Remington Express 12 gauge plastic trigger guard assembly

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I have a Remington Express Magnum 12 ga 3" with a factory 18" IC barrel. The trigger guard feels like plastic and since the express model is Remington's budget gun I imagine it is plastic.

Will any Remington 870 12 ga shell plate/trigger and lifter assembly fit into the 870 3" receiver? I'd like to switch to all metal and I see a number of mechanisms for sale on Ebay. Of course there is the possibility that they are on Ebay because the mechanism developed a problem!
 
They are plastic.

FWIW, I've owned over a dozen 870s over the years. Down to 4 right now I think. Across those guns I've fired many thousands of rounds. I've had plastic trigger guards and metal trigger guards. It's low on my list of things to be concerned about. One performs as well as the other, and to be honest the metal ones are compressed powered "pot" metal, so.....

IF it has the J-lock safety however I would replace that. I have seen one of those spontaneously lock when the owner didn't want it to.
 
They are plastic.

FWIW, I've owned over a dozen 870s over the years. Down to 4 right now I think. Across those guns I've fired many thousands of rounds. I've had plastic trigger guards and metal trigger guards. It's low on my list of things to be concerned about. One performs as well as the other, and to be honest the metal ones are compressed powered "pot" metal, so.....

IF it has the J-lock safety however I would replace that. I have seen one of those spontaneously lock when the owner didn't want it to.

Thanks. I was concerned about durability but then thought that I've had for more than a decade and put about 500 or more rounds through it doing informal trap and some buck and nothing has failed in that period of time.
 
I think Glock and others have shown us that some gun parts can be polymer without having to worry. Trigger guards on 10/22s and 870s aren't an issue IMO though you read about people swapping them out. I dunno, not something I worry over.

To your earlier question though, unless the latest 870 models have made changes they're interchangeable.
 
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A little late to the thread but I looked into this in depth a while back. Then realized my Express was an early model and had the metal trigger assembly. It doesn't make much of a difference, but if you do swap, ensure you get the more recent "Flexitab System."
 
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