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<blockquote data-quote="supercopjason" data-source="post: 1763020" data-attributes="member: 30261"><p>But most of the time they are not because a lower quality of material is used. People sure do like that term billet and companies know that people look for key words. A good example of this is the Springfield SAR-8. The forged models have no issues where as the billet models have had problems with receivers cracking. They started selling good but the billet Aluminum was not strong enough to handle the work and now has become a reason not to buy. </p><p></p><p>The police model goes through a stricter quality control process and is made in a separate location from other 870's. The parts are inspected more thoroughly and although all 870 parts are interchangeable the police model uses a few different parts to handle the buck loads and slugs. (magazine spring, IIRC the hammer spring, and the carrier dog spring). There are some other parts on the police models are made from forged or billet where as the "others" are made from cast powder. I think the fore-end is also shorter and the newer models come with a magazine extension, the magazine retainer detent is different, and the stock has a so super cool pistol grip. If your life is on the line it really is a different gun.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="supercopjason, post: 1763020, member: 30261"] But most of the time they are not because a lower quality of material is used. People sure do like that term billet and companies know that people look for key words. A good example of this is the Springfield SAR-8. The forged models have no issues where as the billet models have had problems with receivers cracking. They started selling good but the billet Aluminum was not strong enough to handle the work and now has become a reason not to buy. The police model goes through a stricter quality control process and is made in a separate location from other 870's. The parts are inspected more thoroughly and although all 870 parts are interchangeable the police model uses a few different parts to handle the buck loads and slugs. (magazine spring, IIRC the hammer spring, and the carrier dog spring). There are some other parts on the police models are made from forged or billet where as the "others" are made from cast powder. I think the fore-end is also shorter and the newer models come with a magazine extension, the magazine retainer detent is different, and the stock has a so super cool pistol grip. If your life is on the line it really is a different gun. [/QUOTE]
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