PredatorHunter89
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I recently acquired a Rem 1100 Magnum with a 30" fixed full choke. It will not eject 2 3/4 light dove loads. So I was wanting to get a new barrel for dove and duck hunting. Which barrel would you get.
Rem 1100 magnum
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NcWhitetail
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I'm not sure a new barrel will fix your problem. You should do some checking before you buy.
Maybe check Remington's web site for an owner's manual and see what it says about using light 2.75 loads.
IRRC they are not designed to cycle with light 2.75 loads.
Maybe check Remington's web site for an owner's manual and see what it says about using light 2.75 loads.
IRRC they are not designed to cycle with light 2.75 loads.
derbyacresbob
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I had a Remington 1100 3" magnum 12 ga and I bought a 1100 2-3/4" Skeet 26" Barrel for it. That was back when there were no srew in choke barrels.
Ducks over decoys didn't have much of a chance with that Skeet barrel with 1-1/2 oz of lead #5 shot.
The 3" barrel I had, had one gas port hole in the barrel, the 2-3/4" barrel had two gas port holes.
Ducks over decoys didn't have much of a chance with that Skeet barrel with 1-1/2 oz of lead #5 shot.
The 3" barrel I had, had one gas port hole in the barrel, the 2-3/4" barrel had two gas port holes.
EJ Reichenbach
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Originally Posted By: PredatorHunter89I recently acquired a Rem 1100 Magnum with a 30" fixed full choke. It will not eject 2 3/4 light dove loads. So I was wanting to get a new barrel for dove and duck hunting. Which barrel would you get.
Mine was doing the same thing, I replaced the o ring under the forarm and I drilled out the gas port in the barrel just a touch bigger than factory, now it cycles everything. I would bet money your gas port is plugged.
Mine was doing the same thing, I replaced the o ring under the forarm and I drilled out the gas port in the barrel just a touch bigger than factory, now it cycles everything. I would bet money your gas port is plugged.
trimble s6
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Originally Posted By: EJ ReichenbachOriginally Posted By: PredatorHunter89I recently acquired a Rem 1100 Magnum with a 30" fixed full choke. It will not eject 2 3/4 light dove loads. So I was wanting to get a new barrel for dove and duck hunting. Which barrel would you get.
Mine was doing the same thing, I replaced the o ring under the forarm and I drilled out the gas port in the barrel just a touch bigger than factory, now it cycles everything. I would bet money your gas port is plugged.
This. Clean the port and replace the O-ring.
Mine was doing the same thing, I replaced the o ring under the forarm and I drilled out the gas port in the barrel just a touch bigger than factory, now it cycles everything. I would bet money your gas port is plugged.
This. Clean the port and replace the O-ring.
PredatorHunter89
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I have clean the port and replaced the o ring
derbyacresbob
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All of the old Rem 1100 3" Magnums that I know of did not cycle light 2-3/4" loads. They would cycle 2-3/4" 1-1/4 oz loads and heavier but not any 1-1/8 oz loads or lighter.
These were Rem 1100 magnums from the late 1960s and the 1970s. Most of the guys that I knew that had Rem 1100 Magnums had extra 2-3/4" Skeet barrels or extra 2-3/4" IC barrels for their 3" Magnum 1100s.
These were Rem 1100 magnums from the late 1960s and the 1970s. Most of the guys that I knew that had Rem 1100 Magnums had extra 2-3/4" Skeet barrels or extra 2-3/4" IC barrels for their 3" Magnum 1100s.
The issue is in the number and size of the gas ports.
Drilling out a 3" barrel's gas port to cycle 2 3/4" shells may overgas the action with heavy 3" loads and cause damage. Heavier 2 3/4 loads may cycle the action.
It seems using a barrel with larger/more ports may allow use of light loads, but I have no experience putting a 2 3/4 barrel on a magnum action. Call Remington or check around on a shotgun forum and proceed with caution.
Drilling out a 3" barrel's gas port to cycle 2 3/4" shells may overgas the action with heavy 3" loads and cause damage. Heavier 2 3/4 loads may cycle the action.
It seems using a barrel with larger/more ports may allow use of light loads, but I have no experience putting a 2 3/4 barrel on a magnum action. Call Remington or check around on a shotgun forum and proceed with caution.
EJ Reichenbach
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Originally Posted By: PredatorHunter89I have clean the port and replaced the o ring
You may have to pull the action out and give it a good cleaning
You may have to pull the action out and give it a good cleaning
critterkeeper
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Had a similar prob with a s&w m1000 about 10 years ago. Same gun as the 1100. Most parts are interchangeable. The O-ring was basically just rubber glue. Solvents will destroy them over time. Piston was very hard to move. One smith I talked to about it said he likes to use a leather washer instead of the o ring. The o ring is basically a buffer to help wear on the piston. Cleaned everything from magazine well to forend cap. Works like a charm now. Everything from light trap loads to 3" mags cycle great. Rarely ever shoot 3'' shells anyway.
The 3" mag 1100 has one gas port drilled in the barrel, it has a 3" chamber and it has a heavier mass weight made in the actual operating rod. These are the only differences. It can be made to cycle light loads if you drill another gas port so it has 2 like the 2 3/4" chambered guns. If you want to go back to 3" shells you can tap and plug with a small Allen head set screw to close the second gas port. Some will shoot heavy 2 3/4" shells but most will not. You can of course find another barrel. The real kick in the tail was that the older barrels were too thin to accept Rem-Chokes so you have to send it out and have expensive thin walled tubes installed if you want to change the chokes. You might scare up an old Hastings vent rib barrel but they are a little tough to find these days.