Any Remington 1100 experts out there??
I just finished completely stripping down and giving my dads Remington 1100 12 gauge a good thorough cleaning. It was having trouble ejecting spent shells and I found that the hole in the stock that houses the recoil spring was just packed full of all kinds of field crud including everyting from cattail fuzz to a wide variety of field seeds and weed particles.
I reassembled the gun and the action is now smooth and strong and dry functions like a million bucks. However, when I took it to the field for a test fire the gun would not fire. It chambers up shells nicely and dry cycles shells in and out smoothly, but when I pull the trigger I hear a click as the hammer falls but nothing else.
When I had the gun apart I also did a thorough inspection and cleaning of the bolt and firing pin to make sure they were clean and working properly. I even checked the length of the recoil spring to make sure it was still within specs.
When I got the gun back home and on the workbench I made sure the gun was unloaded, cycled the bolt to ready the gun for firing. I then shined a flash light into the action so I could see the end of the firing pin on the back side of the bolt and to be able to watch the hammer fall as I pulled the trigger. When I pulled the trigger I noticed that the hammer stopped just short of hitting the exposed end of the firing pin. After much study, I cannot for the life of me figure out why the hammer will not fall completely and strike the firing pin.
The hammer seems to travel nice and freely between the legs of the link, but stops short of the firing pin.
I did nothing to the trigger mechanism except to clean it as instructed by the Remington owners guide.
Your expert suggestions are highly welcomed.
Thank you,
Harkbroke
I reassembled the gun and the action is now smooth and strong and dry functions like a million bucks. However, when I took it to the field for a test fire the gun would not fire. It chambers up shells nicely and dry cycles shells in and out smoothly, but when I pull the trigger I hear a click as the hammer falls but nothing else.
When I had the gun apart I also did a thorough inspection and cleaning of the bolt and firing pin to make sure they were clean and working properly. I even checked the length of the recoil spring to make sure it was still within specs.
When I got the gun back home and on the workbench I made sure the gun was unloaded, cycled the bolt to ready the gun for firing. I then shined a flash light into the action so I could see the end of the firing pin on the back side of the bolt and to be able to watch the hammer fall as I pulled the trigger. When I pulled the trigger I noticed that the hammer stopped just short of hitting the exposed end of the firing pin. After much study, I cannot for the life of me figure out why the hammer will not fall completely and strike the firing pin.
The hammer seems to travel nice and freely between the legs of the link, but stops short of the firing pin.
I did nothing to the trigger mechanism except to clean it as instructed by the Remington owners guide.
Your expert suggestions are highly welcomed.
Thank you,
Harkbroke
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http://www.gunpartscorp.com/Manufacturers/Remington-33454/Shotguns-37896/1100-41187/PartsList-33714.htm?results=All
Maybe something fell into the trigger group like a bb and is blocking the full travel of the hammer. It has been a long time since I riped an 1100 apart. You might look around and at the disconnector too.0 -
YOU HAVE THE GAS RINGS AND 'O' RING IN WRONG, THE SLIDE ISN'T GOING FAR ENOUGH FORWARD. THIS IS A SAFTY FEATURE. 0 -
Thanks guys!
Here is what I discovered:
I took the gun apart and carefully reassembled it a half a dozen times and still had the problem I describe above. After banging my head against the workbench out of frustration, I decided to call my dad for a little Q&A session.
As I mentioned in my original post, he was having problems with the gun ejecting spent shells. He semi-cleaned the gun which did not fix the problem so he turned it over to me for a thorough going through.
Besides the light cleaning that he did, I asked him if he had done anything else to the gun before turning it over to me. He thought a moment and said that when he disassembled the gun he found that the rubber barrel seal "O" ring was torn so he replaced it. I said "you got a new "O"ring from Remington".....and he said no, "I went to the hardware store and found one that was close and put it in the gun".
After our phone discussion I went back to the bench....removed the "O"ring...put the gun back together....and Presto! NOW THE GUN FUNCTIONS PROPERLY.
Tomorrow I will stop by my local gunsmith shop and see if he has a barrel seal for a Remington 1100.
I bet the one dad put in the gun was way too thick and was pushing the carrier and the link back too far into the receiver not allowing the link to snug up close enough to the back of the closed bolt to contact the firing pin.
But that's my dad for you........bigger is better!
Thanks again for your help!0 -
GOD bless Dads. Mine has passed but I find all type of "jerry maned" repairs when using some of the "stuff" he left[;)] 0
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