S&W M3000

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The 916 series was replaced by the Model 3000, based on an improved Remington 870 design and produced by Howa of Japan.[29] However, Smith & Wesson exited the shotgun market in the late 1980s to return to their "core" market of handguns.
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Brent
 
Smith & Wesson Model 3000

Made by Howa in Japan. Stamped on the barrel.
Similar to a Remington 870 (?) It is suppose to be a clone of a Remington LEO gun.
 
The Howa was the first Clone of the 870. Parts are not interchangeable, threads are metric and so on.

Not a bad shotgun....
 
The first, and only, S&W shotgun I ever bought was a new model 916, forerunner to the M3000. What a piece of junk, it broke, or pieces fell off it, just about every shot. It wasn’t even fit to be used as a paddle. Never bought another S&W shotgun, the 916 left a bad taste in my mouth for S&W shotguns. Over the years the M3000 has had mixed reviews. So good luck.
 
The S&W Model 916 was a disaster for S&W.
The guns gave so much trouble, S&W actually discussed recalling them all just to protect their reputation.

The Howa-made Model 3000 was another story. It got pretty universally good reviews.
What did it in was that it didn't just have anything to offer over the Remington 870.
S&W tried to use the 3000 to take the police shotgun market away from Remington, but Remington ate their lunch.
The police had been burned with Winchester's Model 1200 fiasco, and since the Remington had proved to be so durable, they were in no mood to buy what was really nothing more than an 870 clone that cost as much.

After S&W dropped the 3000, Mossberg picked it up and sold it for about one year, also as the Model 3000.
 
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