Remington 1100 feed problems UPDATE
I have a Remington 1100 that my father gave me. It rarely cycles correctly. I have stripped it completely down and gave it a good cleaning. I have also replaced the piston and piston seal with the new design one and the o-ring. It has a 28" barrel and both gas ports have been cleaned. Sometimes it will cycle correctly when I use Winchester AA loads but it rarely cycles with cheaper shells. It is a magnum gun and I was wondering if I could replace the recoil spring to help the function of this shotgun and if so, which spring do I need? Any other ideas to help this shotgun cycle better would be greatly appreciated.
I changed the action spring. The new spring was just at 3/4" inch longer than the factory one. I also changed the mag spring. I also cleaned and polished the tube in which the action spring rides in. None of this helped cycling so I took my barrel to my shop and drilled out one of two gas holes just a tad bigger. This helped a bit but still it didn't cycle 100% of the time after about 20 rounds. I then proceeded to drill out the second hole. I grabbed another box of shells and tried again. I shot 24 rounds, three at a time, and had 0 zero failure to feeds. Hopefully this firearm is fixed now. If not, it will become a safe queen and I'll go buy a different auto loader being sure to stay away from the Remington brand. Thanks to all who gave some input.
I changed the action spring. The new spring was just at 3/4" inch longer than the factory one. I also changed the mag spring. I also cleaned and polished the tube in which the action spring rides in. None of this helped cycling so I took my barrel to my shop and drilled out one of two gas holes just a tad bigger. This helped a bit but still it didn't cycle 100% of the time after about 20 rounds. I then proceeded to drill out the second hole. I grabbed another box of shells and tried again. I shot 24 rounds, three at a time, and had 0 zero failure to feeds. Hopefully this firearm is fixed now. If not, it will become a safe queen and I'll go buy a different auto loader being sure to stay away from the Remington brand. Thanks to all who gave some input.
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Sometimes gas operated shotguns have problems with the inexpensive, lightly loaded, promotional shells. I had a high standard Model 60 that had the same problem years ago. As your shotgun doesn't have a manually adjustable gas system, there is little you can do about it. Keep using the AA's. 0 -
If it is a 3 inch Magnum gun it only has one gas port and is not made to shoot "cheap" 2&3/4 inch shells. Any "good" gun smith can open the gas port and change the spring or just be sure a shoot high brass loads. 0 -
It has a 2 3/4 barrel on it and has both gas ports. My biggest concern was if they make different action springs. I took mine out and ordered a new one. Also ordered a new magazine spring as well. If the springs don't fix it, I may try enlarging one of the gas ports slightly. 0 -
I think that the 2 3/4 and 3 inch 1100's both have the same part number for the action springs. 0 -
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It has a 2 3/4 barrel on it and has both gas ports. My biggest concern was if they make different action springs. I took mine out and ordered a new one. Also ordered a new magazine spring as well. If the springs don't fix it, I may try enlarging one of the gas ports slightly.
Opening up the gas ports might work out if you just shoot the cheapie "dove loads". Likely to cause battering of the internals if you went back to high brass loads.0 -
Almost all semiauto's will not cycle 100% of the time with the small loads.
I would never open the ports on the barrel for the gas.
They are the size they are because they were engineered that way.
When you say "new design" piston seal, I'm not sure what that is. The one I'm familiar with is two metal rings that have 2 rings that "interlock" for lack of a better term. One side is concave and other is convex, with a o-ring on top those.
The ones I speak of need to be facing the correct way or they will work whe they want to.
Does it get stuck pulling out/ejecting spent shell or jam on new shell going in?
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If you are thinking that the slide isn't going back enough, you could double check to make sure the spring ins't stretched out, the spring is clean on the inside(no dirt or sand prohibiting function) and clean any visable oil off the spring so it doesn't accumulate debris. Also make cetain the spring is down in the "cup" in the bottom. If it's not in the action won't cycle reliably because the tension will be off.0 -
quote:Originally posted by bambambam
Almost all semiauto's will not cycle 100% of the time with the small loads.
I would never open the ports on the barrel for the gas.
They are the size they are because they were engineered that way.
When you say "new design" piston seal, I'm not sure what that is. The one I'm familiar with is two metal rings that have 2 rings that "interlock" for lack of a better term. One side is concave and other is convex, with a o-ring on top those.
The ones I speak of need to be facing the correct way or they will work whe they want to.
Does it get stuck pulling out/ejecting spent shell or jam on new shell going in?
My old piston set had tapers that fit together but the new set actually snap together and install as one piece. Typically it acts like the bolt isn't going far enough back to eject the shell. Sometimes the hull gets stuck sideways while exiting the chamber. Sometimes the hull gets stuck in the ejection port facing towards the muzzle.
As far as enlarging the gas ports, I would just do this for my 2 3/4" barrel used for bird hunting. I also have a 3" barrel for heavier loads..
I will be sure to check that]0 -
I once lived next door to the town repair gunsmith.
He had a new model of a different make come in with similar problems.
He called the company and asked about reaming out the gas ports. They said NO, don't touch those holes. Send the gun in and we will fix it properly.
His description of the gun when it came back: "The gas ports were about the size of my nostrils."
I had him open up the gas ports on MY 1100 slug gun to shoot target loads in 3-gun competition. No battering is evident.0
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