Bill Akins
New member
Just picked up my Remington 11 "Sportman" version of the shotgun that only accepts 2 in the tube. Was actually looking for a Win model 50 but couldn't pass up the good deal on this one.
My intention is to extend the shell tube to allow for more shells. I took the forearm bolt out that holds the fore stock on, and immediately see that the gun doesn't have the same screw on tube cap like the NON Sportsman Remy 11 has. In other words instead of the Sportsman having external threads on its tube, which would allow an 870 or 1100 tube extension with longer spring to just be screwed on (and with a spacer would hold the wood in the correct position to hold the barrel in the correct position), instead, my "Sportsman" Remy has a plug with dimples in it that holds the plug in, and has an offset threaded hole in that plug that the fore arm bolt goes into. Thus precluding any possibility of screwing an extension tube onto that existing tube as it currently is.
I thought about drilling out the dimples and tapping external threads onto the exterior of the tube, so I could use the 870 or 1100 tube extension, and may do that, however, if I do that I have to be careful to make sure the threads will match up with the fore end so the barrel is correctly placed in the receiver, plus I'd have to acquire a NON "Sportsman" Remy 11 fore end. Since my tube doesn't have a screw on cap, the fore end wood is also not made for a screw end cap, and instead simply has a small hole in its front most end, to allow the bolt to go in. Also the tube obviously does not extend out the end of the fore stock, but is under the wood inside the fore stock so that the bolt goes through the wood and then into the tube cap.
That means I can't use that existing "Sportsman" fore end wood with a tube extension unless I do some shortening modification to the fore stock that will allow the end of the old tube (that I would thread) to extend beyond the end of the wood, and be in the correct position, so that the ledge on the rear end of the extension tube would keep the wood in the correct position to keep the barrel in the correct position. I'd like to avoid butchering up the fore stock if possible.
Even if I drilled out the end of the fore stock so the extension tube could pass through it, that wouldn't work either since the wood is necessary to hold the barrel in place and if I drilled out the fore end, the barrel would just pull right off and not be shootable.
I thought about trying to get a NON Sportsman Remy 11 tube, cap and fore stock that would allow me to add an 870 or 1100 tube extension to it as long as I used a spacer. But that could be cost prohibitive to get those parts. But if that is the only way to do this, I may have to.
I also thought about making my own extension tube from scratch but there's still the problem of how to keep the wood on the tube at the correct position to hold the barrel at the correct position. Please don't advise for me to "leave it alone and use as is", since my entire purpose in buying it was to extend the tube for more ammo capacity. If that is someone's only advice, then please withhold that advice.
Any suggestions to accomplish this would be greatly appreciated.
.
My intention is to extend the shell tube to allow for more shells. I took the forearm bolt out that holds the fore stock on, and immediately see that the gun doesn't have the same screw on tube cap like the NON Sportsman Remy 11 has. In other words instead of the Sportsman having external threads on its tube, which would allow an 870 or 1100 tube extension with longer spring to just be screwed on (and with a spacer would hold the wood in the correct position to hold the barrel in the correct position), instead, my "Sportsman" Remy has a plug with dimples in it that holds the plug in, and has an offset threaded hole in that plug that the fore arm bolt goes into. Thus precluding any possibility of screwing an extension tube onto that existing tube as it currently is.
I thought about drilling out the dimples and tapping external threads onto the exterior of the tube, so I could use the 870 or 1100 tube extension, and may do that, however, if I do that I have to be careful to make sure the threads will match up with the fore end so the barrel is correctly placed in the receiver, plus I'd have to acquire a NON "Sportsman" Remy 11 fore end. Since my tube doesn't have a screw on cap, the fore end wood is also not made for a screw end cap, and instead simply has a small hole in its front most end, to allow the bolt to go in. Also the tube obviously does not extend out the end of the fore stock, but is under the wood inside the fore stock so that the bolt goes through the wood and then into the tube cap.
That means I can't use that existing "Sportsman" fore end wood with a tube extension unless I do some shortening modification to the fore stock that will allow the end of the old tube (that I would thread) to extend beyond the end of the wood, and be in the correct position, so that the ledge on the rear end of the extension tube would keep the wood in the correct position to keep the barrel in the correct position. I'd like to avoid butchering up the fore stock if possible.
Even if I drilled out the end of the fore stock so the extension tube could pass through it, that wouldn't work either since the wood is necessary to hold the barrel in place and if I drilled out the fore end, the barrel would just pull right off and not be shootable.
I thought about trying to get a NON Sportsman Remy 11 tube, cap and fore stock that would allow me to add an 870 or 1100 tube extension to it as long as I used a spacer. But that could be cost prohibitive to get those parts. But if that is the only way to do this, I may have to.
I also thought about making my own extension tube from scratch but there's still the problem of how to keep the wood on the tube at the correct position to hold the barrel at the correct position. Please don't advise for me to "leave it alone and use as is", since my entire purpose in buying it was to extend the tube for more ammo capacity. If that is someone's only advice, then please withhold that advice.
Any suggestions to accomplish this would be greatly appreciated.
.
Last edited: