Remington 1100 Factory nickel

[chromerunner]

Did remington ever do a factory finish nickel reciver?
I picked up one that dates 1977 that has a nickel reciver and im wondering if someone did this or was it a factory job. I cant find any info on them if so...I see where some of the newer ones are offered in this...

 

[JohnBT]

I won't say never, but I don't see any nickel or chrome receivers in the Blue Book, the 1990 Gun Trader's Guide or the 1999 Standard Catalog of Firearms.

It's a nice looking gun. The wood appears to be a step or two up from what they put on field models.

I checked this page too - www.remingtonsociety.com/rsa/journals/1100

 

[Arkansas Paul]

I'm not really a shotgun guy, but that is one fine lookin shootin iron.

 

[Virginian]

Are you sure it's plated and not just polished? That dark rollmarking was accomplished how? There was a "stainless" barrel on GunBroker a while back that was a blued barrel with the bluing polished off. I have never seen or heard of a nickel plated or stainless 1100. If it is nickel I would bet it was done by an owner. It does look to be in pretty good shape.

 

[chromerunner]

I was told it was nickel by the po...I'm not sure though. How would I tell polished vs nickel?

 

[jogar80]

I know there was an 1100 with a nickel receiver being offered by Remington as a trap shotgun a few years ago for a while. It was a really nice shotgun, and I love the 1100. Like I said though, this was only a few years ago and for a short time only. Haven't seen it again since. You say yours is a '77 model. Maybe they offer them periodically, but I couldn't tell you with any certainty if it's a factory job.

 

[Virginian]

The 1100s with the nickeled receivers were the Sporting Premiers with a totally different rollmarking pattern than the one pictured. They were recently discontinued. The one pictured is a 1963-1978 version of the rollmarking as best I can tell in that little picture, and that is also the same vintage stock style.

 

[jmr40]

It could have been nickle plated afterward and the roll marking filled in. That would be my guess. I see blue guns with white or gold filling in the roll marks all the time. No reason you couldn't do it in black on a nickle finish.

 

[chromerunner]

I will get some better pics up soon.

 

[Old Unc']

That was done by the owner. But, it looks great!

 

[Virginian]

It doesn't look all that much like nickel to me. BUT, a computer picture can fool you pretty easily. I have had a slew of nickel plated Colt SAAs and clones, and bought some nickel plated and had some done. Now this is just my interpretation, but with polished platings/finishes; Nickel plating tends to have a yellow tint, whereas polished stainless will have a bluish tint, and chrome is just white in tone. With satin nickel, chrome, or stainless all bets are off because the satin reflects light differently. I would look carefully at the bottom of the receiver where the plating or polishing stops and see what that looks like.