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870 Competition value - Nickel Plated?

giddyup99
Hate for my first post to be a valuation question, but here goes.

I have an unusual Remington 870 Competition grade shotgun I've been searching for some info on with no luck. The gun is not unlike any regular 870 Comp, except for that it is nickel(or at least that is what it appears to be) plated.

Its a great gun, unfortunately I shot the hell out of it my entire youth. Still in great shape, but you can tell its been on the range a few times.

I worked at a trap range as a youngster and the guy I worked for bought this gun and a high end Perazzi off a guy from Canada about 15 years ago. I bought it from him the same day for the $350 he gave the other seller for it.

So the questions are as follows:

Is the nickel plating something someone did to make this thing look cool, or did Remington actually produce this finish?

Does it carry any premium over the blued comp models?

Anybody else seen one of these?

I only have the $350 into this thing, so no one is gonna offend me with an honest value. I'm not in the market to sell it at this time anyhow. It's one of the first guns I've bought and I've just always been curious about it - I don't shoot competitively anymore so it just sits in the back of my safe hoping for action.

I can post some pics if needed tomorrow.

Thanks!
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  • rufe-snow
    I don't know about it being a competition gun being nickel plated, unless somebody did it after it left Remington. Shiny nickel plating is something I have yet to see on on any skeet or trap gun.

    I vaguely remember some nickel plated shotguns being sold years ago for use around salt water. Because salt water is so rough on blued finishes. My WAG is that this is why this shotgun was plated. If you can establish that the plating was done at Remington. it would probably increase it's value to a collector.
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  • Laredo Lefty
    Remington made an 870 called the "Marine Magnum" that had a brushed nickel (not shiny) finish. I carried one on my motor at work. These were made to be used around water where a traditional blued gun might be more prone to rusting. They were 3" mag guns.
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  • 1KYDSTR
    Also the Mossberg 500 Marine...also done in brushed nitride (gray) finish for the same reasons of salt water corrosion! My initial thought is that would not be factory as Rufe says...a little tough to get a great look at the clays when you are blinded by the reflection off the nickel finish! I have seen guns over the years that were for some unfathomnable reason nickled. I have seen more than a few P-38's and Lugers done this way as I think everything in the 50's was being "chromed" (look at the Cadillacs from that era)as it seemed to be the "in" thing to do to your war-time bringbacks...ugh.
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  • giddyup99
    Thanks for the replies - Its definitely the competition model - Kinda thought it may be an aftermarket thing someone decided to do with it.

    Its not a shiny finish though so it doesn't blind you when you go to shoot, but not a brushed look either.

    I don't feel so bad for shooting it so much - makes for a good conversation piece on the rack at the range too!

    Thanks again!
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