Drosed a Remington 1100 today. Suggestions please

[alks207]

Ive been looking for a good auto loader shotgun for bird hunting and skeet shooting for a while now. Found this beauty at a local gun shop today. Judging from the letters on the barrel shank(LB), this gun was made Feb, 1955. Correct me if I'm wrong. Overall this seemed like a very quality firearm with very little use seen. Price was $450. I'm not a shotgun guy so I'm not sure what the value of this is. Is there anything I need to know about? Any suggestions? Any comments are appreciated.

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[BOBGBA]

Look on the left side of the barrel, to see what choke it is (Full, Mod or skeet).
If it is full and you are a beginning skeet shooter, it will be hard to hit the clay targets.
If you don't know much about chokes, here is a good place to get info. Make sure to scroll down till you see the colored graphic.

http://www.winchesterowners.com/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=402

[alks207]

It's a modified choke barrel

[OCGunFan]

Awesome gun, good price, just be careful not to shoot steel shot through it. The modified choke is good for dove & smaller bird hunting and excellent for ATA trap shooting.

[Ducky's Dad]

Does not look like a 1955 gun. Appears to be a mid-60's to early 70's gun in fine condition. $450 was a very decent price if it is as good as it looks. You can shoot steel through that gun if you open the choke, and if it's Mod choked, you might be OK with steel up to about #7. Have a gunsmith mic the choke to make sure it's not too tight for bird loads. Based on its apparent age, it does not have the light contour barrel. Per Remington, those guns on the standard receiver are OK with steel duck loads if you install a 3" RemChoke barrel and SHOOT ONLY 2-3/4" LOADS. Check with Remington. Keep it lubed, carry an extra O-ring or two, and be prepared to shoot it wet (spray the gas ports and mag tube) if you use a lot of dirty loads. The only thing that goes wrong with those guns is a cracked O-ring and occasionally the bolt handle will fall off in the weeds. Some guys carry a spare, but a good smith should be able to lock yours down. Nice gun.

[Dano3467]

Does it have threaded chokes tubes ?

If not come 2019 I believe you'll have to find some special ammo, (as I'm pretty sure) because it will not handle the steel shot loads without damage.

But still an awesome gun. congrats.

[alks207]

Does it have threaded chokes tubes ?

If not come 2019 I believe you'll have to find some special ammo, (as I'm pretty sure) because it will not handle the steel shot loads without damage.

But still an awesome gun. congrats.

Thank you. It's a fixed modified choke barrel. What would be an ideal barrel for steel shot?

[BOBGBA]

Remington has 26" and 30" Remchoke barrels on sale. Unfortunately, I don't see a 28". They both come with a modified removable choke tube. You could buy additional chokes (skeet, improved cylinder and full) if you wanted.

https://www.remington.com/shop/1100-Standard-Contour-Vent-Rib-Barrel---12-Gauge%2C-30%22%2C-Blue/p/F240503

https://www.remington.com/shop/1100-Field-Barrel---12-Gauge%2C-26%22%2C-Vent-Rib%2C-Modified-Rem-Choke/p/F240505

[olhunter]

.. Price was $450. I'm not a shotgun guy so I'm not sure what the value of this is. Is there anything I need to know about? Any suggestions? Any comments are appreciated...

Seems a little scary that you paid a price and had no idea whether it was worth it or not.

You got a decent deal, but I guess you didn't even know that.

You're going to need steel shot for hunting upland in the next couple of years, so follow the advice given here and get another barrel. And your good deal just got a little less so.

It's also a great gun for skeet and trap and no lead restrictions! Yet...

[flyinverted]

I had one for a few years. I too bought it on a whim. Had fun with it at the trap range, then sold it for 100 bucks more I paid for it a few years later.

Pull the operating handle away from the gun to see if it will come out. Mine would sometimes fall out and I had no clue why. I took a dremel to the notch in the handle and made it 1/16 in deeper and never had an issue again.

Failed ejection was fixed with a set of O-Rings.

Other than that it's a great shooter. If I come across another one at a great price, I'll probably just shorten the barrel and make it a HD gun. You can operate that handle to make the same racking sound as a pump gun.

[ysr_racer]

OP, you got a good deal, well done.

[ja308]

A Tennessee man won the famed Knob Creek Jungle walk course with a Remington 1100 . Considering there was over 100 people participating,that speaks highly of the shooter and the Remington 1100 self loading shotgun.
The course is moving from station to station, knocking down pepper poppers with #4 or 00buck loads.Your gun is suitable for this type competition by adding a couple of easily and temporary options.
1st a "side saddle" shell holder--Mesa tacticle formerly of Costa Mesa,makes the best one,but any will work.
Next an extended mag tube.
Im not sure if california law has restrictons on these items,so check before you keep it in this condition.
Congratulations on buying one really well designed shotgun !

[Ducky's Dad]

You don't need any special ammo and you don't need a new barrel. That barrel is fine for steel if you are careful about the shot size, but if you are going to shoot everything from skeet to geese you can get by quite nicely with the choke opened to IC. Use lead for skeet and steel for game in CA. A RemChoke barrel will definitely give you more flexibility, or you can have that barrel retrofitted with thinwall choke tubes that are steel-safe (Trulock, Colonial, Briley, etc.). Sounds like you need to study up up on steel in fixed chokes, so get educated before you get too far down that road.

[nothingextra]

A Tennessee man won the famed Knob Creek Jungle walk course with a Remington 1100 . Considering there was over 100 people participating,that speaks highly of the shooter and the Remington 1100 self loading shotgun.
The course is moving from station to station, knocking down pepper poppers with #4 or 00buck loads.Your gun is suitable for this type competition by adding a couple of easily and temporary options.
1st a "side saddle" shell holder--Mesa tacticle formerly of Costa Mesa,makes the best one,but any will work.
Next an extended mag tube.
Im not sure if california law has restrictons on these items,so check before you keep it in this condition.
Congratulations on buying one really well designed shotgun !

There are guys running +7 tubes all day long in gaming.
I have a 21" Benelli M1 and run flush at 8rds with the option of a short extension for that.
Saddles are slow, shell caddies are fast.
Not sure OP is trying to drill down a run of poppers, mixed reload, then take on a section tho.
I would rebuild the gun before figuring out how to start with slugs in paper, keeping bird in my gun until I needed to switch to buck, then back to bird to clear a stage.
I'd rebuild the gun bc a semi that isn't 100% is annoying.

OP I'd pattern it before having any work done to it.
I'd also try a good selecion of whatever load that'll cover your use before spending another dollar on the gun.

I'd go thru a diagram and make sure nothing is missing.
I'd get some spare wearables bc after 20yrs my M1 started acting funny.
I lost a washer while changing a spring, basically I created a mess doing a simple respring.

Diagrams are good until you intimately know your gun.

Know the gun's limits, then go nuts putting it to work.

I mean you can always soft peddle slugs and buck, or step up to 1300fps bird so it'll cycle.

Shotguns are my fave, I'll do anything with one within 100yds bc they're fun.

[Huntsprig]

Great looking gun!

It can't be a 1955 gun because the 1100 didn't come out till the early 1960's. IIRC the first year was 1963.

About 15 to 20 years ago I sent a email to Remington about using steel shot in my 1952 20 GA. 11-48.

This was there reply:

Thank you for visiting Remington Country! We certainly appreciate you taking the time to write in with your question.

You can shoot steel shot through any Remington barrel made since 1950. In a fixed full choke, you can shoot up to a size #2 pellet. Anything larger would not perform well out of a fixed full choke and could open up your muzzle over time.

Should you have additional questions, please feel free to contact our Consumer Services Department at 800-243-9700, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm, EST, Monday through Friday.

I guessing that some folks using that advice had their barrels damaged because I noticed a couple of years ago they had changed their recommendation on their website

They now say:

Question
Can I use steel shot in my shotgun barrel?

Answer
We do not recommend the use of steel shot through any barrel manufactured before 1963 or through any barrel having a fixed Full choke. If you have barrels, manufactured after 1963, with fixed Modified or Improved Cylinder chokes, you may shoot up to size #2 steel shot. The use of steel shot larger than size #2 is only recommended in modern barrels with the Rem Choke system.

If you have the Rem Choke system, you may shoot any size steel through the Improved Cylinder and Modified choke tubes. The Full choke tube must state "For Steel or Lead" to be capable of handling steel shot.

You should be good to go with steel as long as you go no larger than #2 shot.







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