Cheapshooter
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I have a Remington 1100 Magnum that I bought new around 1980. I used it somewhat for a couple years, but it has just been sitting most of the time since. It always functioned fine. I did buy an additional 28" modified choke barrel, and the gun functioned fine with 2 3/4" field loads with that barrel. I haven't shot it for a while, but did shoot it with the 28"barrel a few years ago for some informal clay bird shooting. It worked good then. I used it with the 30" full magnum barrel for a meat shoot, and it wouldn't eject the shells. I just figured it was the field loads they used, and the Magnus barrel. But then I did some more clay shooting with the mod. choked shorter barrel. This time it would not eject the shells as it did before. I looked into it, and read the problem was probably the O ring gas seal. I ordered one, and when I went to replace the old one it wasn't even there. Guess it just disintegrated. But now the real mystery. Looking at the schematics they show a gas seal, and piston which are also missing! I can't remember taking them off, or anything falling off. I looked in the gas ring on both barrels to see if the parts were stuck in there, but no lose parts. I looked in the barrel sleeve in the side of the case I use for it, and again, no parts.
Nobody else has ever used, serviced, are cleaned this gun. Did something fall out without me noticing? Were there ever any 1100 magnums that didn't use the metal seal, and piston?
On another note, the O ring is what I would call slightly snug on the magazine tube, but losens up quite a bit when it fits in the grove for it. Is this normal?
Nobody else has ever used, serviced, are cleaned this gun. Did something fall out without me noticing? Were there ever any 1100 magnums that didn't use the metal seal, and piston?
On another note, the O ring is what I would call slightly snug on the magazine tube, but losens up quite a bit when it fits in the grove for it. Is this normal?