I rescued her...

[Chris17404]

Hi all,

You may have seen my previous thread where I was thinking about rescuing an old Remington 1100:

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=273113

You may also have seen my numerous other posts asking questions about 1100's. Well, the reason is...

I, in fact, rescued her!

I just thought I'd show you all a few pictures of her. She's my first 1100 (and first semi-auto). It was manufactured in 1968, comes with a 28" fixed modified, non-rib barrel, and it is an excellent condition! All this for only $258.

I've replaced the mag spring, action spring, mag tube follower, and o-ring, and now (as you can see from the pics) I'm about to increase the LOP to about 15.75" using a Kick-Eez Magnum pad and spacers. Don't worry, I'm keeping the original butt plate!

I also just purchased a new 26" barrel with fixed IC choke for skeet shooting off eBay. I can't wait to take her to the range this weekend! This has been a FUN project cleaning her up, installing the new parts, and reading the 1100 Shop Manual learning how it all works.

Anyway, here are the pics. Enjoy.

Chris

 

[BBsteel]

Dang fine gun there. Nice work!! The pics turned out great. How many pounds is that gun?? I have 5 12 gauges in my collection and need to add a few 20's. This is a good price range to ask of my wife for a b-day gift!

I'm going to start my searching now. Also, I commend you on your work in lengthening your LOP and keeping the old pad!! That's a great gun to have for years to come. They just don't put good wood on guns these days like they did back then!


1968!!!!!!!

 

[TrapperReady]

Very nice gun. Now get out and shoot it a bunch.

 

[Chris17404]

Thanks, guys. Not only do I need to increase the LOP, but since the end of the stock is curved, I need to sand down one side of the spacer to match the curvature of the stock. It shouldn't be too bad.

Chris

 

[Dave McCracken]

Nice. Go wear it out....

 

[sm]

Congrats!

That plain fixed 28" barrel is really going to surprise you as to how well it patterns!!

Great Gun!

 

[Fred Fuller]

Good to see an "oldie but goodie" looking that nice. Hope it performs well for you after all your work- sounds from your description like you covered the basics well.

lpl/nc

 

[Brian Williams]

That is a nice salvage job.

 

[skeeter1]

Nice job and a great find. I, too, needed to increase the LOP on one of my SKB doubles by 1/2", and recoil pads are great for that. Made a world of difference at the trap range. Since it was a new (and fairly expensive) gun, I chickened out on trying to do it myself and paid a few bucks to a smithy to do it for me. No regrets.