Remington 870, America's Best-Selling Shotgun

Above, at a skeet range with the Remington 870 Express. Photo by Mitch Geriminsky.

A few years ago (2022, I think), I was in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. 

During the time I was there, I tried out skeet shooting and enjoyed it. I used a shotgun borrowed from one of the guys we were shooting with. I did better than I expected. I decided to buy my own shotgun. 

Afterwards, we went to a gun store to browse around. I saw some Remington 870 Express shotguns on a rack. I decided to buy one (got a good deal as the store owner was Masonic friend of my friend Mitch). 

 

The Remington 870 Express is a nice little gun and I've done some shooting with it at our shooting area.

Ammoland posted an article on the Remington 870 Express yesterday.

It begins with:

With more than 11 million produced, it’s safe to say Americans have a soft spot for the Remington 870. Long before it became my first shotgun, I knew I wanted one because of its exceptional reliability and hard-earned reputation.

At the time, I was fresh out of college and working at my local Gander Mountain, so money was a little tight. Most of the firearms I owned had been handed down from my father and grandfathers, but I wanted a gun that was truly my own—a versatile, do-everything shotgun that I could buy with my own paycheck.

It didn’t take long to land on a 12-gauge Remington 870 Express. It was everything I was looking for: simple, dependable, and affordable at less than $400. With a single shotgun, I could shoot trap, chase spring gobblers, or head into the deer woods in the fall.

That same 870 still sits in my gun safe today, and after all these years, it’s still running strong.

To read more, go here.