The guys at the shop said it was a catalog item. I saw an upgraded WM yesterday, brand new, with very nice wood,LC bbl, sumptous blue, great wood to metal fit, and some decent engraving. Older 870s tend to have better fit and finish, but there are exceptions. The ribs also add a bit of front end weight.Ribs make sense on gamer guns, but are just cosmetic on field guns. Trouble is, it takes some fast firing to develop those heat waves, and most guns used for hunting nver get to that frequency of fire. Exhibition shooters like Herb Parsons toured the country, and used vent ribs on their guns to cut down on mirage. Post WWII there was a surge of interest in shotgunning, and many former GIs bought more upscale guns than formerly. Sam nailed it on the rib,but let me expand on it a bit. Not sure how much of an advantage the vent rib is? I could always add a cushioned buttplate to the stock.Īny comments - how important are vent rib barrels? Do they really help? I have shot very informal trap before, but have never owned a shotgun. Question is, did they make several grades of Wingmasters? I don't really need the use of the 3" shells. I'm leaning towards shelling out the extra bucks for the nice one. They are asking $279 for the really nice one. The nicest of the three has nicer wood and appears to be lightly used. The other two say magnum and will take the 3" shell. It may also be older, it is the 2.75" chamber only. It has no vent rib on the barrel and has no white spacers (plastic buttplate). two of them have the white spacers between the grip cap and the buttplate (and have rubber cushioning) the other one is a little more plain jane. They are all fixed choke - two full one modified. There are 3 wingmasters that I'm looking at buying - well actually, I can only afford one.
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