doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion DoubleGun BBS @ doublegunshop.com Question regarding a Remington 1100 20 ga magnum

The Standard weight 20ga. 1100's will have an X suffix and that applies to both the 2&3/4" guns as well as the magnums that had 3" chambers, IIRC All of the the standard weight guns were built on 12ga. frames.

I don't recall off the top of my head if the action bar weight was heavier in the 3" 20ga. guns or not, but I'm thinking it is the same in both chambering's. It is heavier in the 12ga. 3" magnums.

I would think that if your friend's gun is clean that it should function/cycle with any of the heavier 2&3/4" field loads in #8 shot for target use.

Also note that hulls w/steel heads will not have the same memory as those with brass, often creating added drag and that alone can keep some 20ga. 1100's from running smoothly.

See my post above
X 20 GA. �HEAVY FRAME� (DISCONTINUED)
N 20 GA. �HEAVY FRAME MAGNUM� (DISCONTINUED)
K 20 GA. �LIGHT WEIGHT� (�LW�) (ALSO INCLUDES M/1100 �LT�)
U 20 GA. LW MAGNUM (ALSO INCLUDES M/1100 �LT�)

One other thing that I have noticed with 20 ga. 1100s..........when my oldest grandson was about 9 or 10 he wanted to move up to a "twenty". I had my wife's LT 20, which had always worked fine. When my grandson tried to shoot it, it would not eject and feed. Jammed every time. I worked on it relentlessly, doing everything I could imagine to help it. When I would try it myself it would work flawlessly, but not for Jackson. Imagine, that when he got older and bulkier, it then went to working perfectly.

I can shoot it from the hip and it will not eject and feed. Hold it to my shoulder and it works perfectly. Even tho' it's a gas gun it needs some solid resistance behind it to function reliably.

SRH

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