All:
I tried asking this on MDS a year or so ago, but searching Ebay every few weeks hasn't turned up much.
My father in law left us with a beautiful 70's remington 1100 in great shape. It has the magnum barrel (30" 12ga with a fixed full choke). I've been told it's a "flyover gun" from when people in the northeast would take long shots at birds passing overhead with lead shot.
Unfortunately, since the advent of steel shot I have been warned from shooting my typical 3" steel BB through this choke. My findings are that for the 1100, the only magnum barrels I see are the 30" fixed full choke. There are 25-28" fixed modified and skeet chokes, but I have yet to find one that is anything other than 2 3/4" chamber.
Does anyone have a smart way out of my quandary? I'd obviously like screw in chokes, but I would accept a fixed modified since the gun will primarily be used for geese at 40 ish yards. I have heard lead modified choke is equivalent to improved modified using steel shot and that always works for me in my 870. I am open to sending it to a gunsmith but I can't seem to find anyone in MD that will return my calls or requests. Craftsmanship is dying sadly.
So, anyone got a smart source for 1100 barrels short of trolling Ebay for another year, or know of a gunsmith that would competently thread an old shotgun barrel and accept the job?
Thanks everyone
I tried asking this on MDS a year or so ago, but searching Ebay every few weeks hasn't turned up much.
My father in law left us with a beautiful 70's remington 1100 in great shape. It has the magnum barrel (30" 12ga with a fixed full choke). I've been told it's a "flyover gun" from when people in the northeast would take long shots at birds passing overhead with lead shot.
Unfortunately, since the advent of steel shot I have been warned from shooting my typical 3" steel BB through this choke. My findings are that for the 1100, the only magnum barrels I see are the 30" fixed full choke. There are 25-28" fixed modified and skeet chokes, but I have yet to find one that is anything other than 2 3/4" chamber.
Does anyone have a smart way out of my quandary? I'd obviously like screw in chokes, but I would accept a fixed modified since the gun will primarily be used for geese at 40 ish yards. I have heard lead modified choke is equivalent to improved modified using steel shot and that always works for me in my 870. I am open to sending it to a gunsmith but I can't seem to find anyone in MD that will return my calls or requests. Craftsmanship is dying sadly.
So, anyone got a smart source for 1100 barrels short of trolling Ebay for another year, or know of a gunsmith that would competently thread an old shotgun barrel and accept the job?
Thanks everyone
