A Recent Discovery

[Flatbush Harry]

I have owned several Remington 1100s since my first, a 12 ga. with which I took up skeet shooting, in 1974. I have always loved these guns.

Remington recently sold, on sale prices, fully rifled deer barrels ideal for shooting slugs. I grabbed one in 21" length with nice sights at a great price. I assumed it would be a drop-in that could be used with the 1100's forend. I discovered that my 28" vent rib barrel was a "light contour" and that, accordingly, the forend was channeled too narrowly to accommodate the new barrel which has a standard contour.

I solved that problem by buying a new Rem 1100 forend from Numrich which will need to be relieved in order to fit. It is at my gunsmith's for this work.

I mention this here in case any here try the same approach to an easy conversion of a Sporting or Field 1100 into a tactical shotgun.

Cheers,

Harry

 

[earlthegoat2]

There are lots of different figment issues with various 1100s. There are light and heavy 20 gauges too that barrels and a few other parts are not interchangeable.

 

[1KPerDay]

I wasn’t aware the forends were different. Thanks!

 

[PapaG]

Who has those barrels? Price?

 

[Eddietruett]

Not sure about the newer 1100's but the older 2 3/4" ones could be converted to 3" magnum just by changing the barrel. Then you could have a magnum without having to buy another gun. It just wouldn't have the factory recoil pad.

 

[Flatbush Harry]

https://www.midwestgunworks.com/remington-model-1100/barrels.html

I bought mine from Midwest gun works for $287 and the new forend from Numrich's for $80.

Hope that helps.

Harry

 

[entropy]

Common knowledge for those who know 1100's. I started working on them in 1976.

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Not sure about the newer 1100's but the older 2 3/4" ones could be converted to 3" magnum just by changing the barrel. Then you could have a magnum without having to buy another gun. It just wouldn't have the factory recoil pad.

For a short while; about 500 3" magnums, sometimes less, when the action bars froze up from bending. Another common problem with 1100's you run into after working on them for a few years.

 

[Riomouse911]

Yeah, that’s a ton of stress to heap on a receiver that’s not made for it.

Myself? I’ll stick to the 2.75” shells in my 2.75” receivers. I do have an 1100 that shoots 3” shells... but that’s a .410 bore.

Stay safe.