Click here to download the catalog as a PDF file. To view this site you need Adobe Flash Player and your browser must allow javaScripts. Go here to get the latest Flash Player. Remington’s 870 sPs is a significant slug gun advancement. n some states slug guns and muzzleloaders are the only option hunters have for big game. Modern muzzleloaders with propellants and bullets engineered for improved external and terminal ballistics are fantastic hunting tools. They do not offer a quick follow-up shot, which can be crucial even if the first shot is a hit. And, well, sometimes we all miss. Pump action slug guns offer fast second shots, but don’t have a reputation of tack driving accuracy. With the SuperSlug Remington set out to change all that. They started with a standard 870 pump action and pinned the barrel to the receiver. This greatly increases the rigidity of the barrel-to-action joint and since the barrel will not wiggle inside the action between shots, the scope can be mounted on the action as opposed to the barrel. This negates the need for a cantilever mount, once the traditional method of scope mounting on pumpaction slug guns. Remington selected a 25.5", hammerforged barrel measuring 1" in diameter at the muzzle. The barrel has almost no taper at all and five longitudinal flutes. To help keep the sabot encasing the slug from being ripped apart while traveling down the barrel at almost 2,000 fps, the rifling consists of six grooves and oval shaped lands, twisted at a rate of 1:35". Remington calls this Parabolic Ultragon rifling which is a sexy way of saying there are no sharp edges inside the barrel. In fact, it’s very similar to the rifling Glock uses for their handgun barrels. The barrel and all metal surfaces of the SuperSlug have a matte blue finish. Why a 25.5" barrel and not a 24", 20" or even a 26"? When Remington was developing the SuperSlug they worked with barrels in all these lengths with various twist rates, evaluating the accuracy potential at 1/2" increments of barrel length. They settled on 25.5" and the 1:35" twist because they consistently produced the best accuracy. And, that’s what the SuperSlug is all about: providing slug gun hunters with a super accurate, repeating platform extending their maximum effective range. Remington further enhanced the 870 SuperSlug with a totally ambidextrous, synthetic buttstock. It’s essentially a thumbhole stock but the hole is large and oblong so you don’t have to bend your wrist unnaturally to get a comfortable grip. This helps fight recoil by positioning your forearm behind the pistol grip as opposed to off to the side. The result is your hand and forearm absorb some of the reward thrust. The buttstock also has a molded in cheekpiece on each side and Remington’s patented SuperCell buttpad. The front of the grip is overmolded with a soft, black, rubbery material providing some tackiness and each side of the synthetic forearm is treated the same way. All remaining areas of the buttstock and I Richard Mann Unlike 870s of the past, the SuperSlug is a dedicated slug gun. It is designed from butt to muzzle to provide an accurate shooting platform for slug hunters. The SuperSlug logo on the right side of the 870’s receiver leaves no doubt what this gun is intended for. 40 WWW.GUNSMAGAZINE.COM • DECEMBER 2009