Changing barrels on the Remington 1100

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The question about 3" barrels and 2 3/4" receivered 1100's seems to come up quite a bit. So I thought I'd e-mail Remington directly. Here is the question and reply I received.

Question: Other than the action sleeve, what if any, differences are there in the older 1100 magnum and non-magnum receivers? And if one were to install a new 3" steel barrel with a heavier magnum action sleeve onto a non-magnum receiver, would that shotgun then be ok with 3" lead and steel shotshells?

Answer: Thank you for visiting Remington Country. The action bar sleeve is the only significant difference between the two guns. You should be fine with replacing the action bar sleeve and using the Steel Shot barrel with the 3" lead shot.

So there you have it. Right from the horses mouth. There is no difference between a magnum or non-magnum receiver, only the action sleeve. So if anybody has an older 1100 2 3/4" receiver, slap a 3" steel barrel and a magnum action sleeve on that puppy and have a ball. You've just built yourself a 3" magnum shotgun:D
 
You asked would that shotgun then be ok with 3" lead and steel shotshells?

They replied "You should be fine with replacing the action bar sleeve and using the Steel Shot barrel with the 3" lead shot."

How about 3 inch steel?
 
Covey Ridge said:
You asked would that shotgun then be ok with 3" lead and steel shotshells?

They replied "You should be fine with replacing the action bar sleeve and using the Steel Shot barrel with the 3" lead shot."

How about 3 inch steel?
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3" steel was always considered fine Covey Ridge. If you check on Remingtons site, they claim that a 3" steel barrel on a non-mag receiver was ok for 3" steel and 2 3/4" lead only. Not 3" lead. But if you change the action sleeve you are good to go with the 3" lead shells, the steel is a given;)
 
Hi-Standard said:
3" steel was always considered fine Covey Ridge. If you check on Remingtons site, they claim that a 3" steel barrel on a non-mag receiver was ok for 3" steel and 2 3/4" lead only. Not 3" lead. But if you change the action sleeve you are good to go with the 3" lead shells, the steel is a given;)
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How much is the action sleeve?
 
Hi-Standard said:
Not sure? Numrich sells sleeves for $38.25 but they don't state whether they are magnum or non-magnum. I will drop them an e-mail and update this thread.
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Well, if that is all it costs, there sure are a lot of perfectly good 1100s out there that could be rescued from a life of very limited use:D
 
Covey Ridge said:
Well, if that is all it costs, there sure are a lot of perfectly good 1100s out there that could be rescued from a life of very limited use:D
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I'm not sure how most 1100's perform, but my magnum with the steel barrel will cycle 2 3/4 dram 1 oz trap loads, or up to a heavy 3" field load. What more can one ask of a 1974 semi auto? The fact that it cycles trap loads blows my mind:eek: Great for teaching kids how to shoot. Much less recoil than my 1100 trap with target loads, the bolt hardly touches the receiver.
 
that's very rare for a '70's version 1100 mag to cycle trap loads. of all the 1100's i've seen, most mag versions won't even cycle a standard high brass 2 3/4" duck load. the single gas port was meant to cycle 2 3/4 " and 3" mags only.
 
12magnum said:
that's very rare for a '70's version 1100 mag to cycle trap loads. of all the 1100's i've seen, most mag versions won't even cycle a standard high brass 2 3/4" duck load. the single gas port was meant to cycle 2 3/4 " and 3" mags only.
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Although the new steel barrels have only one gas port 12magnum, it is larger then the single port fixed choke barrels;) My 1100 is sporting a new steel barrel. Having said that, my old fixed choke barrel would cycle 2 3/4" non-mag field loads all day, trap loads were an issue though.
 
My Rem 1100 will feed and cycle awesome with target loads. But then again its 2 3/4" Its a older model.....Even with its 18.7" barrel.
 
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