One of these came up for auction the other day but someone with more money than me is the new owner. It wasn't a "Special Field" model as I don't think Remington made those in .410. I have 12 and 20 gauge model 870 Special Field guns and wanted the little .410 because it also had the straight grip stock.

Anyone have one of these little .410 870 pumps with a straight grip English style stock? It's the first one I've ever seen.

Rod

Never seen one either...

For a long time you cold get the 870, 11-87, and 1100 straight grip stock sets on ebay and other places, and they were available for all gauges, albeit mostly in 12 and 20. That's likely where that .410 came from.

The only 870s to come equipped with straight-grip stocks were the Special Field models, and those were only available in 12 & 20-gauge. However, the 20ga Special Fields were built on small-frame receivers, which have the same external dimensions as the 28ga & .410 870 receivers, so the stocks are interchangeable (the fore-ends, on the other hand, are not, as the Special Fields used special short fore-end assemblies to go with their nonstandard 3-round magazine tubes). A straight stock from a 12ga Special Field could be installed on a 16ga 870 in the same way.



Special Field stocks pop up on the used market from time to time. Some .410 870 owner must have been a fan of the straight stocks, and found & installed one their gun.

I've also seen folks take a standard semi-grip 870 stock, cut off the bottom of the grip, and then reshape the underside of the stock to turn it into a straight stock. If done right, the result actually looks quite good.

This video has more info on 870 stocks, including notes on interchangeability (jump to 10:02 if you're only interested in that part):

Some guy in Mississippi used to have new stock sets on ebay for all gauges. The finish was the satin one as on the Special Field, and he had both straight grip and pistol grip, and for 1100s and 11-87s and a few 870s. These were finished sets with recoil pads and/or buttplates. I do not know where he got them but I heard it was from that firm that used to make them for Remington and then Remington bought them out (the name escapes me at present).
I got a straight grip set for a 20 gauge 11-87 and put it on my LT20 (with a shim), and I steered another guy onto a set for his Wingmaster 28. The guy had them with the standard length and shorter Special Field length fore ends for both 1100s/11-87s and 870s. I was sorry to see those go.