Identify this Remington and muzzle device!

[SouthpawE46]

On the bottom.

It was my great grandfather's gun.

It's a 20 gauge Remington hunting/pheasant shotgun.

Is that a muzzle brake?

[prc77]

Remington Model 11 with a Cutts Comp.

[ysr_racer]

Yep

[2nd Shot]

Looks like an old Model 11, which was, I think, a copy of the Browning Auto-5. I think they went on to build the 11-48, which worked the same, but in a round back, 1100 shaped receiver.

I think the muzzle device is a cutts comp, not sure.

[edit]: Too late, but I got it right!

[compulsivegunbuyer]

The Cutts Compensators work pretty well, and they take chokes, but they are LOUD.

[SouthpawE46]

Yeah it bruised my shoulder pretty bad today at the range... It's pretty awesome though.

[prc77]

Yeah it bruised my shoulder pretty bad today at the range... It's pretty awesome though.

20ga bruised your shoulder??

[bjl333]

Yeah it bruised my shoulder pretty bad today at the range... It's pretty awesome though.

A bruised shoulder usually means a long gun mounted incorrectly. Most are afraid to mount the gun tight against the shoulders and let the recoil be absorb with your whole body. Mounting a long gun loosy goosy will have the gun slam you in the shoulder first and then your body will take up the remainder of the recoil, thus giving you a briuse. It amounts to someone punching you in the shoulder over and over again!! Also loosy goosy will get you a slap in the face from the buttstock too!

That said, a recoil pad will take some of the mental pressure off your subconscious!!

[BigDogatPlay]

Agree with PRC and YSR... a Model 11 with a Cutts. I had one just like it for a long time that was my uncle's. It's now with his grandchild.

The A-5 / Model 11 pattern is a bit of a bumper, since it is recoil operated with a reciprocating barrel. The gun looks like it has a factory butt plate which won't help initially. Get a competent gunsmith or stock maker to fit a Kickeez to that and it will help a lot. If you don't want to alter the stock, a slip on pad from Limbsaver will help as well. Then get to clays club near you and hook up with an instructor on how to mount the gun properly. That will solve your recoil problems almost entirely.

You should also visit, if you haven't already done so, browning.com and download the instruction manual for the A-5. The design is essentially unchanged since John Browning first produced it and so the manual you can get now from Browning will help you with your Model 11.

[WDE91]

I knew Browning A5 was somehow connected

You should contact Remington, they can tell you when it was made

[that guy]

Sportsman model

That looks like the "Sportsman" Model 11, if that 3 shot fore-end is original. It's kind of an up scale model that is a little rarer, and the Cutts Compensator looks like it has an aluminum expansion chamber (the steel ones have more slots that are narrower).



Google the auto 5 assembly & set up so you are familiar with what you should be seeing, and then take apart the fore-end. With the cutts on it, the friction ring should be behind the spring (right next to the receiver). In my experience, these are smooth shooting, and light kicking shotguns. That you are getting kicked by that gun has me concerned. Take apart the fore-end and look at the arrangement of the spring and the friction ring, and see if anything is broken.

[Res]

I knew Browning A5 was somehow connected

You should contact Remington, they can tell you when it was made

haha exactly.
I guessed right based just off the question

Got the gauge wrong though