Remington 1100 Sporting 28 gauge

[Mildot]

I picked up an 1100 Sporting 28 gauge this week, it is a pre locking safety model with beautiful wood. It is the model with a 25" barrel with 4 Briley extended choke tubes. I picked it up for quail and rabbit hunting.

Has anyone had any experience with this model? Also does anyone know where I can find one of the magazine cap weights that Remington used to make for this gun?

Thanks, Mike

 

[HSMITH]

Pick up a copy of Shotgun Sports magazine, they will have places to buy the weights in the advertisements.

I have shot one a little bit and LOVED it. I like the 1100 in general and the little 28 really grows on you if you shoot it a little. The one I shot belongs to a guy with at least 2 1100's in 12, 20, 28, and 410!!!! He ONLY has 2 28's and 2 410's, but in 12 and 20 I would guess that he has 15 different 1100's. The guy is a nut for the 1100.

I really liked the 28 ga, moved well and shot well for me. I would not hesitate to buy one if I got a good deal on it. I have one in 12 ga that I won't ever sell, it is a darn good gun.

 

[45auto]

Great shooting gun with the 28 gauge. It will be hard to put it down and shoot something else.

What is a "pre locking safety model"?

Thanks

 

[ysr_racer]

Where can you buy 28ga shells at a reasonable price?

 

[HSMITH]

Where can you buy 28ga shells at a reasonable price?

That is kind of like a while elephant, if it does exist it is darn hard to find. Hulls for 28ga are up to 15 cents each around here nowadays, so even reloading the 28 is getting expensive. The cheapest I have seen 28 ga shells in the last 5 or 6 years is $42 a case for STS's. They went in a hurry with no rainchecks.

 

[Mildot]

45auto

All of the Remington guns built in the last couple of years have a new locking safety. There is a plastic key that you insert into the saftey and when engaged it acts like a gun lock. The bolt rifles have this built in the back of the firing pin assembly.

 

[45auto]

Mildot,
Thanks. You can tell I haven't bought a Remington in a while.

 

[Marshall]

They have a 1100 16ga out now too!

I'm presently looking for one with the prettiest wood, then boom, it's mine.

 

[Dave McCracken]

What the 28 gauge will do oft astounds the Magnumistas. Within 30 yards and on stuff smaller than turkeys,those 5/8 and 3/4 oz loads have more moxie than you'd think possible looking at the numbers.

Brister credits the short shot string. Zutz says the lighter weight and good balance of most 28s make it easier to hit well with after carrying some distance.

28 gauge shells are proof that the ammo companies are banditti. With much less powder and shot, they still cost much more.

Since pattern density is crucial,I'd use Modified in a 28 where I'd use an IC choke in a 12. Smaller pattern, but that's the tradeoff.

An 1100 will be a bit heavy for the 28 gauge by the old Rule of 96. It still should handle like Zorro's rapier,tho, and have darn near zero felt recoil.

Enjoy....

 

[Kimber Kid]

Sound like a fun sporting clays gun. Get a MEC Sizemaster or Grabber.