Picked up a 1953 Remington 870 wingmaster

[King Cobb]

Originally Posted by Kevin McCormack

If the finish on the original (as it came to you) stock is the notorious Remington RKW "bowling pin" (their ad language), finish, you will need a garden flamethrower or a duckbill head on your Berz-O-Matic squat bottle torch to remove it.

I bought my M 870 30" 3-inch Mag vent in November of 1969 the weekend after I came within inches of losing my newly 100% Del Grego-restored 12 ga. VHE overboard in a deeper-than-I-was-tall marsh canal while duck hunting at Monie Bay (MD). I figured I could afford to buy 6 and a half more 870s at my then-employee discount price at the sporting goods store I worked at as opposed to finding and 'restoring' another VHE. The VHE (190737) is out there somewhere in Parkerland; the 870 is still taking them down with authority 47+ years later.

Yeah it took a while to get it off, but it clean and smooth now.