New 870 Youth 20

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I got the saddle mount and Vortex Venom mounted earlier in the week and sighted the gun in. The Shurshot stock showed up mid day today. I had a heck of a time with the old wood forend and ended up saying the heck with and just split it to remove it. After that I realized the saddle interfered with the new longer forend. I had to remove the saddle and sight and take a saw and sander to it so I could pump the gun. I know most of you mount rails directly to the receiver, but this is the easiest route for me since my local gunsmith won't tap the receiver.

I went and sighted the gun back in this evening darn near at dark then shot one of the Foxtrot Hotrods through a Primos Jellyhead and a fairly dirty barrel. The gun put 235 #9s in a 10" circle at a lasered 40 yards. That'll do well over the next 4 days if I can get us on birds.

[huntinsomd]

Looks like its ready to go!

[tracker8320]

Find yourself a new "gunsmith" and contact Sumtoy for a mount for next season

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Find yourself a new "gunsmith" and contact Sumtoy for a mount for next season

I feel like I should defend the gunsmith a little. The guy that I typically go to is a good gunsmith, but drilling and tapping a shotgun receiver isn't something you'd see very often in MT. I may be the only person that's asked him to do it. He's always done a good job on any gun I've taken him. I could probably find a gunsmith here that'll do it. So far, my 870 12 has worked flawlessly with the aluminum saddle, so I expect the same from the 20. However, I may send them both off to Sumtoy.

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Couple of 870 20 gauges I have....