Bill Akins
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REMINGTON MODEL 11 12 GA. WITH LYMAN CUTTS COMP.
Built like a tank. Already has the bolt fiber buffer (and rivet) replaced.
Comes with the desirable Cutts compensator with three choke tube
attachments. Usual dings dents and tiny splits in the stock (splits
are relatively easy to epoxy). This one has the in the trigger guard safety,
(instead of the button safety), so that means it was made anywhere
from 1903 up to 1927.
Got it for $140.00, which just goes to show, there are good deals
out there on semi auto shotguns if you don't mind buying good used
time proven models that still have lots of life left in them. This is the
second great deal I got on a Remy model 11 in the past month. My
other one only cost me $151.99, both great deals. Found them both
on gunbroker while looking for a good deal on a Winchester model 50
(which I haven't yet been able to find a good deal on yet).
Nothing modern about the Remy 11,....except it will hit and kill anything just as well as a modern tactical shotgun will. If I chop the barrel and re-locate
the bead sight and Cutts compensator, it will look just like the Remy 11 used
by Clyde Barrow of "Bonnie and Clyde" fame. Best to keep the barrel a tad over 18 inches to avoid special registration, and even longer if you plan on using it with the Cutts compensator, because you have to make sure the Cutts comp will clear the mag tube when the barrel recoils. And the other nice thing about the Remy 11, is that unlike the Browning auto 5, (that the Remy is a clone of), the threads of the Remy's mag tube will fit a mag tube extension for the Remy 870 or 1100. So you can extend the mag tube on a Remy 11 if you want by just screwing on an aftermarket Remy 870 or 1100 tube mag extension. Can't to that with a Browning auto 5, since the threads are different on the end of the Browning's mag tube.
Was talking to my nephew on the phone today, and he was telling me
about how he was thinking of getting a semi auto tactical shotgun and
all the goodies that can be attached to it. I started telling him about these
older shotguns and how inexpensively they can be had, and how they can
do anything a tactical one can do, and how maybe a light being attached is okay, but nothing else is needed really, and told him about keeping weight down, and he said "hmmmm" and he listened. The bottom line is "does the lead hit the target?", and it definitely does with these older but still VERY serviceable old tanks of a shotgun. Nothing else matters really.
Again, $140.00 bucks! You just can't beat that for a semi auto that the same thing brand new today, all machined steel and old craftsmanship would cost you several thousand today. Just a little TLC and these model 11's can be excellent home defense guns, or still use them for hunting. They really are "sleepers" as far as value for your money goes if you shop a bit on gunbroker. Scroll down at that link and check out all the pics of it at this below link. That's sure a lot of value for $140.00 bucks!
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=368115513
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Built like a tank. Already has the bolt fiber buffer (and rivet) replaced.
Comes with the desirable Cutts compensator with three choke tube
attachments. Usual dings dents and tiny splits in the stock (splits
are relatively easy to epoxy). This one has the in the trigger guard safety,
(instead of the button safety), so that means it was made anywhere
from 1903 up to 1927.
Got it for $140.00, which just goes to show, there are good deals
out there on semi auto shotguns if you don't mind buying good used
time proven models that still have lots of life left in them. This is the
second great deal I got on a Remy model 11 in the past month. My
other one only cost me $151.99, both great deals. Found them both
on gunbroker while looking for a good deal on a Winchester model 50
(which I haven't yet been able to find a good deal on yet).
Nothing modern about the Remy 11,....except it will hit and kill anything just as well as a modern tactical shotgun will. If I chop the barrel and re-locate
the bead sight and Cutts compensator, it will look just like the Remy 11 used
by Clyde Barrow of "Bonnie and Clyde" fame. Best to keep the barrel a tad over 18 inches to avoid special registration, and even longer if you plan on using it with the Cutts compensator, because you have to make sure the Cutts comp will clear the mag tube when the barrel recoils. And the other nice thing about the Remy 11, is that unlike the Browning auto 5, (that the Remy is a clone of), the threads of the Remy's mag tube will fit a mag tube extension for the Remy 870 or 1100. So you can extend the mag tube on a Remy 11 if you want by just screwing on an aftermarket Remy 870 or 1100 tube mag extension. Can't to that with a Browning auto 5, since the threads are different on the end of the Browning's mag tube.
Was talking to my nephew on the phone today, and he was telling me
about how he was thinking of getting a semi auto tactical shotgun and
all the goodies that can be attached to it. I started telling him about these
older shotguns and how inexpensively they can be had, and how they can
do anything a tactical one can do, and how maybe a light being attached is okay, but nothing else is needed really, and told him about keeping weight down, and he said "hmmmm" and he listened. The bottom line is "does the lead hit the target?", and it definitely does with these older but still VERY serviceable old tanks of a shotgun. Nothing else matters really.
Again, $140.00 bucks! You just can't beat that for a semi auto that the same thing brand new today, all machined steel and old craftsmanship would cost you several thousand today. Just a little TLC and these model 11's can be excellent home defense guns, or still use them for hunting. They really are "sleepers" as far as value for your money goes if you shop a bit on gunbroker. Scroll down at that link and check out all the pics of it at this below link. That's sure a lot of value for $140.00 bucks!
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=368115513
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