After busting through the ice on a slough off the Kuskokwim river, while riding a sno-go, losing my late sixties 870 wingmaster, and if not for the sling hanging up on a piece of broken ice, I'd have lost a Rem 788 22-250 as well! Guess what I bought for the 870 replacement? An 870 Express model. First or second year they had been produced.
Didn't figure I'd be out much if there was ever a repeat performance, and it always performed, even in -30 temps. My brother managed to lose that one for me this past pheasant season in SD.
