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Joined: 20 Feb 2014 Posts: 68 Location: Festus, Missouri

Gents,

I'm in the hunt for an 1100 in 16ga with nice wood and a vent rib.

Did they make the 16ga model on the 12ga frame, or did the 16ga modem actually carry like a 16?

Thanks,

*Last edited by skeettx on Thu Jun 25, 2015 8:44 pm; edited 1 time in total*

OK
The 16 gauge 1100 is built on the 12 gauge 1100 size frame
But the 12 gauge 1100 frame is really the 16 Gauge 11-48 size.

Make any sense??

Mike

p.s. also the Standard Weight Rem 1100 20 gauge was also made on the 12 gauge 1100 frame

Mike

Joined: 20 Feb 2014 Posts: 68 Location: Festus, Missouri

Yikes.

The LT20 is what I'd like but in the 16ga.

What would an expert like yourself on the 16ga recommend for an semi auto with nice walnut?

I'm not a rich man.... Going to the gun show this weekend.

*Last edited by skeettx on Thu Jun 25, 2015 8:44 pm; edited 2 times in total*

Sweet 16 with good wood and vent rib about $1200 to $1500 perhaps

Old Rem 1100 with Vent rib about $800 t0 $1000

Rem 11-48 with good wood and Vent rib $700

Hmmm

What else fellas??

Mike

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Joined: 20 Feb 2014 Posts: 68 Location: Festus, Missouri

Sweet 16 probably not an option. Not a huge fan of the model. Certainly appreciate it, just more of a Remington guy. I have an A5 in the Mag 20 and prolly won't expand that part of my collection.

I've seen alot of those matte black 1100s in 16ga on gunbroker but I just hate the finish.

Any idea the weight difference between the sweet 16 and the old Remington 1100s? Probably not to much?

Seems if you want a vent rib, you are not really caring about the weight,
So just get what looks and feels good and enjoy

Mike

Joined: 20 Feb 2014 Posts: 68 Location: Festus, Missouri

Point taken.

Member Joined: 06 Oct 2007 Posts: 2350 Location: West MI

Maybe understanding your baselines will lead to what to look for. Budget? Carry/hunt gun or mostly targets? Etc.

I have both 1100's & 48's and when I feel like playing w/an auto a 48 usually is my choice. Which is good for me since when the one godson graduates college the 16ga 1100 will be gone.

Oh what fun to be in the hunt for a gun.....

Joined: 20 Feb 2014 Posts: 68 Location: Festus, Missouri

Upland and sporting clays is what the use will be.

Joined: 20 Feb 2014 Posts: 68 Location: Festus, Missouri

Let me ask you gents this question,

I have been reading a bunch on the 11-48, 58, and 1100's. Which one is the true 16ga frame? Someone said that the 1100 16ga is built on the 11-48 gauge frame which is supposedly a TRUE 16ga frame. I guess I am a little confused as to the differences between the three guns.

Thanks in advance![/i]

Joined: 20 Feb 2014 Posts: 68 Location: Festus, Missouri

Let me ask you gents this question,

I have been reading a bunch on the 11-48, 58, and 1100's. Which one is the true 16ga frame? Someone said that the 1100 16ga is built on the 11-48 gauge frame which is supposedly a TRUE 16ga frame. I guess I am a little confused as to the differences between the three guns.

Thanks in advance![/i]

what Mike (skeetx) said . The closest of those models is a 48 on a 16 frame . The LT version of an 1100 is on the 28ga frame , therefore there won't ever be an LT 16 . Try to get your hands on a 48 sportsman - they have the A5 type whittled foreend and are a really SWEET handling gun . The SWEET 16 a5's are great , but pricey .

........but which shotgun of the three is the one that most folks are likely to shoot the best........1100 hands down.....12 gauge frame and all.

Member Joined: 09 Jun 2005 Posts: 885 Location: Wisconsin

I have both a 1100 16 from 63 and a couple of 48 Sportsmans and a 11-48 all in 16. The 1100 is a waterfowl gun for me in SW La., the go to for anything else is one my 48 Sportsmans and I shoot them the best too.

The size of the receiver has little to no bearing on things IMO. Proper gun weight and weight distribution matters quite a lot.

The earliest 16 ga. Remington 1100 models are the lightest of all. They balance and handle very well IMO. Even the later, pre-1980 Remington 1100 16 ga. guns including the VR models are light enough to be handy and are reasonably well balanced

The 16 ga models made after the mid-1980's got progressively heavier. The last of them w/ Remchokes are heavier than the 12 ga. models and balance like a pig on a shovel.

I will never understand why Remington took the fairly decent handling 16 ga. 1100 model and turned it into a pig. It makes absolutely no sense to me. I'll probably never forgive Remington for that particular insult to us 16 gauge fans (there are others I'm still pissed about too).

Frankly, I prefer my far better handling and older pre-Rem Choke 12 ga,. 1100 models and shoot extra light 7/8 ounce loads in them. That's much better than owning and shooting one of the newest 16 ga Remington porkers.