model 11 (1939 ish) 20ga

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dhenzler
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model 11 (1939 ish) 20ga

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I found an old "beater" remington model 11 in 20ga and couldn't pass it up. It's a good shooter, and with a few replacement parts and a shoe shine it'll be just fine. I have pulled the stock and forend.
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and have ordered replacement parts for the Magazine Tube Cap retainer plunger. But the hole isn't threaded. I hope the new parts from Numerich will bite into the existing hole without any extra work. The stock cracked there between the barrel channel and the hole. But someone repaired it. Hopefully a good repair.

Stripped the stock and forend as the sun set this evening. Have a couple places I missed, so will give it another blast with the remover tomorrow. I will give it a good boiling water wash afterwards and see if the dents raise up. Then steel wool the wood to take down the raised grain if any... If the color tests good with a finger of boiled linseed oil, I'll just leave the wood natural,. It appears to be good walnut. The gook that was on it covered the gain so well it looked like paint.
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The new Remington SuperCell pad fits pretty well. The contour is the same, but the old Remington stock is about 1/16th larger all around. I'm not going to attempt a modification of the butt stock contour. Too much at stake playing with thickness of a stock that fits my face. The Supercell recoil pad will be a more pleasant looking pad as the old one was ugly and hard as a rock.
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The receiver is nearly devoid of any original finish. I had a moment where I thought Duracoat may be a good option, but think that will wait. It just may be better to exercise some caution. I have shot a few rounds of skeet with this ol beauty and did right well with a MOD choke. The guys laugh at the recoiling barrel... but I think it's neat. I usually shoot an 1100G3 12ga.

Comments... suggestions... come on ahead...

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Re: model 11 (1939 ish) 20ga

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I enjoy shooting skeet with my 20-gauge "Sportsman" three-shot version of the five-shot Model 11. I call it my Robert Stack memorial gun. In reality the gun young Bobby was winning championships with in the late 1930s was a Model 11 equipped with a Cutts Compensator.
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I did manage a few straights at skeet with my gun's original 28-inch modified barrel, but then scored an original vent rib SKEET barrel for it in the for sale section of the Parker Gun Collectors Association web site. Paid a bit more for that barrel than I did for the gun!!
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Re: model 11 (1939 ish) 20ga

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Nice post... thanks! I've been working on fixing the model 11 up to a good shooter condition. I enjoy taking it out to my skeet range and shooting a few rounds with it. Members are always amazed how well I shoot the plain barrel gun with MOD choke. I'm finishing the work this afternoon by putting a better recoil pad on it. Not a perfect fit, but good enough for my purposes. This is not a restoration... I'd be curious what your take is on the butt stock photos...
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A good friend believes the holes drilled in the center were done by an owner, not the factory. And both of us are curious about the way the wood has been chizzled away leaving only an edge to mate with the recoil pad.
The pad that was on it was a BUBBA gunsmith job... really poor workmanship. Some company from Chicago.
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This is my Boiled Linseed Oil refinish. Nice piece of wood, although 80 years of dings and scratches was hard to fix.
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is the barrel date code. Barrel serial matches gun.
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Hope to hear from ya soon...
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Re: model 11 (1939 ish) 20ga

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This is how the Factory Supercell #19471 looks on the model 11 butt stock. Not the greatest fit. However I matched up the bottom part because the upper doesn't make much contact with the "pocket" in my shoulder. Comes up nicely and the LOP is correct so sight right down the top of the receiver and to the front bead.

I may opt to have a friend do a rust bluing job on it. Will have to consider this carefully. The surface of the receiver has some irregularities caused by the patina... a nice name for an overall brown colouration... which I think it a form of rust.

The fact is that once the receiver is blued the imperfections in the wood will show more, and that would lead someone to want to upgrade the wood... and the investment goes up, but getting it back out is unlikely.

I think I'm for just enjoying it for what it is... an 80+ year old gun that shoots well, and feels comfortable in the hands.
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Re: model 11 (1939 ish) 20ga

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Forgot to post this photo of the Magazine tube cap retention system after install. As well since I shoot mostly clay targets, the magazine plug was removed and I installed the spring retainer. Parts available at Gunpartscorp.com for the model 11 interestingly enough.
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Re: model 11 (1939 ish) 20ga

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Had this ol boy reblued. It had been reblued before, so why not. Looks pretty good.
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