Longer 870 forend

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headbangerJD

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I own a Remington 870 Tactical and am looking for another forend. The stock forend is rather small and causes me to feel like I am 'reaching' to hold onto it. Are there other forends available that are longer towards the rear (ie less of a reach)?
 
yeah but.....

Tac forearms are shorter, and they allow the gun to more easily be unloaded from the mag tube by allowing simpler access to the shell stops. (this avoids the "bubba" and unprofessional habit of jacking all shells through the action and onto the ground when unloading )

Sporting 870 forearms are longer. Not sure why? Some of the vertically grooved wood factory forearms (seen on some LE/tac guns) are slightly longer too. The shortest are the aftermarket synthetic items.

Is it possible that your butt stock is to long, not allowing a natural reach to the forend?? The std length of pull factory butt is too much for a lot of folks, more so w/ any body geared up w/ armor and tac harness /vest.

As an aside, an neat trick is to attach a length of webbing fore and aft of the pump handle, forming a loop the off hand fits into when working the action. I wish I could say I thought that up myself, but I read the NYPD stake out squad did that in the '70's.
 
If it is a consideration, the standard forend can interfere with a six-shell side saddle. (There are four-shell side saddles that avoid that problem.)
 
I have the same problem because I have short arms. I considered an 870 Police, but those fore arms are extremely short to accommodate police car gun racks. Look for an 870 express fore arm. They are longer, and should be fairly cheap.
 
The Knoxx recoil reducing buttstock comes with a fore-end that does exactly what you are looking for. It brings the fore-end a lot further toward you. I, too felt that it was a long way to reach. The gun was purchased for my wife for HD, so it was even longer than for me.

Jeff
 
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