Do You Remember Rem 1100 LT-20s from the 1960s?

[JNewell]

Local shop has an LT20...thing is, the serial number makes it a late 1960s gun, but nothing else matches, I think...would appreciate any data you all have, since I don't have any catalogs from that period left around here. The stock is a walnut straight grip ("English") stock - I don't think that is correct for that period. Further, the barrel is a 21" RemChoke VR barrel (marked LT20, as the receiver is also). It's almost like someone took a 1960s LT20 and swapped out wood and a tube from much more recent production. Any thoughts? Any likely problems with a gun put together like this? I guess an 1100 barrel on an 1100 receiver ought to shoot just fine...yes?

 

[Virginian]

I don't know the serial number, but what you are describing to a 'T' is a Remington 20 gauge 1100 Special Field. Seems to me they came out in the 1980s. They had the "English" stock, and utilized a shorter forend and magazine tube, and the detent ball to retain the magazine cap was in the barrel gas ring rather than the forend. Thus the forend did not extend forward of the gas ring. Thus the regular Remington 1100 barrels could not swap out, because for one thing the magazine tube would be too short if I remember correctly, or it may just have been there would be no detent to retain the cap without having a 21" Special Field barrel.
So, if you are right about the serial number, I "think" someone would have had to shorten the magazine tube and re-thread it. That's a lot of work to back into a regular production gun configuration. If I made any errors I apologize in advance, as I am going 100% off memory, but that is not always 100% lately.
One more thing, does the receiver have any scrollwork on it? The Special Fields were the first blank sided 1100s as I recall.

 

[JohnBT]

LT-20 Special? 22" bbl. and a straight grip.

www.shotgunworld.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=132226

 

[Virginian]

Bingo
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=95628437

 

[JNewell]

Those are definitely the guns...but this one dates to the 1960s. Remington is telling me that these guns above weren't made in the 60s. My best guess is that someone made one up with an old receiver and a new barrel and stock???

BTW, how to these things shoot? I need another 20 like I need a hole in my head but this one was sweet, at least as far as I could tell in the store. Reliability?

 

[JNewell]

Virginian, Remington says this is an LT-20, just an early one. The receiver was, IIRC, un-scrolled...but did say "LT-20" I think. The rep told me that any LT-20 barrel would fit any LT-20, so it might be possible to just swap in a new 21"? Also, he told me that they'd had a lot of wood left over after the infamous Sam Walton specials, and those had been sold in large numbers as parts and it might have been a retrofit to the originally pistol gripped gun here. ??? Dunno...

 

[Fred Fuller]

All I have to go by is Kuhnhausen.

He says there's an 1100 LT model, serial number suffix K, that uses a barrel with a 1.5" long 870 style barrel extension, small frame, 2 3/4" only.

And the 1100 LT-20 (serial number suffix U) uses a barrel with a 3.5" 1100 style barrel extension, small frame, 3" chamber.

The timetable says the 20 ga. lightweight was introduced in 1966, with mahogany furniture. The LT-20 wasn't introduced until 1977.

FWIW...

What does the serial number end with? That might be your best bet to ID the receiver.

lpl/nc

 

[JohnBT]

What's the barrel code?

www.remingtonsociety.com/questions/BLACKPOWDERX.htm

 

[otcconan]

I have one, inherited from my father. A gorgeous gun. Good for hunting, that's for sure. Have not checked the serial number on it, but it was purchased at $500 used in '81.

 

[JNewell]

Lee, thanks - this has a K suffix. Didn't get the barrel code but it appears to be factory Remchoke so I assume it is recent. Would a recent LT-20 barrel fit on an older lightweight 20 1100 without modification?

FYI, Remington (whose computers have been down every time I call this week) did say that this gun should have been shipped originally with mahogony buttstock and forearm. The buttstock is now definitely walnut. I didn't notice any difference between it and the forearm, so that probably matched (walnut).

 

[Fred Fuller]

As I said, all I know is from what's in Kuhnhausen's book. Pull the barrel and see how long the barrel extension is- if it's short like an 870 barrel, I wouldn't think a newer barrel would interchange.

Sorry I can't be of more help,

lpl/nc