Remington Model 11 questions

Rebturlington, hope you read this. Your 30" full choke is not a good goose gun. Last I knew you have to use steel shot on geese, and it is not recommended to shoot steel thru any full choke, especially those older soft steel barrels. You will bulge the barrel right behind the choke. Goat
 
Welcome, birddogs.

Call Remington at 1-800-243-9700. Work through the phone tree to a live person, who will give you the born on date.

As said earlier, a visit to a smith is called for. New springs, rings and buffer consititute a rebuild good for untold amounts of ammo, and fun.

Enjoy....
 
Great Dave, many thanks. Would you recommend Gun Parts for the replacements you mentioned or another vendor?
I'll call Remington and see if I can date it. Is the 'Sportsman" in any way differentiated from the Model 11?
 
You're quite welcome. A couple things....

Most A5 parts do not interchange with the 11 or Sportsman. The friction rings and springs do, so your LGS may have them on hand.

The fiber buffer is unique to the 11, and it's a gunsmith's job. Have the smith do it all,including a deep clean.Then it'll be ready for another 50 years or 50K rounds, whichever comes first...
 
Oh, and I cleaned the barrel on this thing. It's perfect - like brand new inside. Paid $100 with a nice Remington soft case.
 
Never had a Sportsman, but IIRC the difference is the Sportsman is permanently blocked to a 2 +1 capacity.

$100 for a fine shotgun? While Browning Sweet Sixteens bring big money, you have the functional equivalent for a pittance.

In your shoes, I'd be highly tempted to have Briley or Mike Orlen set it up for tubes.
 
Dave, It occurs to me that the sportsman then, capable of only three shells, might have a different barrel than the std 11 because of the shorter magazine. Does that make sense?
 
Dave,

Been thinking about this since our last post. Think I'll get the choke tubes, rebuild the springs, etc, and have it re-blued and refinished. Neat gun and I don't have a 16 gauge. Somebody has to keep these things alive even if they don't pay for themselves in the long run. Of course, we'll see what the smithy says about the cost. We have a young guy locally here in VA who does nice work from what I've seen. Good opportunity to see what he's got without losing a high dollar collector.

Now all I need is someone to talk me out of it!
 
Sorry,ain't gonna try to to talk you out of it when "Right" is written all over that last post.

I've NEVER heard of a maintained A5/11/720 wearing out from use.

New springs and rings every 10K rounds, your "new" upland gun should last a few more generations.

Enjoy!!
 
Remington Sportsman

Well Dave, she is off to the smithy. Stock to be stripped and oil finished, reblued, choke tubes, springs, new recoil pad, etc. Guy said he will send barrel off to Orlen anyway. Can't wait....
 
got it back

Dave,

Got my Sportsman back from the smithy and he did a beautiful job. Re-blued it and refinished the stock. No sign that I lost any wood - the fit seems just like new. It was marked "Grade B" if you recall and the wood is really quite impressive. I found an article somewhere stating that even the Sportsman came in different grades but now I can't find it again.

Took it out the same day I got it back and shot a couple of pigeons off the top of a grain silo (in flight, mind you) at a distance that surprised me. Functioned flawlessly. Good solid gun and I enjoyed the 16 gauge.

I sent it back to the smith cause I wanted the old pad replaced as it was a bit funky after all these years but will keep the original. Also I may send the barrel to Orlen as you suggested for tubes but I can't complain about the pattern I got on those pigeons.

I shoot at field trials a lot when I'm not running my own dogs and would love to use it there but they frown on anything but double barrels.

Do you happen to have any suggestions regarding tubes? I see Mike used Colonial and Truelock. Preference?

And again, many thanks for the help with this great gun.
 
You're quite welcome. I'm glad to help.

Here, there's tubes from Beretta and Remington, for factory stuff. Also, Seminole(extended), Hastings, Colonial, Carlson's, etc, as aftermarket.

They all work and have been tested. The only tube I ever found wanting was a Remchoke. Non concentric and POI differed. Gave it back to the dealer and the replacement was satisfactory.

I've shot birds at field trials but not recently. Used 870s.

Good idea on the pad.

Good luck,you've a fine shotgun.....
 
One of my Model 11s jams on the first round and has to be disassembled to get the fired round out. A local gunsmith said that there is a pin in the bolt that is hanging up, but he doesn't want to deal with getting the bolt out and replacing the pin. Is taking the bolt out of the gun really that hard? Anyone got detailed disassembly instructions handy?
 
I am "the guy that 'disassembled' it" to get the fired shell out. I didn't want to attempt any further teardown without some kind of instructions. Looking at the exploded diagram on the Gun Parts website, it doesn't appear that tearing the bolt down would be a huge issue, but I haven't attempted it yet.

Thanks for the link!
 
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