Remington 1100 20 Ga: LT, LW, Std, Etc

[roo_ster]

Howdy:

My wife is interested in learining to shoot a shotgun for sport/hunting and HD. She is 5' nuthin & weighs over 100 lbs only with rocks in her pockets or a baby in her arms. She also has serious left eye dominance & can not close the left eye independantly of the right.

She's a a natural right-hander, a lefty for .22 rifles, a righty for pistols & I assume will be a lefty for shotguns.

I think a used Rem 1100 20ga might do the trick, but I am at a loss as to the designations (Youth, LT, LW?, Std, etc). What do the model designations, uh, designate? Which particular model would be best for a small, new shooter?

Overall Mods:
Replace all O-rings, springs, etc to maximize reliability
Cut stock to fit her LOP
Maybe install mercury recoil reducer? Anybody have an opinion on these?

Mods for Sport/Hunting Use:
Lightweight, plain 26" bbl with removable chokes. (If it doesn't exist a a factory part, I bet some 'smith can install removable chokes in a lightweight, non-vented-rib bbl.)

Mods for HD:
Cut the original BBL to 18" & install fiber optic "bead"
Two-shot mag extender, follower, spring, & side sling mount

Also, I have yet to come up with a method to secure the shotgun in a ready-to-go state while keeping my kids from finding/acessing it. Something as quick & effective as my electronic quick access safe for my 1911.

FWIW, I already own:
Rem 1100 12 ga
JC Higgins 12ga bolt gun
Savage Stevens .410 single
Brazilian .410 SxS

 

[rednex]

I have a Remington 1100 LT-20.
It is a great size and weight for women,kids or beginners. It is also a pleasure to carry in the field.

The one I have is blued w/wood furniture. 23 inch vent rib, non-removable mod cylinder barrel. My dad gave it to me, I hope to give it to my son in a few years.

 

[ArmedBear]

Why does she shoot right/left like that?

What's her eye dominance? With shotguns, that matters a lot, since they're pointed instead of aimed (eyes focus on target while body points gun at target, rather than eyes focus on sights and line up with the target). If she's got no old habits and could go either way, have her learn to shoot on the side of her dominant eye. It SOUNDS like it's her left eye, but check first.

Youth has a shorter LOP and barrel. Other designations are about weight, barrel contour (also weight), trap stock, etc.

She might like the Youth gun. It would be best to try one if you can find it.

Mercury reducers add a good amount of weight. You decide what you think of that. Good recoil pads and reasonable loads don't add weight.

 

[Starter52]

Five foot nothing and 100 lbs is just about the size of my 13-yr-old when he began shooting my LT-20 youth. It's a perfect gun for someone that size.
The recoil is so light with target loads that I don't think a mercury recoil reducer is needed.

ArmedBear is right. I would have your wife try one out if possible. It really is a light-kicking gun.

 

[ArmedBear]

My club has a youth model or two for teaching young shooters. They also rent them out as teaching guns to small adults, especially women, with good results.

If a trap range has a scholastic trap program, chances are they'll have one you can try.

 

[jhog1]

The one I have is blued w/wood furniture.

The term furniture when talking shotguns doesn't refer to the stock. The furniture of a shotgun is refering to the small metal parts like the saftey slide button, lever, trigger gaurd etc.

 

[Fred Fuller]

Most folks here refer to stocks and forearms as furniture.

jfruser,

Best bet for a short barrel is to buy a factory smoothbore slug barrel. I think they come in at 21". Shortening standard 1100 barrels to 18" can be a real bugbear- you run into problems with the gas pressure curve in that short a barrel and have to start doing things to gas ports, that start making the gun finicky about what ammo it will run. I watched lotso 3-gun shooters with 1100s learn that the hard way a few years ago.

The youth version might be better as a box-stock gun for her, given it has a shorter stock. But you need to know roughly what length of pull (LOP) works for her, if you have to have the gun fitted anyway it won't matter as much what version you start with.

Sounds like you have some good ideas working...

lpl/nc

 

[zinj]

The term furniture when talking shotguns doesn't refer to the stock. The furniture of a shotgun is refering to the small metal parts like the saftey slide button, lever, trigger gaurd etc.

Actually, furniture does refer to the stock. The small metal parts are refered to as... well, parts. Or components if you are feeling fancy.

 

[toivo]

The 1100 LT-20 isn't in current production, but you can definitely find one if you look around. You might also give some thought to an 11-87 Youth model. You can get them for under $600 if you shop around. There aren't any replacement barrels currently being made for it, but the one it comes with should cover all the bases with a variety of choke tubes.

 

[jhog1]

Most folks here refer to stocks and forearms as furniture.

That just means most folks here are wrong in there reference

Actually, furniture does refer to the stock. The small metal parts are refered to as... well, parts. Or components if you are feeling fancy.

Actually that is a very common belief but it is Wrong

" Furniture - in British-speak, the visible small parts of a double gun: toplever, triggerguard, safety tab, forend release latch, etc. "

http://www.hallowellco.com/abbrevia.htm

 

[starsandstriper]

furniture=wood

Holy crap, we are all wrong. just because furniture means metal parts in british doesnt make it right. Well, to me, furniture means wood, and besides this is completely irrelevant to the question asked.

Back to the question.
I have an 1100 lt-20 with wood furnitture , and it has pretty much no kick at all. please dont chop one of these though. they to rare to cut.

 

[zinj]

Actually that is a very common belief but it is Wrong

" Furniture - in British-speak, the visible small parts of a double gun: toplever, triggerguard, safety tab, forend release latch, etc. "

http://www.hallowellco.com/abbrevia.htm

And the British call the hood of a car a "bonnet." Furniture means the stock and fore-end in American vernacular.

 

[gezzer]

28 gauge and have it fitted to her.

 

[toivo]

28 gauge and have it fitted to her.

Check this one out. "Buy It Now" price seems a bit high, but the reserve price may be quite a bit less.