FACTS ABOUT ACADEMY SPORTS REMINGTON 870 REVEALED

My 870 Wingmaster is a superb gun with Superb healthy and complete. The motion was "ball bearing" clean ideal out of your box. Since I only shoot clay targets, I added a Pachmayr Decelerator recoil pad and extended the LOP out to fourteen.5".So I assume the issue is, were the incredibly early Wingmasters, (say a single created in March of 1950 ) ok