I wanted to build a waterfowl gun and was cruising Gun Broker when I stumbled across this
tactical Remington 1100.
It could be modded for geese and retain the tactical features.
It was a 3" Mag with a cut barrel to 28", so the choke was gone. It had the Speed Feed stock pieces, magazine tube, Mesa clamp / rail, Choate operating handle, DMW easyloader, along with all the OEM pieces included. All of the metal parts had a flat black Duro Coated paint job that was nicely applied.
I trimmed the rib back and sawed the barrel to 26 1/4" to have the choke even to the magazine tube. I purchased Carlson's extended True Chokes, IC / M / F. A friend had the reamer and tap set for the install, and it went quick and easy in a lathe. It finished at 27" with the choke installed. The tubes were masked, degreased, and painted with flat black paint. A 3mm green easy hit sight was added to the the rib. A long forcing cone was reamed and polished to complete the barrel mods.
The easy loader was installed but not tuned. While the trigger group was out for tuning a Vang safety was installed along with new springs (sear, firing pin, and main) and recoil bushing. The Choate handle also required a proper fitting.
The shell holder pockets in the stock worked well; however, they were to short to accept two 3" shells per pocket. A 1/4" thick plate of black nylon 6/6 was added with the holes and spring follower slots machined on an angle to match the stock. Now it clears two 3" shells with a 1/16th of clearance.
Camoclad Battle-Ready-Green tape was applied. The regular shotgun kit and an extra 2" wide roll were required to finish the mag. tube and pistol grip. Rectangular windows were cut to view the serial number and chambering on the frame and barrel.
I took it to Trap Range for testing. With a Modified tube and 1 1/8 oz of #7 1/2 at 1200 FPS it broke 23 of 25 targets from the 16 yard line. Worked good on the range and the empties stay in the chamber with this single gas holed 3" barrel. Pretty good for the first time with a pistol grip.
First day of early goose season a wildlife officer is awaiting us as we return to the truck. He is shaking his head and asked if it is plugged. Yes. I replied. The longest one piece plug I have ever made! I guess he did not believe me as he checked it anyway.
