington 1100 or 11-87 in good condition (I'm presuming you're looking for a working shotgun and not a collector) should run you around ~$300 with interchangable chokes. No need for extra barrels. Check with TFL member Wildalaska by PM, and I'd bet he could get you a good deal. Best of luck to you. :)
 
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