Difference between 870 Express and SPS?
01-28-2008, 08:52 PM
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 10
Difference between 870 Express and SPS?
I was wondering what's the difference between the 870 SPS and Express. I recently bought an SPS supermag, and now my friend's looking for an 870. I saw an 870 Express Supermag, almost identical to mine, but it was $300 less. Just wondering what the deal is.
01-29-2008, 04:22 PM
#2
Fork Horn
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Central New York
Posts: 271
RE: Difference between 870 Express and SPS?
Ithought the difference was the stock and fore arms. The Express had the satin wood stock and fore end (now they're laminated I think)and the SPS had the synthetic stock and fore end. When I had my 870 Express 12 ga. I bought a slug barrel that was for a SPS model and it worked fine. Had the same matte finish too.Mine was the regular 2 3/4 and 3 inch model.The super mag. could be different. [/align]
01-30-2008, 08:40 AM
#3
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Illinois
Posts: 2,828
RE: Difference between 870 Express and SPS?
I can't really tell a difference. I bought mine probably 20 years ago as a combo with the wood stock and forearm. It was OK until I hunted in a bad rain storm. When the wood dried out I had a crack the lenght of the forearm. A synthetic replacement set made by Remington from Cabelas for $80 took care of that problem.
