Michael J. McCasland
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This is by far the best safety conversion I've EVER done, I can't recommend it highly enough. Not over a month ago I asked a question here about the ability to convert a right hand safety in a Remington 870 to a left hand safety. A few of you responded, but nobody knew of a product that could do it. That didn't surprise me because I though I'd looked everywhere so for my entire hunting life I suffered with a right hand Remington safety button. That was until last week. While buying a large pile of 870 parts from Midway with the intention of changing my 870 Express into my idea of the perfect predator hunting machine I quite literally stumbled onto the safety linked below. The price was right and I figured that I couldn’t possibly go wrong so it was included in the order.
Midway must camp out in the UPS store. I say that because the parts arrived incredibly fast. ALL the parts went on the 870 with not a hint of trouble. It pays to modify one of the most popular shotguns in history.
The button is incredibly easy to install. Simply remove the trigger group, remove the pin holding the safety spring ball, the pin’s simply pushed in. You don’t even need to remove the spring or the ball. When the pin is out simply push out the original safety button and push in the new button, then depress the spring and slide the pin back in. It’s all incredibly easy. Then reinstall the trigger group. It’s a 5 minute job. This button is over sized and easy to use, but not likely to be accidentally disengaged. Out of all the changes I made to the 870, this is the one I will appreciate more than any.
http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.exe/showproduct?saleitemid=463939&t=11082005
Edit: One more thing. According to Remington an 870 built after 1992 can not have it's safety simply reversed. I honestly never tried to reverse the origional safety on this gun. Remington says it can't be done so I never tried. Even if it can be done this conversion is worth doing because the over sized button makes it easier to use the safety. I never liked the Remington button safety, this just might change my opinion.
Midway must camp out in the UPS store. I say that because the parts arrived incredibly fast. ALL the parts went on the 870 with not a hint of trouble. It pays to modify one of the most popular shotguns in history.
The button is incredibly easy to install. Simply remove the trigger group, remove the pin holding the safety spring ball, the pin’s simply pushed in. You don’t even need to remove the spring or the ball. When the pin is out simply push out the original safety button and push in the new button, then depress the spring and slide the pin back in. It’s all incredibly easy. Then reinstall the trigger group. It’s a 5 minute job. This button is over sized and easy to use, but not likely to be accidentally disengaged. Out of all the changes I made to the 870, this is the one I will appreciate more than any.
http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.exe/showproduct?saleitemid=463939&t=11082005
Edit: One more thing. According to Remington an 870 built after 1992 can not have it's safety simply reversed. I honestly never tried to reverse the origional safety on this gun. Remington says it can't be done so I never tried. Even if it can be done this conversion is worth doing because the over sized button makes it easier to use the safety. I never liked the Remington button safety, this just might change my opinion.
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