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Model 1100 Magnum 3" Barrels

Chad1Chad1 Member Posts: 27 ✭✭
edited January 2002 in Ask the Experts
What lengths and chokes were these guns offered with? Is it possible to put a 2 3/4" barrel on the gun and use it without problems? Did they ever make a 3" slug barrel for this gun?Thanks, Chad
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  • Chad1Chad1 Member Posts: 27 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    ???
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  • JIM STARKJIM STARK Member Posts: 1,150 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yes you can SAFELY use a 2-3/4" barrel on a magnum receiver.... Remington will tell you you can't use a 3" barrel on a "non-magnum" receiver... I've never been able to see or measure any differenc between the two receivers, but even tho I might try a 3" bbl. on a 2-3/4" receiver...I'm not going to advise it to anyone...I'm not an expert, maybe one is lurking out there and can add something to our knowledge..[This message has been edited by JIM STARK (edited 01-16-2002).]
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  • 25-0625-06 Member Posts: 382 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Sir, I am not sure of the barrel lengths and chokes, but Kuhnhausen's book shows a 30" and a 34" barrel length. Perhaps a review of some old catalogs would shed some info, the earliest I had was '87 and they were using Rem-chokes by then. You can use a 2 and 3/4" barrel on a 3" reciever, made after 1979, according to Kunhausen. You could probably use a 3" barrel on a 2 and 3/4" reciever, only you would be limited by the ejection port length to using the short shells. The problem is that the 3" barrel only has one gas bled hole, not two like the 2 and 3/4" barrel, so it would not reliably eject light loads. Maybe 1 and 1/4 oz. loads or 1 and 1/2 oz. Some barrels will and some will not. Depends on the orfice size, which according to Kunhaushen, was changed several times. From .079" to .064 in '74, then to .067" in '76 and then to .073" in 78. Kunhausen's book is the best I have found on Remington shotguns. Also, found this in his book. In 1981, they made a limited run of 1100's with 26" barrels in 3" magnum. Hope this helps.
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  • 25-0625-06 Member Posts: 382 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Sir, I am not sure of the barrel lengths and chokes, but Kuhnhausen's book shows a 30" and a 34" barrel length. Perhaps a review of some old catalogs would shed some info, the earliest I had was '87 and they were using Rem-chokes by then. You can use a 2 and 3/4" barrel on a 3" reciever, made after 1979, according to Kunhausen. You could probably use a 3" barrel on a 2 and 3/4" reciever, only you would be limited by the ejection port length to using the short shells. The problem is that the 3" barrel only has one gas bled hole, not two like the 2 and 3/4" barrel, so it would not reliably eject light loads. Maybe 1 and 1/4 oz. loads or 1 and 1/2 oz. Some barrels will and some will not. Depends on the orfice size, which according to Kunhaushen, was changed several times. From .079" to .064 in '74, then to .067" in '76 and then to .073" in 78. Kunhausen's book is the best I have found on Remington shotguns. Also, found this in his book. In 1981, they made a limited run of 1100's with 26" barrels in 3" magnum. Hope this helps.
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  • 25-0625-06 Member Posts: 382 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Sir, I am not sure of the barrel lengths and chokes, but Kuhnhausen's book shows a 30" and a 34" barrel length. Perhaps a review of some old catalogs would shed some info, the earliest I had was '87 and they were using Rem-chokes by then. You can use a 2 and 3/4" barrel on a 3" reciever, made after 1979, according to Kunhausen. You could probably use a 3" barrel on a 2 and 3/4" reciever, only you would be limited by the ejection port length to using the short shells. The problem is that the 3" barrel only has one gas bled hole, not two like the 2 and 3/4" barrel, so it would not reliably eject light loads. Maybe 1 and 1/4 oz. loads or 1 and 1/2 oz. Some barrels will and some will not. Depends on the orfice size, which according to Kunhaushen, was changed several times. From .079" to .064 in '74, then to .067" in '76 and then to .073" in 78. Kunhausen's book is the best I have found on Remington shotguns. Also, found this in his book. In 1981, they made a limited run of 1100's with 26" barrels in 3" magnum. Hope this helps.
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