
This means that they are much easier for cleaning, maintenance and increased barrel life. The most significant advantage of the barrels from this company is that they are chrome lined. Several more barrels from Carlson’s company, now longer 26” and 28” length. I would recommend this barrel to anyone wanting the option of changing chokes on an 18.5″ barrel.” Recommended Product:Ĭarlson’s Remington 870 12-gauge Vented Rib, 26″ and 28″, 3″ Chamber Barrels The one I received fit my 870 perfectly the exterior finish flawless the chrome-lined bore nicely done the threading cleanly cut and the chokes screw in and out nicely overall, a very nice barrel which now allows me to play with different chokes on a nominally defensive shotgun. At this point, I could not be any happier with it. “I recently bought one of these barrels and an array of Carlson screw-in chokes.

JonSEAZ, one of the readers shared his experience with Remington 870 Carlsons barrels: Remington barrels are threaded for the standard Rem Choke system Choke tube is constructed of 17-4 stainless steel. Includes installed Carlson cylinder choke tube. Chrome lined bores makes these barrels better than factory ones.ġ8.5” barrel length is the most popular choice for home defense shotgun.Īlso, you can choose Carlsons Remington 870 barrel with non-adjustable front sight or adjustable sights This Remington 870 barrel is Constructed from ordnance grade 4140 steel. This is going to be very interesting! What is barrel length of your Remington 870? Poll: What is barrel length of your Remington 870? 18 inch? 20 inch? Shorter or Longer? If you buy them new from a gun dealer then they will recommend the best ammunition to use also.

However, if you are purchasing your first shotgun then chances are it is a new shotgun that allows you to change the barrels. If you use the wrong shotgun ammunition with smoothbore or rifled then you won’t get the results that you intend on getting. That is why the ammunition you use in your shotgun is just as important to figure out as the barrel itself. The only thing is the shots won’t go as far and they won’t be as accurate as special slugs from rifled barrel. Now if you have an older shotgun that only has smoothbore, for example, then you can still shoot slugs out of it. This is very convenient for those who just want to own one shotgun to use for both home protection and hunting ducks for sport.

If you wanted to use your shotgun for different purposes then you could switch back and forth between the smoothbore, rifled, long or short barrel. This means you don’t have to limit yourself to just one type of barrel when you purchase a shotgun. The neat thing about newer shotguns is they have interchangeable barrels. The “C” section of the Douglas is at 3″ instead of the 2.5″ that the McGowen has.Remington 870 Barrels Remington 870 barrels photo by glwanabe from Remington 870 Forum An example would be a McGowen #1 vs a Douglas #1 contour. You can see by looking at the list below that many of the contours, whether it be McGowen Precision Barrels contours, or another companies contours are basically the same, there are some minor variations such as the length of the chamber section of the barrel or the length of the transition between the chamber section and the radius bringing the diameter down smaller before the taper to the muzzle. We offer 2 basic contours, a “Sporter” contour and a “Target” contour. 600″ diameter muzzle, and you want it 24″ rather than 26″ we don’t contour it at 26″, we contour it at 24″, which means that at 24″ it will maintain the. So if you order a McGowen #2 contour that has a. The Barrel Outlet will contour your barrel to your finished length. So, if you want a barrel that finishes out with a total length of 24″, you’ll get a 26″ barrel with a saw cut in it. Other companies only offer barrels at certain lengths.

This means that your barrel will require polishing to be finished and ready for your firearm. Many barrels you receive from other sources are in what we refer to as a “lathe-turned” finish. Our barrels all come in a polished finish. To request additional contours, please use our suggestion form here. We will soon be offering additional contours with a small programming charge. We currently offer the standard McGowen Barrel contours as well as standard Savage and Remington rifle contours. The Barrel Outlet uses state of the art CNC Equipment to create our barrel contours.
