Blue Brick
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Great looking shotgun.
The guy who's 20g I missed out on mentioned to me that if I'm looking for something shorter he's also got a 12g 1100 that's been shortened down to 18" or 20"
That's not even something I'd considered and I don't even know what to think.
1100's cut down past 22" tend to malfunction unless work is done to the ports to compensate for it.
28" IC? Probably 26". Sounds like a great opportunity has just dropped into your lap, I'd be all in. Cut down the IC to 20" for an HD barrel if you decide to cut one of them.
You could be right it may have been a 26" Would I need to be worried about chokes if I had him shorten a barrel? Tap it for choke tubes or something? Or do I just say skip it for a short barrel?
(I think I'm falling into that idea of one shotgun to do every job trap again. I need to remember I would have two barrels for it at least.)
For an HD gun, unless you live out in the country and would be more likely to use it for coyotes, you could just leave it cylinder bore after having it cut. The Modified barrel will work for everything hunting, and Trap or Sporting Clays.
Thanks I guess I'd never really thought about that before
Even if you decide you’ll never use the long barrel I’d keep it.So the 870 Wingmaster from 1973 that I finally ended up deciding on got my to my FFL last week but it took 11 days for my form 4473 to go through. That was the longest he'd ever seen!
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I had thought about trimming down the 28 or 30" barrel it came with but I managed to get the last 18.5" blued one from Remington that Midway USA had and it was actually cheaper than any of the ones on Ebay. Score! Now I need to decide if I'll really be using this for anything besides home defense and if I should keep the long original barrel or put it up on ebay.
Even if you decide you’ll never use the long barrel I’d keep it.
I'd keep the barrel; you might decide to shoot some clays or hunt some birds...........So the 870 Wingmaster from 1973 that I finally ended up deciding on got my to my FFL last week but it took 11 days for my form 4473 to go through. That was the longest he'd ever seen!
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I had thought about trimming down the 28 or 30" barrel it came with but I managed to get the last 18.5" blued one from Remington that Midway USA had and it was actually cheaper than any of the ones on Ebay. Score! Now I need to decide if I'll really be using this for anything besides home defense and if I should keep the long original barrel or put it up on ebay.
It doesn't cost you anything to keep that longer barrel but a little space, and it may come in handy someday.Now I need to decide if I'll really be using this for anything besides home defense and if I should keep the long original barrel or put it up on ebay.
It doesn't cost you anything to keep that longer barrel but a little space, and it may come in handy someday.
Never a hiccup from the 20 gauge 1100 I recently had shortened to 20". From dove loads to heavy field to buckshot.1100's cut down past 22" tend to malfunction unless work is done to the ports to compensate for it.