[fabsroman]

My BPS pump has a way to load a shell via the magazine in lieu of actually having to drop the first one in the chamber by hand. Doesn't the 870 have the same option? I would assume it would, so the entire problem with the length of the ejection port might be a moot issue, if it is one in the first place. I have absolutely no problem dropping shells in any of my autos and I am sure they don't have extra long ejection ports because that would increase the length of the receiver. As far as the "cover" is concerned, are we really talking about the shell lifter because every single auto and pump that I can think of has a shell lifter. Granted, on my BPS the shell lifter is out of the way when I am loading the mag because it merely consists of two small arms that are used to eject the spent shell out the bottom and then bring the new shell back up. I love my BPS. Just hate the fact that it is a Browning.