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Lee Lapin · January 16, 2009, 08:09 PM

Look at

http://www.remington.com/products/fi...ry_barrels.asp

And call 1-800-243-9700, when you decide what you want. #24545, a 20" smoothbore barrel with rifle sights, will match your Wingmaster; #24620 is an 18" Express (matte finished) bead sighted barrel. The thing with this one is, I don't know if it has a detent in the barrel ring to retain the magazine cap on your Wingmaster. The 20" barrel will, since it's a Wingmaster barrel. I'd be willing to pay more to get the Wingmaster barrel, not just because the finish matches, not for the sights or even just to be sure of getting the right magazine cap retaining system, but because it already comes set up for RemChokes. YMMV of course.

And if you shop around, you may find a shorter barrel in the used market for less money. Be sure it has the right detent system though. Look at places like Corson's ( http://www.corsonsbarrels.com/ ), Barrel Exchange (http://barrelexchange.com/ ), GunBroker ( http://www.gunbroker.com/ ) etc.

IMHO it's important that you get training in defensive shotgunning, too. For example, you don't work a defensive gun muzzle up- that's fpr field/sporting guns. You run a defensive gun muzzle down, in an indoor ready or low ready position. Carrying a defensive gun muzzle up makes it too easy for a bad guy to get under the muzzle and take the gun from you. Searching your house alone if you really think there's a bad guy there is not one of the more popular things to do, even among folks who do that sort of thing for a living and have extensive training at it. At least, take a look at the NRA's Personal Protection In The Home class ( http://www.nrahq.org/education/train...ictraining.asp ). If you can't find a class you can make, there's a DVD of the classroom presentation available ( http://materials.nrahq.org/go/produc...tid=ES%2026840 ).

IMHO a light is a good idea on a defensive shotgun, One of the LED lights (TLR-1, etc http://www.opticsplanet.net/streamli...lashlight.html ) that mounts on a Streamlight #69906 ring mount ( http://www.opticsplanet.net/streamli...unt-69906.html ) is what we use here.

The magazine extension is a take it or leave it with me, since my wife uses every one of the 'house guns' I do, they are all set up to fit her. That means that as well as a 12.5" LOP stock and a good recoil pad, a field length forearm, a light and a 4-round Sidesaddle, there's no magazine extensions- the extra weight out in front of the support hand is too much for her.

It's all a personal decision, of course, and you will need to do what you think best. Study things over a bit and decide what will work best for you and your sister. And Stay Safe,

lpl

January 16, 2009, 08:09 PM	#12
Lee Lapin Senior Member Join Date: September 7, 2004 Location: SE NC Posts: 1,239	Look at http://www.remington.com/products/fi...ry_barrels.asp And call 1-800-243-9700, when you decide what you want. #24545, a 20" smoothbore barrel with rifle sights, will match your Wingmaster; #24620 is an 18" Express (matte finished) bead sighted barrel. The thing with this one is, I don't know if it has a detent in the barrel ring to retain the magazine cap on your Wingmaster. The 20" barrel will, since it's a Wingmaster barrel. I'd be willing to pay more to get the Wingmaster barrel, not just because the finish matches, not for the sights or even just to be sure of getting the right magazine cap retaining system, but because it already comes set up for RemChokes. YMMV of course. And if you shop around, you may find a shorter barrel in the used market for less money. Be sure it has the right detent system though. Look at places like Corson's ( http://www.corsonsbarrels.com/ ), Barrel Exchange (http://barrelexchange.com/ ), GunBroker ( http://www.gunbroker.com/ ) etc. IMHO it's important that you get training in defensive shotgunning, too. For example, you don't work a defensive gun muzzle up- that's fpr field/sporting guns. You run a defensive gun muzzle down, in an indoor ready or low ready position. Carrying a defensive gun muzzle up makes it too easy for a bad guy to get under the muzzle and take the gun from you. Searching your house alone if you really think there's a bad guy there is not one of the more popular things to do, even among folks who do that sort of thing for a living and have extensive training at it. At least, take a look at the NRA's Personal Protection In The Home class ( http://www.nrahq.org/education/train...ictraining.asp ). If you can't find a class you can make, there's a DVD of the classroom presentation available ( http://materials.nrahq.org/go/produc...tid=ES%2026840 ). IMHO a light is a good idea on a defensive shotgun, One of the LED lights (TLR-1, etc http://www.opticsplanet.net/streamli...lashlight.html ) that mounts on a Streamlight #69906 ring mount ( http://www.opticsplanet.net/streamli...unt-69906.html ) is what we use here. The magazine extension is a take it or leave it with me, since my wife uses every one of the 'house guns' I do, they are all set up to fit her. That means that as well as a 12.5" LOP stock and a good recoil pad, a field length forearm, a light and a 4-round Sidesaddle, there's no magazine extensions- the extra weight out in front of the support hand is too much for her. It's all a personal decision, of course, and you will need to do what you think best. Study things over a bit and decide what will work best for you and your sister. And Stay Safe, lpl