Here is a photo of the one-piece tube for the VM. This was one of the first two produced and it is a 8+1 configuration making the gun a 9+1. The Remington sponsored shooters are running a second small batch of them this weekend at the FB3G match. Hopefully reviews are good and these will make it into the marketplace. If so, the one piece tube helps with reliability of heavy recoiling loads and slug accuracy.