Dobber1978

Can I take a the gun mentioned above in a 2 3/4" shot and convert it to take 3 1/2"??

Gun is about 15 years old i am being told, it's a gun that I am concidering buying but only if it's possible to make this conversion,

Thanks
Jeff

sillpapa

Sorry :: But I do not think that is possible!!
23/4 is 23/4 . Can not up grade gun to shoot 3" or 31/2

whelen36

no , you can't do it , the action isn't long enough to accomadate the longer shell and you can't lengthen the receiver , i also believe the internal workings may be different as well .

Dobber1978

Thanks,

Guess I will be passing on this buy,

Jeff

oldelkhunter

No that cannot be done and if it could it would be cheaper to buy a new shotgun

Robert L E

I believe that it can be converted to 3" shells. It involves milling the trip point for ejection 1/4" farther back and replacing the ejector spring with one designed for 3". I think absolutely everything else is the same between 2 3/4 & 3" recievers. You would need a 3" barrel too or all this work is moot.

I used to see ads for a company that does this conversion.

It cannot be converted to 3 1/2" though.

You are better of just buying a 3" to begin with (or 3 1/2").

Bob

vabyrd

Shoot someones 3 1/2 before you buy one. Those things kick like a mule, and I dont think are worth the money. Even a 3" gun is brutle. If your getting a pretty good deal on that wingmaster, take a look at available 2 3/4" ammo. Kent makes some loads that compete with 3".

Robert L E

vabyrd's post got me thinking. The 3 1/2" gun is more for goose hunting and this is a deer forum. I have an old 2 3/4" Wingmaster with a rifled rifle sight barrel that I bought later. I also have an 870 Express (3") combo with a smooth bore rifle sight barrel.

I prefer the Express with 2 3/4" slugs for deer. I have not shot at a deer over 100 yards in so long, I can't remember. I have confidence in the Express based on results in the field. It looks good too, being a fluke gun that came with a walnut stock from the factory. (I hate the looks of the birch guns.)

Bob

Dobber1978

Thought this was just the general guns forum, did not realize it was just for deer,

Mostly shooting geese with the shotgun, I use rifle for deer/moose,

Thanks for all the answers, I will wait until i find that 3.5"

homers brother

"Deer forum"? Scroll up. Has its own header. This is the "Guns" section, where this question is entirely appropriate. Scroll down, there's even a "Fishing" section.

I have an aforementioned 2-3/4" Wingmaster as well. Remington's line is that you can't switch over to 3" unless you have a "Magnum" receiver (which mine does not - I think I recall it said the SN would have an "M" at the end if it was a "Magnum" receiver).

Otherwise, we've hunted Canadas for years with 3", sometimes with 2-3/4". I've borrowed a 3-1/2" a couple times but don't find it works any better for me than my 3". But, the 3-1/2" does seem to be all the rage in the goose blinds.