[Guest]

Where do you buy a new 1100 Sporting Barrel for my 25 year old Rem 1100?
I was told by the factory that the unreliable shell ejection of my 1100 was because it was not designed for light target loads. My gun only wants to eject 3 1/4 Dram, 1 1/8 oz shells. It doesn't work with anything else. So the factory said I needed a target barrel for Sporting Clays. Where do you get one and will it fit my 25 year old Rem 1100?

 

[Claydust]

Deleted: link I posted logs the user in in the wrong name.

 

[low_eight]

Well, I would say either Remington or Cabelas. But, I don't think there is any difference in the gas system on any 1100 barrels. First make sure the magazine tube is clean, and also the inside of the gas cylinder, including the two gas ports that go into the barrel. The ports can be cleaned with a pipe cleamer or small drill bit that *just* fits. Make sure the piston and seal (the two rings that slide along the mag tube)are clean and the neoprene O ring seal is in good shape. Wouldn't hurt to put on a new one.

Don't lube amything in the gas system, it'll only collect powder residue. Don't gunk up the bolt and receiver with a lot of grease either--same problem.

I have four 1100s I bought in the '72-'74 time frame and have never had your problem, despite shooting many, many rounds of skeet with them.
Good luck. RW

 

[Guest]

More than likely your problem is the action spring, which needs to be replaced. Order the spring from Remington. If you are the least bit handy you can replace it yourself. You can also have a gunsmith do the job. That will cure the problem.
It's unlikely that a new barrel will do anything except cost you about $ 225. Plus the sporting clay barrel is a different model and will require a new fore end.

 

[RemingtonII]

All you have to do is to have your gas ports opened. Remington is correct in that the gun you have was designed to eject field loads; not target loads.

Jay just interveiwed Pat Sweeney, on this website. He wrote the book, Gunsmithing: Shotguns. You don't want to own a Rem 1100 or 1187 without owning this book.

So from Sweeney's book, you can find that the drill size for your barrel is a drill #47.

However, the drill size for a skeet barrel is 44. Just have a gunsmith open the ports to a 44 drill size.

I know a very good customerizer to do this and if you send me an email, [email protected] I will refer you to him. This procedure will probably cost about $20. However, you should be able to have this done locally. Check around and see what kind of equipment they use to do it.

Sweeney also says this: " For reassembly, some old traditions must go by the wayside. I don't know about your area, but in Michigan many hunters and shooters feel compelled to hold to the tradition of leaving the 1100 gas system dry. I have heard a number of reasons ("the dry resideu breaks up each time you shoot," "oil will gum it up and form an abrasive," or "in cold weather the oil solidifies and the gun won't work,") but the end result is the same: rust. Rust stops shotguns from working. Use a synthetic oil like Break Free, Rem Oil or FP 10. Give the magazine tube, the inside of the action weight, gs rings and the inside of the hanger a light coating and then reassemble."

 

[sgtdw]

I hate to dash your hope but this happened to me very recently. I had a standard weight 20 gauge Remington 1100 which came with a 28 inch full choke barrel. I contacted Remington to see if a replacement barrel could be purchased with the rem-choke installed. I supplied them with the serial number to assist them in determining the year of manuifacture. After four or five days I recieved a e-mail where they advised that the gun was made in 1977 and that none of their replacement barrels would work due to the slight changes made in the gas operated systems. I was lucky and located a used barrel in improved cylinder through a gunsmith it was not exactly what I wanted but it will do for now.

 

[pigeonhunter]

I think cabelas sells them.

 

[Guest]

This is pretty simple. There are basically 2 different 1100 20ga guns (same goes for the 870 20ga). The Standard Weight and the Light Weight (LT for the 1100, LW for the 870). The Standard Weight was built on the 12ga frame and the Light Weight is built on a true 20ga frame. The barrels are not interchangable. If the serial number of your gun ends in a "N" or "X" then it's a Standard Weight gun. The new Remchoke barrels will fit only on the Light Weight Frames. There are a few places online to get barrels for the Standard Weight guns but they can be a bit pricey. If you go to the Remington website there is info about all of this of you do a bit of searching in their info section.

 

[Guest]

addition. I forgot to mention that there was also a LW 1100 20ga for a short period of time. It's a true 20ga frame. The LT has a longer barrel extionsion then the LW though so their barrels are not interchangable.

 

[Guest]

HEY - I JUST READ YOUR POST ABOUT YOUR 1100 EJECTION PROBLEM.....I HAD THE SAME WITH MINE WHICH IS OF THE SAME AGE AS YOURS. ON THE 1100 THERE ARE 2 GAS RELEASE PORTS (LOOK ON THE FOREARM AND YOU WILL SEE TWO SLOTS IN THE WOOD). TAKE YOUR GUN TO A GUNSMITH AND HAVE HIM TAP OUT ONE PORT AND INSERT A ALLEN TYPE PLUG. WITH THE PLUG IN YOUR GUN WITH EJECT LOW BRASS TARGET LOADS....IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE SHOOTING HIGH BRASS HUNTING LOADS, SIMPLY TAKE OUT THE ALLEN PLUG. THE REASON FOR THIS IS WITH BOTH PORTS OPEN, TO MUCH GAS ESCAPES TO CYCLE THE LIGHTER LOADS....WITH THE PLUG IN....IT WILL CAUSE MORE GAS RESTRICTION, WHICH WILL BE APPLIED TO EJECTING THE SHELLS. THIS WILL PROBABLY COST ABOUT $75.00 TO HAVE DONE.....A LOT CHEAPER THAN A NEW BARREL!!!! ALSO CHECK THAT THE 2 RINGS THAT RIDE ON THE MAGAZINE TUBE HAVE THE SPLITS IN THE RINGS 180 DEGREES OFF. THIS WILL ENSURE A GOOD SEAL. GOOD LUCK.......CURT

 

[GTM1]

What "Claydust" posted.Reminton.com and go to the "tech" center and do a search.Thats where I got this info.

1100s are designed for 3 1/4dram,1 1/8oz shot and over.
The "Sporting" mdl is for 3 1/4-1 1/8 or less.
Do not use field loads in "TARGET" bbls.The gas ports are larger in the target bbls. to allow the gun to cycle light loads.
GTM1