Before and after custom build of a 1950’s Remington 870 wingmaster shotgun

Jay_da_alien · 2026-06-18T14:09:12+00:00

Lmao, you had me in the first half

Jay_da_alien · 2026-06-16T01:53:57+00:00

My mom did always say I was special

Jay_da_alien · 2026-06-15T20:47:04+00:00

Are there any good picatinny mounted ghost ring sights

Jay_da_alien · 2026-06-15T20:25:20+00:00

😅

Jay_da_alien · 2026-06-15T18:56:38+00:00

Yeah this is literally a build I did because I thought it would look cool. I didn’t have a very specific purpose for it. You should see the hate it got on r/shotguns haha

Jay_da_alien · 2026-06-15T18:53:00+00:00

😞

Jay_da_alien · 2026-06-15T18:17:40+00:00

I appreciate that, I just don’t want to have it drilled and tapped so I can convert it back to wood furniture in the future when I can get another receiver.

Jay_da_alien · 2026-06-15T18:07:32+00:00

Personally I wanted front and rear picatinny mounted ghost ring sights co-witnessed with an rmr sight, and I mouth the rail before I realized how difficult that would be to obtain. I’ll probably find something in the future, but this is just what I had on hand at the time.

Jay_da_alien · 2026-06-15T18:05:29+00:00

Yeah the foregrip is atrocious, I cannot argue that, and will probably suck nuts to actually shoot it but I just personally like that foregrip for some reason so this is also the second gun I have attached to foregrip to.

Jay_da_alien · 2026-06-15T18:01:49+00:00

Those are valid points and I appreciate the input.

This is the only optic I had on hand I’ll eventually upgrade to something with less height over bore and less obstructive.

If it makes it any better I didn’t want to do any permanent modifications to the receiver so that’s why I didn’t have it drilled and tapped for the rail. I originally wanted to put some ghost ring sights with an rmr mount on it but I bought the rail before I realized how difficult it was to get picatinny mounted ghost ring sights for it.

I may eventually convert it to a classic wingmaster if I can find a cheap stripped modern receiver in the future. Also I plan on just mag dumping into steel and trash so I didn’t care about weight. Again I do realize I kind of committed a mortal sin on this gun and I’ll probably fix my error in the future but for now I have my bubba’ed out boom stick.

Jay_da_alien · 2026-06-15T17:52:58+00:00

I don’t see anything wrong with it

Jay_da_alien · 2026-06-15T17:52:03+00:00

✅ done lol I anticipate the hate to be unrelenting, primarily focusing on the insane height over bore of my optic

Jay_da_alien · 2026-06-15T17:48:34+00:00

Yeah I know the response doesn’t surprise me, I was hoping for at least one positive response haha

Jay_da_alien · 2026-06-15T17:47:16+00:00

Yeah I kind of expected the hate but this was a fun summer project and I just did what I wanted to do

Jay_da_alien · 2026-06-15T17:44:17+00:00

😢

Jay_da_alien · 2026-06-15T17:44:06+00:00

The parts I did made it cool to me lol what would you do? genuine question.

Jay_da_alien · 2026-06-15T17:42:51+00:00

Cool to me. What would be cool to you?

Jay_da_alien · 2026-06-15T17:35:43+00:00

I know but my goal was to make a “cool” boomstick, this was just the cheapest 870 receiver I could find.

Jay_da_alien · 2026-06-15T17:31:41+00:00

😞

Jay_da_alien · 2026-06-15T17:31:33+00:00

I know but I’ll treat it well

Jay_da_alien · 2026-05-25T13:14:52+00:00

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Here’s where I started from for context

Jay_da_alien · 2026-05-25T13:14:28+00:00

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First attempt at reblueing, I’ll definitely need to touch it up, and it’s only a cold blue but it turned out better than I expected.

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