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Remington 870 3" Rifled 18" RemChoke Barrel

PostPosted: Fri Nov 28, 2014 1:38 pm
by michaelroppolo
Hey Yal I'm converting my 870 supermag into a home defense weapon and I am looking for a 18-20" rifled barrel with a RemChoke instead of a fixed cylinder or cylinder. Now I've found a couple but they're either not rifled but short enough or they are rifled but have no RemChoke. I think this Remington OEM barrel is what I'm looking for but nowhere on the page does it say "rifled". Can someone tell me if this is a rifled barrel? I'll reward Yal with pictures of my build when I'm done haha

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/516311 ... o-top-link

If this isn't what I'm looking for can someone point me in the right direction? Sights aren't really required because I bought an aftermarket Mesa stock and it has 20" picatinny rails that go the length of the barrel.

Re: Remington 870 3" Rifled 18" RemChoke Barrel

PostPosted: Fri Nov 28, 2014 11:50 pm
by MikeD
You will not find a rifled barrel with rem choke. You will only find one or the other.

My hd barrel is a turkey barrel with rem choke.

You will find rifled choke tubes but I have not personally had much luck with them.

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Re: Remington 870 3

PostPosted: Sat Nov 29, 2014 5:26 pm
by michaelroppolo
MikeD wrote:You will not find a rifled barrel with rem choke. You will only find one or the other.

My hd barrel is a turkey barrel with rem choke.

You will find rifled choke tubes but I have not personally had much luck with them.

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Well that's too bad. Now from what I understand you can have a fixed cylinder barrel drilled for chokes? If this is true then what choke should be easiest to drill for RemChoke. I'm trying to find a short rifled barrel to convert my shotgun into a tactical home defense gun, but at the same time I want it to have a breaching choke on it.

Re: Remington 870 3" Rifled 18" RemChoke Barrel

PostPosted: Sat Nov 29, 2014 5:54 pm
by MikeD
There are several placss that will drill and tapp it for RemChoke or other brand chokes. Once done you can use any choke tube compatable with your threads (ie RemChoke)

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Re: Remington 870 3" Rifled 18" RemChoke Barrel

PostPosted: Thu Dec 11, 2014 11:52 am
by Synchronizor
Why do you want a rifled barrel for HD? Rifled shotgun barrels are intended specifically for use with advanced spin-stabilized slugs; they do not perform well with conventional shot because the rifling spins the shot load and throws it in a useless ring-shaped pattern. That's why you don't see rifled shotgun barrels with interchangeable choke tubes.

Re: Remington 870 3" Rifled 18" RemChoke Barrel

PostPosted: Wed Sep 02, 2015 9:01 pm
by michaelroppolo
Synchronizor wrote:Why do you want a rifled barrel for HD? Rifled shotgun barrels are intended specifically for use with advanced spin-stabilized slugs; they do not perform well with conventional shot because the rifling spins the shot load and throws it in a useless ring-shaped pattern. That's why you don't see rifled shotgun barrels with interchangeable choke tubes.


I plan on running slugs in my house.

I promised pictures so I will deliver. Still have to put on a sight, change the barrel out to a rifled barrel, put on a side saddle and put on a flashlight.

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Re: Remington 870 3" Rifled 18" RemChoke Barrel

PostPosted: Wed Sep 02, 2015 9:53 pm
by SHOOTER13
Your still don't need a rifled barrel for slugs unless your house is 40 yards in any direction...a smooth bore will be adequate.

Re: Remington 870 3" Rifled 18" RemChoke Barrel

PostPosted: Wed Sep 02, 2015 11:04 pm
by Synchronizor
Yeah, at indoor ranges, you could shoot round balls and not notice any difference in accuracy. I'm certainly no crack shot, but I can manage overlapping holes at 50 yards with cheap Foster-style slugs out of a smoothbore barrel. Spin-stabilized slugs and rifled barrels are meant for hunting or target shooting where you want to be able to reach past 100 yards while staying minute-of-deer accurate. For HD, that kind of setup is just going to cost you more money while offering no meaningful advantages.

Besides, a lot of rifled 870 barrels have sights and/or nonstandard outer diameters that may not play well with that quad-rail you've got. And, as noted previously, you won't be able to run a tacti-cool breacher choke with a rifled barrel, since those barrels don't accept chokes.

It sounds like what you need is a plain 20" smoothbore barrel with minimalist sights like a vent-rib or a front bead. A light-constriction fixed choke like an IC would probably serve you best for HD duty. There are similar barrels that are threaded for chokes if a breaching device really rocks your socks, but there's really no practical reason for it, and fixed chokes are tougher and easier to maintain.

Re: Remington 870 3" Rifled 18" RemChoke Barrel

PostPosted: Thu Sep 03, 2015 9:41 am
by SHOOTER13
Copy that Syn...

Re: Remington 870 3" Rifled 18" RemChoke Barrel

PostPosted: Wed Jan 27, 2016 4:49 am
by Tater
Remington makes a short rifle sighted barrel for the 870 that accepts choke tubes. I had mine set up with a super full turkey choke. I also had a rifled choke for it but never used it. I did have a cylinder choke I kept in it for home defense use.

The ONLY thing I would consider a rifled shotgun barrel for (I had one and it was awesome) was with modern sabot slugs. This is not a common use for home defense unless you are defending property at 100-150 yards.