Whoever told you that is wrong.

I doubt you will find a 26" barrel with a fixed Mod choke. 26" barrel were usually IC and Mod were 28".

 

That's kind of what I figured. I pressed the issue a little further and whoever was answering my questions didn't seem to be interested in following me into the research pit. Thank you for the response, I appreciate it!

 

I'm more intrigued that you were told an 870 barrel would work on an 1100. Unless things have REALLY changed I don't see how that's possible. Different extensions, different magazine rings, gas ports in 1109 ring, etc.

 

I questioned it 3 times myself before the responses got a little more abrupt haha. Then I thought, hey it's been a couple decades since I looked at 870 barrels, maybe they make them the same now? But I didn't see anything that would inspire confidence in that.

 

Wasn’t it a model 58 Remington barrel that would work on an 870? And an 870 barrel would work on a 58 if gas ports drilled?

 

I don't think I would buy a new Remarms gun anyway. They hardly make anything & will not sell parts. Tristar treats their customers better than that! No, I don't own any Tristars but have friends that do.

 

The new Remington is just like every other corporation in America

Possessing product knowledge isn’t an asset

 

It is if they want sales

 

Remington says or a store clerk said??

 

I don’t think you can buy a (new) Rem-Arms barrel as they aren’t selling parts

 

I just bought a new REM-Arms 870 28” barrel from Midwest Gun Works for $262. They sold out very quickly.

 

Great, hope they get more in, I need one with changeable chokes for my Wingmaster

 

Go to Midwest Gun Works, navigate to the Remington 870 Barrel, and get on the notification list. They will notify when available. They notified me recently, and within a minute after receiving their email, I made the order. They, MGW, said that they had not seen these Remington barrels in years. The barrel quality is excellent, comes with one choke tube and a wrench.

 

Thx

 

"I just bought a new REM-Arms 870 28” barrel from Midwest Gun Works for $262."

Glad you go it. For the purposes of this thread could you tell us if the 870 barrel has a gas port? I am strongly guessing no because I do not see where the gasses would go in a pump.

Maybe someone at Remington said that a 870 barrel could be modified to work on a 1100?

 

Without even seeing it, I can say it doesn't. Apart from the single shot 870 Competition (an even more esoteric application), the only reason you'd want a gas port in an 870 barrel would be to use it in an 878 or 58, both of which shared barrel extension and ejector designs with the 870.

The 1100 family has an entirely different barrel extension and ejector design. Whoever answered the phone and said 870 and 1100 barrels interchange was simply speaking outside the area of their expertise.

 

I would not trust that information that a new 870 barrel with fit, as the semi-auto 1100 and 1187 barrels are totally different. The barrel lug on the 870 is narrower, where the semi-auto barrels are wider and have 2 gas ports on the underside of the barrel lug to allow gas to get into the gas seal system and cycle the action. The 870 barrel has no gas ports. The barrels fit into the receiver differently as well, as the 870 has an ejector that is attached/fastened to the receiver that not only ejectors the shells, but supports the barrel so it doesn't rotate inside the receiver. The semi-auto 1100 and 1187 have a built in ejector bump on the left side of the barrel that pushes the shells out as the action cycles rearward.

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Perhaps they simply meant to say a new/late model barrel would work and just slipped and said "870"

 

If I put a Model 58 barrel on an 870, wouldn't I have to block the ports to avoid having gasses routed into the magazine? I do have a 58 skeet barrel that I would like to put on a standard weight 870.

 

Seems like modifying the existing barrel to take choke tubes would be the simple option.