I recently bought an old remington 1100 for a project. I've never had a semi auto shotgun and have read there is an O ring gas seal, when I opened this one up the O ring seems to be made of metal, its some sort of metal split ring, does this sound right?
Remington 1100 gas seal
- Thread starter Miles Teg
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madtrapper143
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The O ring generally sits inside a detent on the mag tube. Sometimes they get stuck in the barrel ring. Sounds like yours is gone altogether. Google the 1100 for take down diagrams. The O ring is rubber like.
cheers Darryl
cheers Darryl
madtrapper143
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If it was in the groove it should be rubber like. Maybe someone found a metal ring that fit well enough to act like a seal.
Darryl
Darryl
1100 O-ring
Early 1100's used a metal seal ring rathee than an o-ring. You can replace the metal seal with an o-ring, which works much better. O-rings are available from remington dealers, or you can use an ordinary rubber o-ring from your local hardware store, Just find one that fits in the groove on your magazine tube.
Early 1100's used a metal seal ring rathee than an o-ring. You can replace the metal seal with an o-ring, which works much better. O-rings are available from remington dealers, or you can use an ordinary rubber o-ring from your local hardware store, Just find one that fits in the groove on your magazine tube.
Hi-Standard
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X2. I just use plain old automotive o-rings. I've never had a problem with cycling the action.
beretta boy
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Go for the Remington "original equipment" O-ring ... no end of problems with
automotive & other replacement rings that seem to fit ... but do not last.
automotive & other replacement rings that seem to fit ... but do not last.
Go to a Hydraulic Supply store and ask for this:
Viton O Ring #21 ("Viton" being the construction material and , "#21" is the size)
It's the same as the Remington Factory Ring and MUCH higher quality than the automotive ones. They should be somewhere between $0.25-$0.50 each. They are heat resistant and chemical resistant. The automotive ones or the plumbing ones are neither.
Just don't tell them what you are using it for or you might find the price skyrockets.
Viton O Ring #21 ("Viton" being the construction material and , "#21" is the size)
It's the same as the Remington Factory Ring and MUCH higher quality than the automotive ones. They should be somewhere between $0.25-$0.50 each. They are heat resistant and chemical resistant. The automotive ones or the plumbing ones are neither.
Just don't tell them what you are using it for or you might find the price skyrockets.
Well I finally got around to testing the gun, looks like the steel gas seal works fine. I shot a box of remington slugs, I have to say I'm really surprised at how light the recoil was. Last time I fired these out of an old single shot they brought tears to my eye's, took about a week for my shoulder to feel better.
