Help w/ 1100 ID?

[JNewell]

I mentioned this in another thread and got curious and have tried to research what it was I saw and am coming up blank. I wonder if any of you can help?

I saw an 1100 yesterday that I think was kind of unusual - the barrel, at least. It was a 20 gauge with an 18" factory barrel with a vent rib. The stock was synthetic, and the finish on the barrel and receiver looked like the "Express" finish. I think that was typical for the now-discontinued 1100 Synthetic model?

The barrel is the real puzzle. It matches the finish of the receiver. It is 18", is smooth not rifled, and has a VR and a bead at the proper location near the muzzle; no mid-bead, but that gun wouldn't have, even with a 26 or 28 inch barrel, I think. It had a RemChoke tube in it, though I guess the barrel could have been a gunsmith cut-off job and bored out afterwards for the choke tubes. Eighteen inches and a VR just doesn't add up. Does anyone have an earlier catalog that shows this thing?

 

[CCW1911]

If it's been cut off you should be able to tell by comparing the rib to a long barrel rib. At the muzzle the rib tapers down to contact the barrel. If you cut off the barrel very far back the rib is going to be standing off the barrel some. Usually you cut it off at one of the rib stands so there is no gap at the muzzle. Ross

 

[JohnBT]

The references I have show only a LT-20 Youth model. Black plastic, matte metal and a VR 21" bbl. Made '99-'04.

John

 

[JNewell]

Ross, I think you put your finger on it. It must be a 26 or 28" that's been chopped. Nicely done job, but I read the 1100 gas system doesn't like that short a barrel unless a lot of other tweaks are done.

 

[CCW1911]

That is correct, most of the time you will need to enlarge the gas port in the barrel to get good function after shortening a 1100 barrel that much. It's possible that whoever shortened it also did the gas ports, if not it's just a matter of going up one number drill size at a time until you get it working. Ross

 

[JNewell]

It is possible. The trim job on the barrel and the choke tube installation were very, very nice work. I may pursue it...it looked pretty useful. Of course, I guess you're "stuck" with 2 3/4 non-mag loads? Not that that's a huge handicap for anything short of ducks and turkeys?

Here's another question. The barrel in question was one of the LT barrels. Any chance that they're too thin to shorten there? How much metal is where on those barrels?

 

[JNewell]

I'm still looking at that 1100...question:

If the gas port has been tweaked to open it up so it works reliably with this short barrel, what happens when/if I put a 26" or 28" barrel on it? Higher than spec gas pressure? What results, in terms of operation, reliability, etc.?

 

[Milkmaster]

If I am reading your question correctly...It doesn't matter because the gas ports are located on the barrel! You change the barrel and you change the gas ports!

 

[JNewell]

Omigosh, duh.

Question withdrawn!:banghead: