Two important things to remember:
It’s rattly and clunky. I suppose it’s meant to be. The safety is on the spine, which means that pistol grips are simply terrible for this gun.
I had a Mossberg 590 in Marine coat and found it to be sorta junky. I mean, not junk - but the W870 was doing absolutely everything better.
If given the choice, the Winchester is a better choice in my humble opinion.
I have the Winchester 1200 defender. I only bought it because I was nearly broke and it was only $189 brand new at Wal-Mart.
It does not have the tight, smooth action of an 870 but actually works perfectly. It also holds 7 or 8 with one in the chamber with 2 3/4 inch shells depending on the brand.
I have arthritis in my hands so replaced the stock with a rubber pistol grip which still has a butt. It can be detached to where you only have the pistol grip but the recoil is pretty bad. It does really shorten the gun tho.
I will say that AR style pistol grip is way easier for me to grip.