3" remington 1100
Question:
>I have an 1100 Special Purpose which is a 3" Magnum. I can shoot 2-3/4" >shells, they just have to be heavy game or high power loads. Low brass >shells don’t have enough power to activate the action. As long as I >keep it fairly clean and shoot the high brass, I don’t have problems. >Scott
I couldn’t trace this thread back to the original post but it appears to have been regarding a Remington 1100 Magnum’s ability to shoot 2-3/4" shells. I have one too and, as Scott said, mine will cycle with 2-3/4" magnums and some 2-3/4" high velocity shells. It will not, however, cycle with low velocity or skeet loads out of the 3" barrel. Apparently, a little known fact about these guns is that you can install a conventional 2-3/4" barrel on the magnum receiver and they will cycle perfectly with the lightest field loads and mine does. This fact is not advertised in any Remington catalog nor have I seen it mentioned in any gun magazine. I therefore didn’t believe it the first time I heard it. I asked several gunsmiths who confirmed that it would work. Still not convinced, I wrote the Remington factory and they said yes it worked fine and was perfectly safe. I immediately went out and bought a 26" IC barrel for mine and have shot probably a 1000 2-3/4" light field loads through it at doves and don’t recall over one or two failures to feed. I think this makes the 1100 magnum a pretty versatile gun. I also bought a 2-3/4" slug barrel with rifle sights for it and it also works great.
Response:
I have a Rem 1100 20 ga. LT Magnum and have used a 2-3/4" barrel on it for skeet and hunting for years. The only difference between it and the 3" barrel is the chamber (naturally) and the gas ports. Two in the short-chambered and one in the 3" barrel. The barrels are perfectly interchangeable, just buy one and put it on. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I couldn’t trace this thread back to the original post but it > appears to have been regarding a Remington 1100 Magnum’s > ability to shoot 2-3/4" shells. I have one too and, as Scott > said, mine will cycle with 2-3/4" magnums and some 2-3/4" high > velocity shells. It will not, however, cycle with low velocity > or skeet loads out of the 3" barrel. Apparently, a little > known fact about these guns is that you can install a > conventional 2-3/4" barrel on the magnum receiver and they will > cycle perfectly with the lightest field loads and mine does. > This fact is not advertised in any Remington catalog nor have I > seen it mentioned in any gun magazine. I therefore didn’t > believe it the first time I heard it. I asked several > gunsmiths who confirmed that it would work. Still not > convinced, I wrote the Remington factory and they said yes it > worked fine and was perfectly safe. I immediately went out and > bought a 26" IC barrel for mine and have shot probably a 1000 > 2-3/4" light field loads through it at doves and don’t recall > over one or two failures to feed. I think this makes the 1100 > magnum a pretty versatile gun. I also bought a 2-3/4" slug > barrel with rifle sights for it and it also works great.
