Remy 1100 barrel change advice

[Hubris]

I have a Remington 1100 chambered for 2 3/4".

 

If I wanted to feed it magnum shells can I just get a barrel with the appropriate chamber or will the bolt, body, etc. not be strong enough?

 

Thanks for any advice,

 

Hubris

 

 

[saddler]

Has your 1100 got a Magnum receiver?

 

If YES - then a magnum barrel will allow you to fire magnum shells

 

If NO - then chances are that the magnum barrel will not fit the receiver, and even if it did, you'd be risking serious problems/injury by using such a barrel on an unsuitable action

[Hubris]

Thanks for the quick reply Saddler.

 

I was afraid someone might say there was more than one type of receiver. I'm guessing that the receiver is not a magnum as the barrel isn't but just in case I'll go ask the Google if Remy keep a record of serial numbers.

 

There also seems to be a proof mark on the body......I might as well kill an hour trying to decifer that too!

[saddler]

Post the serial no info, I have a couple of reference books on Remmy shotguns

[welshwarrior]

My 1100 say magnum on the receiver I only have 2 3/4" barrels not found a 3" chambered 28" 1/2 choke that I want

[Hubris]

I've got no writing on the receiver.....hope is diminishing!

 

Serial is P156465V. The proof mark ? looks like a Spread eagle over the letter N followed by a net followed by the number '886'.

 

Sorry for the poor description, can't work out how to upload a photo.

[Hubris]

Sussed it.....photo!

[TDS]

All the 1100 receivers are the same..the difference between a magnum and standard is weight of the action sleeve and ports in the barrel

I.e the 3" mag barrel has only one port , there is not a magnum specific receiver

Please read here http://www.shotgunworld.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?f=55&t=290881 it explains it better

I have owned 1100s and 1187s for years and have done much part swapping... so if you want a 3" mag the best would be

either get a 1187 Premier or put a 1187 barrel and forend on your gun...the 1187 is 3" multichoked as standard

Hope this helps

[coyotemaster]

I could be proven wrong but I believe magnums have an M suffix after the serial #. I have a magnum receiver or perhaps more correctly given the above info, one that was set up for magnum shells from the factory. I did have an additional port drilled into the barrel and have fired both 2 3/4 and 3" shells for years on end with no ill effect. Also had the barrel fitted for screw in tubes before Remington came around.

I wasn't aware that an 1187 barrel would fit into an 1100 action, I thought there was a difference in the tang or the gas tube. I do know the 1187 was designed to shoot both 2 3/4-3" interchangeably due to the collar around the barrel sleeve.

Do not shoot 3" shells without some serious modification including chamber lengthening and the heavier action sleeve.

[BlaserF3]

I could be proven wrong but I believe magnums have an M suffix after the serial #. I have a magnum receiver or perhaps more correctly given the above info, one that was set up for magnum shells from the factory. I did have an additional port drilled into the barrel and have fired both 2 3/4 and 3" shells for years on end with no ill effect. Also had the barrel fitted for screw in tubes before Remington came around.

I wasn't aware that an 1187 barrel would fit into an 1100 action, I thought there was a difference in the tang or the gas tube. I do know the 1187 was designed to shoot both 2 3/4-3" interchangeably due to the collar around the barrel sleeve.

Do not shoot 3" shells without some serious modification including chamber lengthening and the heavier action sleeve.

 

 

I tend to agree with this. Why not give Hull Cartridge Company a ring and ask for their advice...they were the official importers for Remington shotguns.

[TDS]

The action sleeve on an 1187 and the 1100 field are the same ( I have both - identical , even weight)...the "M" on the receiver denotes magnum which again just means a

heavier sleeve and one gas port in the barrel...1187 barrel tangs are the same length as 1100

Remington advises not to swap , obviously so they can sell aftermarket barrels..

Have a look here http://www.shotgunworld.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?f=55&t=279460

You will find the barrels are regularly swapped, i have been shooting a Rem 1100 Skeet B 12G with a 1187 barrel for the last 14 - 15 years

Seems common practice to swap in USA

[BlaserF3]

From the same source as you http://www.shotgunworld.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=170864 But an official quote from Remington.

 

Just Google it http://remington.custhelp.com/#s=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..

Edited May 17, 2013 by BlaserF3

[coyotemaster]

The action sleeve on an 1187 and the 1100 field are the same ( I have both - identical , even weight)...the "M" on the receiver denotes magnum which again just means a

heavier sleeve and one gas port in the barrel...1187 barrel tangs are the same length as 1100

Remington advises not to swap , obviously so they can sell aftermarket barrels..

Have a look here http://www.shotgunworld.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?f=55&t=279460

You will find the barrels are regularly swapped, i have been shooting a Rem 1100 Skeet B 12G with a 1187 barrel for the last 14 - 15 years

Seems common practice to swap in USA

Thanks for the info!! I had an 1187 for quite a few years along with my 1100s but never attempted to change barrels on receivers. I eventually sold the 1187 and bought a Remington G3-----big mistake it wasn't the gun the 1187 was and I sold it as soon as I found a wiling buyer.

There were a few advantages( I thought) with the advent of the 1187, one being the stainless gas tube rather than the blued on the 1100. I am getting far afield here, 1100s are great guns and looks like very adaptable with different gas sleeves. You could buy an aftermarket 1187 barrel with tubes and have a 3" gun provided the gas tube exchange is done.

[Hubris]

Thank you all for some good advice and some great links......I've lost a good few hours of my life now reading through the various avenues of some of those links!

 

TDS and Blaser those links had all the info I needed in the end. You were right that the last digit of the serial number is the clincher. My 'V' means that it is the receiver for 2 3/4" barrels. Somewhere in the specs they effectively go on to say that it has a couple of ever so slightly less manly bits so they don't recommend stressing it with magnums just in case even though the barrels will happily fit.

 

There also seems to be a lot of non magnum receivers being used across the pond with changed barrels and being fed a diet of magnums. I could find no reports of anyone having had a problem, especially not a catastrophic one.

 

Looks like I'll have to recommend to people that they don't do it on safety grounds.....but it will probably be a case of do as I say and not as I do!