New Remington Police Marine Magnum

[billt460]

Remington only makes a couple of production runs of this gun every year. They are not regularly produced like the Special Purpose Marine Magnum. I've had an E-Mail notification with Davidson's for months on this shotgun. Last week they finally got a small shipment of them. I jumped on it.

The Police Marine Magnum has all of the upgraded parts all the Police Models get. No MIM parts, polished barrel, chamber and receiver, and an all metal trigger group. The Special Purpose Marine Magnum is built on the much rougher Express receiver, and has an MIM extractor, and not milled, and has a Polymer trigger group. It also has a bead front sight, as opposed to the Police Marine Magnum which has fully adjustable rifle sights. It also comes with a padded Butler Creek Ultra Sling with sewn in swivels. The Police Marine Magnum also has larger, stiffer trigger and magazine springs. The magazine spring in the Police Marine Magnum is also electroless Nickel plated to prevent rust.

It is built in the same area, and by the same people all the Police Models are built at the Ilion, New York plant. And is completely hand inspected and test fired before being boxed and shipped. The standard Marine Magnum is built on the Express assembly line. I'm excited to get this weapon, because as I mentioned they are very difficult to find. You can find a few on Gun Broker, and Guns America. But you have to be careful because while some are advertised as Police Marine Magnums, they are not. The order number must say 25047 on the end flap of the box. The standard grade Marine Magnum is order number 25012.

[OV-1D]

  Always wanted one of these but something always takes precedence . Have a Mossberg so it doesn't seem so important , its a beautiful piece .

[billt460]

  Always wanted one of these but something always takes precedence . Have a Mossberg so it doesn't seem so important , its a beautiful piece .

I'm running the Mossberg 590-A1 Mil-Spec as well as this new Remington. It's a great shotgun. There are some features I like better on the Mossberg. The top tang safety is faster and easier to operate. And I like all the machined, brazed on attachment points of the barrel to the magazine tube. Everything is well thought out, and the gun breaks down for cleaning effortlessly.

I never cared for the cheap, stamped metal, screw on barrel clamp Remington has used in all of their fighting shotguns. It's something they've had trouble getting away from on all of their extended tube riot guns. But I have always liked the machined steel receiver on the 870's, over Mossberg's Aluminum one. The added weight helps long magazine tube shotguns balance better.

[OV-1D]

  Hey Billt I always wanted to put the extended tube on my Mossberg are they made to put the longer tube on a standard model ? What would you think it costs to do so .

[billt460]

Brownell's sells the high capacity kit with both the barrel and the magazine tube. It runs $169.99. You could call a few gunsmiths in your area for a quote on what they would charge to install it, before you order. I've never done the job, but I heard it does not require any disassembly of the receiver to install it. If that's the case, I'm guessing they could do the job in an hour or so. Depending on what they charge it shouldn't be too objectionable from a cost standpoint.

However, you have to keep in mind that a lot of the big box stores sell 8 shot Mossberg's for under or around $300.00 on sale. So It might be worth it to keep your gun the way it is, and simply purchase another Hi-Cap model when you can find a good sale on one.

https://www.brownells.com/shotgun-parts/magazine-tube-parts/magazine-tube-extensions/500-high-capacity-shotgun-kit-w-front-bead-sight-prod74622.aspx