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Happy Birthday to me!
My wife semi-suprised me today with a new(to me) Remington 1100 12ga. I don't currently have a semi-auto shotgun for 3-gun and have been getting my butt kicked in the tactical class with my 870 while shooting against the auto's.
I unwrapped the box to find the wonderful "big green" logo and the smell of gun oil hit my nose.
That smell is even better than coffee first thing in the morning.
I say that it's a semi-suprise because my wife knew I was looking at it in the local shop and she checked every which way to Sunday to make sure it was exactly what I wanted.
It's a beautiful 1100 that was blued (more on that later) with the scrollwork on the receiver and an 18.5" bead sighted barrel. It came with nice wood stocks with the pressed in checkering. The former owner was a deer hunter and the story goes that he managed to let a deer bleed all over the gun and didn't clean it right away. This rusted the bluing right off half the receiver. This large blemish and the fact that it was a 18.5" beaded barrel made it an odd-duck on the used rack. My local smith knew I was looking for a "social" semi-auto and that I generally modify my guns to suit my tastes. When my wife called inquiring about a gift for me, he set her up with the right item.
I didn't have it out of the box for ten minutes and I took it into the shop and threw on a Remington extended magazine and SGT high-viz follower that I had from a previous project. That will keep me in line until I can get a Scattergun Tech tube (my favorite).
Now I need to decide how I am going to refinish the metal and decide if I am going to iron out the checkering and oil-finish the stock. I know it need to cut at least 1" off the stock, but I don't know if I am going to put a rubber pad on it, or if I want to go "old-school" and put a steel buttplate on it.
I also need to order one of the new Truglo TFO shotgun beads since I really don't want to ghost ring this shotgun.
The goal is to make it a "tactical" but keep the "old school cool" of the classic 1100.
Pics will be coming later this evening. Right now I have to get ready to go on a motorcycle ride with the greatest woman in the world.
Oh, and I have to give credit to my six year old son who kept the secret since April. Anyone with kids knows how amazing that is. He almost popped this morning waiting for me to open it.
My wife semi-suprised me today with a new(to me) Remington 1100 12ga. I don't currently have a semi-auto shotgun for 3-gun and have been getting my butt kicked in the tactical class with my 870 while shooting against the auto's.
I unwrapped the box to find the wonderful "big green" logo and the smell of gun oil hit my nose.
That smell is even better than coffee first thing in the morning.I say that it's a semi-suprise because my wife knew I was looking at it in the local shop and she checked every which way to Sunday to make sure it was exactly what I wanted.
It's a beautiful 1100 that was blued (more on that later) with the scrollwork on the receiver and an 18.5" bead sighted barrel. It came with nice wood stocks with the pressed in checkering. The former owner was a deer hunter and the story goes that he managed to let a deer bleed all over the gun and didn't clean it right away. This rusted the bluing right off half the receiver. This large blemish and the fact that it was a 18.5" beaded barrel made it an odd-duck on the used rack. My local smith knew I was looking for a "social" semi-auto and that I generally modify my guns to suit my tastes. When my wife called inquiring about a gift for me, he set her up with the right item.
I didn't have it out of the box for ten minutes and I took it into the shop and threw on a Remington extended magazine and SGT high-viz follower that I had from a previous project. That will keep me in line until I can get a Scattergun Tech tube (my favorite).
Now I need to decide how I am going to refinish the metal and decide if I am going to iron out the checkering and oil-finish the stock. I know it need to cut at least 1" off the stock, but I don't know if I am going to put a rubber pad on it, or if I want to go "old-school" and put a steel buttplate on it.
I also need to order one of the new Truglo TFO shotgun beads since I really don't want to ghost ring this shotgun.The goal is to make it a "tactical" but keep the "old school cool" of the classic 1100.
Pics will be coming later this evening. Right now I have to get ready to go on a motorcycle ride with the greatest woman in the world.
Oh, and I have to give credit to my six year old son who kept the secret since April. Anyone with kids knows how amazing that is. He almost popped this morning waiting for me to open it.
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