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Remington "Special Purpose"

hivoltghivoltg Member Posts: 928 ✭✭✭✭
edited November 2007 in General Discussion
What exactly makes a "Special Purpose" shotgun from Remington? I have a 11-87 that is marked Special Purpose on the reciever. What makes it different?
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  • idsman75idsman75 Member Posts: 13,398 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    It's a marketing scheme targeting certain niches like law enforcement applications when any other 12-gauge shotgun would do.

    It looks like Remington adds a bunch of cosmetic features to make hunters of specific game think that the specific gun was specifically made with a "Special Purpose" to hunt that specific kind of game.

    They are trying to narrow down a very specific "special" target market with each of these "Special Purpose" guns in order to become more competitive and build loyalty within those specific markets.

    Other manufacturers use a similar term usually to try and designate an LEO application. In the case of a "tactical" weapon it is the semantics to which the anti-gun crowd is drawn. Package it in a benign term like "Special Purpose" and it doesn't sound as ugly or as easy to ban to the non-military and non-leo types. It's the same reason why paintball guns are typically called "paintball markers" by the industry.
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  • Mk 19Mk 19 Member Posts: 8,170
    edited November -1
    The purpose of the "Special Purpose" is to remove cash from the consumers wallet
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  • idsman75idsman75 Member Posts: 13,398 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by dano
    Kinda like a commerative.......[:D]


    Yeah! You could say that! Some people buy too many guns for their budget and need to sell one or two along the way. You're much less likely to recoup your $$$ in a private sale or trade. It's like buying a Honda Civic for $15,000 and putting a $5,000 sound system in it and a $5,000 set of rims on it. It's like putting gold-inlay on a baseball bat. Completely unnecessary in most instances.
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  • boogerbooger Member Posts: 1,460 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    For Remington, it usually means a camo job or a baked black paint with synthetic stocks. Perhaps a different barrel length & choke combination for turkey, something else barrel wise for deer, duck etc. Sling swivels standard, 3" shell length standard. I believe they began as a cheap alternative to the Wingmaster but then they evolved along the way.

    A non SP (Special Purpose) 11-87 would be blued with a 26"or 28" ventilated rib, basic wood stocks, one or two extra choke tubes, no sling swivels.

    That's a general answer as far as I know.
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