"Witness Protection" Remington 870 AOW

noiseless · Post by **noiseless** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 9:27 pm

I found an old Automatic Weaponry "WP870" and jumped on it.

Remington "870 Magnum" base with a 12" barrel with (previously Tritium) front sight. Four plus one capacity. The barrel is internally threaded for RemChoke tubes.

Haven't received the original wood furniture, but it'll be "sportin' wood" soon

Third_Rail · Post by **Third_Rail** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 9:31 pm

I hate you. I just filled out another form 1 and check, I simply MUST have an 870 like that.

Seriously, though, great gun. Any more pictures? Is that the speedfeed stock?

V8Astro · Post by **V8Astro** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 10:20 pm

Very nice!

noiseless · Post by **noiseless** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 10:46 pm

Third_Rail wrote:Seriously, though, great gun. Any more pictures? Is that the speedfeed stock?

I've always wanted one and was lucky to find this one.

It probably is a Speedfeed, I have two original Wilson Polymer Pistol Grips, marked "WAC" and have an original Wilson Arms wood set coming

Haven't done any other photos yet

David Hineline · Post by **David Hineline** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 1:10 am

Third_Rail wrote:I hate you. I just filled out another form 1 and check, I simply MUST have an 870 like that.

Seriously, though, great gun. Any more pictures? Is that the speedfeed stock?

While not original like this man has there are plenty of places to get current production guns in a similar configuration except it will be on the cheaper Express host rather than the Police Magnum.

Third_Rail · Post by **Third_Rail** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 2:14 am

All I have on my 870 now is a long vent rib barrel. Where would I get a cheap plain blue barrel to chop back?

Nevermind. CheaperThanDirt.com, $100 or so.

1911pilot · Post by **1911pilot** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 2:15 am

Very cool, I want one.

Third_Rail · Post by **Third_Rail** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 3:16 am

Yep, just ordered all I need to turn my Express into something similar. Sending off the form 1 in the morning. My wallet hates you, but boy am I going to enjoy this once the stamp comes back!

Chad McCumbers · Post by **Chad McCumbers** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 9:45 am

I do the 12" bbl guns with choke tubes. I can fix you up with bbls or complete guns in your choice of finish.

[email protected]

noiseless · Post by **noiseless** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 11:15 am

I have paper floating on a Remington 870 SBS. Can you retro-fit existing barrels to chokes?

David Hineline · Post by **David Hineline** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 5:54 pm

Chokes can be installed, Remington barrels are not always thick enough when cut off to take factry Remington choke tubes, sometimes one has to have another companies tubes installed.

saltydecimator · Post by **saltydecimator** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 1:33 am

so is the tax stamp only 5 bucks for these? and can you cut anything down, just as long as you fill out the form, or is it like the 86 thing where it had to have been manufactured before that date? sorry for the uninformed questions, but you guys seem like the people to ask

Diomed · Post by **Diomed** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 2:46 am

saltydecimator wrote:so is the tax stamp only 5 bucks for these? and can you cut anything down, just as long as you fill out the form, or is it like the 86 thing where it had to have been manufactured before that date? sorry for the uninformed questions, but you guys seem like the people to ask

It's $5 to transfer, if you make it yourself it's $200. You can cut anything down, but if you want to make an Any Other Weapon (the subject of this thread) you have to start with a shotgun that has never had a buttstock and was registered by the manufacturer as such.

Chad McCumbers · Post by **Chad McCumbers** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 9:37 am

I usually install Tru-Chokes due to wall thickness of the bbls. Also, Tru-Chokes allow for a much larger selection of high quality tubes than RemChoke.

To answer the question, I can install tubes into almost any bbl. But usually it will be TruChokes. The cost for installation is $100 plus tubes on your bbl; or I can start a new or used bbl shorten and install tubes and sights and send you a finished package.

To answer the AOW question, AOWs must be made from pistol gripped shotgun (and remain pistol gripped) and cost $5 on F4 but $200 on F1. The SBS are $200 on F1 or F4, and give you the option of buttstock or pistol grip. I would suggest that if you live in a state that allows SBS, go that way so that you can configure the gun however you want.

gaw · Post by **gaw** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 6:12 pm

I have a police magnum AOW w/ hogue furniture. The ruberized grip surface makes a huge difference.

ready_on_the_right · Post by **ready_on_the_right** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 8:42 pm

Chad

How Much for tubes and sights on a matte 870 barrel you provide?

I use my 23" turkey model 3.5" as a house gun when not hunting it.

Mike

PM if you prefer.

Thanks

David Hineline · Post by **David Hineline** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 9:28 pm

Chad's email is [email protected]

Important items to think about would be factory or aftermarket barrel, vent rib or plain, length of barrel, type of sights plain bead or truglo etc.

Parkerized, blued, Molykoted?

ready_on_the_right · Post by **ready_on_the_right** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 9:40 pm

Thanks David.

Mike

DStern · Post by **DStern** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 10:52 am

Didn't Scattergun make one of the "witness protection" AOW, back in the 80s, long before Wilson bought them?

Dave

noiseless · Post by **noiseless** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 9:53 pm

Yes. They called it the "00 Concealment Model"

David Hineline · Post by **David Hineline** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 9:45 pm

Of course with the AOW you don't get to put the Uber Tactical M16 buttstock onto your shotty.

noiseless · Post by **noiseless** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 10:50 pm

True, but I have a 14" SBS 870 coming

joshuap · Post by **joshuap** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 6:43 pm

Noiseless, where did you find the wood furniture? I am looking at a Remington 870 Breacher (which looks identical to your wp870) but I would like the wood on it. Thanks

noiseless · Post by **noiseless** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 1:49 pm

Searching near and far. Ended up a friend had a spare set for his.

The Breacher will take the same pistol grips, but the fore end is shorter, it's also two inches shorter in the barrel

noiseless · Post by **noiseless** » Wed Jun 11, 2008 8:55 pm

It now has a "brother"

Remington 870 14" SBS. US Secret Service Contract overrun. Tritium front, Ghost Ring sights, Speedfeed Stock, +1 Mag Extension and Fully Loaded Mag Indicator.

Very nice!

Fits perfect in a Baseball Bat bag

Already added a VangComp Big Safety and will be adding a Sling, Youth Stock, Supercell Pad and a Light.

"Witness Protection" Remington 870 AOW

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