Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
Articles
Latest reviews
Author list
Classifieds
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Shotguns
Looking for my first semi-auto shotgun
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="johngibbs222" data-source="post: 1619128" data-attributes="member: 49619"><p>I bought my rem 1100 3" in 1964 or 65, together with a skeet barrel with cutts comp on, found a lyman adjustable choke that fits the comp and for many years that was my go to for wild fowl and pigeons.</p><p>I changed over to sxs with a win mod 23 12g, a darne v19 12g and a w&c scott 10 gauge mag. For 5 years I also had a tolley 8 gauge double but someone made me an offer I couldn't refuse for it.</p><p>My 1100 still shoots clays, pigeons and ducks on my lease and I wouldn't change it. It's still on it's original piston, ring and o ring and I've stripped off the shiny varnish and oil finished the stock after sanding off the crap impressed checkering.</p><p>My youngest son still uses the 1100 for skeet and sporting clays and the gun club I belong to borrows it when they have open days. I use it in Scotland for decoyed geese.</p><p>I've no idea how many shells it has fired but it's never jammed and cycles every shell I put through it, steel, lead and bismuth. Lightest loads are 28gm (1 ounce?) and heaviest WW XX 17/8 ounce in the 3" barrel (that barrel doesn't like light loads though).</p><p>I'd say get a used 1100 and any amount of barrels in your budget, my 3" barrel is 1/4 choke and with WW short magnums in 6 shot lead or 3" eley lightnings with "our" size no 3 shot steel it is a 50 yard duck gun, if I go decoying I use the skeet barrel with the adjustable turned to 1/4 and WW short mags with lead 4 shot for geese or eley short magnums with our no3 lead shot. Recoil is negligible compared to my win mod 23</p><p>(BTW lead is still legal in scotland away from watercourses)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="johngibbs222, post: 1619128, member: 49619"] I bought my rem 1100 3" in 1964 or 65, together with a skeet barrel with cutts comp on, found a lyman adjustable choke that fits the comp and for many years that was my go to for wild fowl and pigeons. I changed over to sxs with a win mod 23 12g, a darne v19 12g and a w&c scott 10 gauge mag. For 5 years I also had a tolley 8 gauge double but someone made me an offer I couldn't refuse for it. My 1100 still shoots clays, pigeons and ducks on my lease and I wouldn't change it. It's still on it's original piston, ring and o ring and I've stripped off the shiny varnish and oil finished the stock after sanding off the crap impressed checkering. My youngest son still uses the 1100 for skeet and sporting clays and the gun club I belong to borrows it when they have open days. I use it in Scotland for decoyed geese. I've no idea how many shells it has fired but it's never jammed and cycles every shell I put through it, steel, lead and bismuth. Lightest loads are 28gm (1 ounce?) and heaviest WW XX 17/8 ounce in the 3" barrel (that barrel doesn't like light loads though). I'd say get a used 1100 and any amount of barrels in your budget, my 3" barrel is 1/4 choke and with WW short magnums in 6 shot lead or 3" eley lightnings with "our" size no 3 shot steel it is a 50 yard duck gun, if I go decoying I use the skeet barrel with the adjustable turned to 1/4 and WW short mags with lead 4 shot for geese or eley short magnums with our no3 lead shot. Recoil is negligible compared to my win mod 23 (BTW lead is still legal in scotland away from watercourses) [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Shotguns
Looking for my first semi-auto shotgun
Top