Remington Sportsman 12 Auto. Poor mans 1100?

crapshoot

crapshoot

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I have owned this gun since I was 14 yrs old. Im 36 now. The gun has never been cleaned nor had the o-ring changed since I got it. It has received nothing more than a wipe down and a couple drops of oil here and there and has never had a failure to feed or fire.

Here is the question. I am wanting to give it a good cleaning and have no idea how to get the bolt out of the gun or how to break it down further for a good cleaning. I know how to seperate the barrel from the action, and remove the end plug spring and plug etc. I know the charging handle pulls out but other than that I am lost. Any help would bve appreciated.

Am I correct in thinking this model is just a cheap feild grade 1100?
 
Lance, I am about to give you some advice and you will probably not adhere to it. But here goes. Take the stock, forearm and barrel off. Set the rest in a bucket of Kerosene and leave it in the yard under the sun for a couple hours, blow it out with compressed air. repeat. Now put the forearm, barrel and stock back on the gun and put it down.
 
That is really good advice. You can also drop the trigger unit out after you punch out the receiver pins and have a good go at everything you can see with a stiff toothbrush and Hoppe's No. 9. Wash the sludge out and repeat until things look shiny again. A light, real light, relube, reassemble, and you are set. You have been really lucky with your gun that it hasn't even needed the O-ring replaced. That's impressive!
 
Without getting too involved, you can pull the trigger group as GC indicated and spray the whole unit with a couple healthy doses of Brake Parts Cleaner, let it air dry and then a healthy dose of a good aerosol light lubricant (Tetra, etc.) and put it back together.

I've found that the toothbrush sometimes leaves some residue around the fire control springs, etc.. and can get gummy later if not totally removed.
 
Remingtons' Sportsman that looks like a Browning was built on Brownings Pat.during the war when Browning was going full tilt for the war effort.I don't know their worth I have one in a .20 ga.
 
JC,
I think you aren't thinking of the same gun as crapshoot. You are thinking of the old recoil operated Remington Model 11 that is a spin off of the Browning A5. Savage also had a version of the patent. Crapshoot's shotgun is an economical version of the Remington 1100, a gas operated semi-auto that came along much later than the old Model 11 you have. Two completely different guns.
 
Generally, with remingtons pushing the shell holder in against the side of the receiver and holding it will allow the bolt stuff to come forward and out. if theres something on the other side similar to the shell holder, you have to push that in and hold it at the same time.

t/c223encore.
 
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Remington also made a model 58 sportsman which would have been a forerunner to the 1100.



Yes they did! That was also a gas operated semi-auto, not a recoil operated action like the Browning A5. I had forgotten about the M58.
 
GC your right,
The .20 ga I have is a Rem version of the Browning A5 and the only thing it says on the frame is Remington the sportsman.
 
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