Looks-wise, I prefer the new Remington to the Nova. The Nova, while futuristic-looking, always seemed somewhat over-wrought to me. A bit too busy with all those little fins on the forearm. Kind of like the original US Sig 556. The new 887 looks more pragmatic IMO…. Kind of like the Sig 556 Classic.
December 19th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
Will no doubt lead to a new round of PSH about ‘plastic’ guns. Cue the Brady Bunch in 3…2…1…
December 20th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
Meh. Looks like they’re trying to copy the Benelli Novas — except my Novas look cooler and eviller.
December 20th, 2008 at 5:37 pm
I was going to mention the Benelli also, which always looked like Darth Vader’s duck gun IMO.
December 20th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
Looks-wise, I prefer the new Remington to the Nova. The Nova, while futuristic-looking, always seemed somewhat over-wrought to me. A bit too busy with all those little fins on the forearm. Kind of like the original US Sig 556. The new 887 looks more pragmatic IMO…. Kind of like the Sig 556 Classic.
December 20th, 2008 at 9:59 pm
I’m not wildly impressed. “Fugly” is the first thing that came to mind. Maybe I’m just not enough of a waterfowler to appreciate the plastic coating.