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  • Bertfish

    Throw bread on me
    Mar 13, 2013
    17,664
    White Marsh, MD
    Let's say I buy an 18" or 20" police trade in 11-87, register it as an SBS, and convert to a 14" barrel. Are any changes required to the shotgun to make it function more dependably with the shorter barrel? Since its gas operated I am curious.

    Common sense would tell me they either alter the gas port size in the barrel or there is some adjustable component in the gas system of the shotgun itself.
     

    clandestine

    AR-15 Savant
    Oct 13, 2008
    37,031
    Elkton, MD
    You will need to make gas adjustements to the ports in the barrel, and it likely wont run on anything but heavy loads.

    Overall the 100-87 is a terrible gun to SBS. I played with enough of them to never consider one.

    You want a short autoloader go with a benelli.
     

    clandestine

    AR-15 Savant
    Oct 13, 2008
    37,031
    Elkton, MD
    Can you tell me what makes it terrible?

    Cost of the Benelli stuff always turned me off.

    They dont run reliably when short. THe gas system is not efficiant enough to make use of the bore diameter and dwell time. You can make lots of mods and chage springs and gas seals and they still are finnicky unless you run heavy loads in them.

    What you spend to try and tune a SBS 1187 to run (And it still may not run), you could have bought a benelli SBS.

    Im just warning you. Its a terrible gun to SBS.

    Browning A5 makes a great SBS if you can find one cheap. No mods needed.
     

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