Rem 1100 mag

[altacan]

I bought an older Remington 1100 magnum 20g. It is for 3 inch shells, and while I know they did not shoot 3in and 2 3/4 in interchangeably--can you shoot 2 3/4 inch at all??

 

[a j cave]

they will shoot field loads in 2 3/4 but not trap loads. Best to take it out & try diff. loads & pattern the gun Good luck AJ

 

[madtrapper143]

It should shoot 2 3/4" heavy field loads (1 oz) and 2 3/4" magnum loads (1 1/8oz, not common)without any issues. The 7/8 oz game loads may be troublesome.

cheers Darryl

 

[12magnum]

In those days remington made two 1100's, one magnum and one standard. Some of the magnum guns would cycle 2 3/4" heavy loads, some would not, since they were made to cycle 2 3/4" magnum and 3" magnum loads.A complete disassembly and cleaning should help with firing the lighter loads. I've a lot of them and it just seems to depend on the gun.

 

[Grouse Man]

I was in the same boat. Clean it carefully and thoroughly. Also, thoroughly clean the gas port using solvent and some wire or something. If you are going to dedicate this gun to be a target gun only, you could slightly open up the gas port. Get machinist's drill bits, you know the numbered kind. Find out what size it is, and then slowly open up the port until it cycles reliably even in cooler weather.

 

[12magnum]

The drill bit size for cleaning the gas ports of an 1100 LT 20 Magnum is #52.This is for cleaning the crud out of the gas ports. You will need a minutely larger size to actually enlargen the ports, but try everything else first.

 

[bc_boy5]

I have the same firearm and have definately found that the 2-3/4" 7/8 oz game loads do not have the "ummph" to cycle the action. In my case I have found that they will safely fire one at a time if you manually cycle the action... not the greatest.