This past weekend I stumbled across a Remington 11 in my LGS in what I’d call “shooter shape”. Some scratches and finish wear, enough to keep it from being collectible, but in good enough shape to take out for duck and sand hill’s this fall.
I took it to the range this afternoon and it functions just fine. I’m pretty sure I’m going to order a rebuild kit from arts gun shop just because I’d like to know I am starting with fresh springs and such, plus I like to clean and oil an old gun when I bring it home.
I have a question about build dates though. Barrel code is RTT, so Nov 1948… I thought production ceased 1947? Serial number is 800141. I think this is one of the last ones made.
I also have a question about barrels; I understand that the 11 can’t use A5 barrels, is it possible to use barrel from an 11-48? I understand the receivers are significantly different, not sure if it changes the barrel extension and barrel lug.
That barrel date code looks like KTT to me. K = May TT = 1948. The highest 12-gauge Model 11 serial number I've recorded is 804638 with a barrel date code of PTT, June 1948. The Model 11 and the Sportsman were still the autoloading shotguns in the May 1, 1948, Remington Arms Co., Inc. catalog --
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Even though the follow-ons were named the Model 11-48 and Sportsman-48 they didn't appear until the 1949 Remington Arms Co., Inc. catalog.
No. Neither Browning A5 or Remington Model 11-48 barrels will interchange.
The main spring and rear action spring were both clearly worn out. I replaced the friction pieces just because. The stock extension was rusty as heck, so I sanded it down to metal again… next time I’ll plan to cold blue it maybe.
Unsurprisingly the action was full of dirt, grime, grease, and who know what else. Now it’s much cleaner and much better lubricated, though it took some bites out of me for the trouble.
The local trap club opened up last weekend, hope to work it out soon.
Took my model 11 and SPR 210 out to the trap range for the first time. I’ve shot trap once before about 15 years ago but never made it back. I’ve shot some hand thrown clays with the 210 but never anything formal.
With the original springs, that I think were original to the gun (1948), I could feel the barrel and bolt slamming to the back of the receiver on every shot so recoil had a weird “chunk chunk” feeling. With the new springs it ran smoothly and recoil was fairly soft. Shot 16 of 25 with it, not bad for the first time really ever shooting trap and really ever shooting this gun.
I did less well with the Remington Spartan SPR 210 aka Baikal IZ43c. It’s a single trigger 20 gauge, left barrel has a skeet choke and right barrel has a Light Mod choke. I mostly shot on the right barrel LM barrel 8 of 25 for that one. Still, I’m happy with it for being an relabeled Russian fence post. Next time I’ll try tighter chokes…
