Hi folks:
Recently I happened across a mod. 11 sportsman that was given to me because it "is just an old gun." I happily took this "old" gun and plan to use it on upland birds this fall. My question is does anyone have information on how to set the friction ring for low base shells. I have heard that one is supposed to change it.... but I know little about this.
Any help would be appreciated.
Chris
Model 11 Sportsman firction ring
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wrhusted
Re: Model 11 Sportsman firction ring
A fairly lengthy discussion of this problem and solution (with pictures!) may be found at the Gunsmithing forum of the Practical Machinist. I've put the very long URL through tinyurl.com for your convenience:mearscn wrote:Hi folks:
Recently I happened across a mod. 11 sportsman that was given to me because it "is just an old gun." I happily took this "old" gun and plan to use it on upland birds this fall. My question is does anyone have information on how to set the friction ring for low base shells. I have heard that one is supposed to change it.... but I know little about this.
http://tinyurl.com/euqlg
Good luck! I thoroughly enjoy shooting my model 11!
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My original Remington Sportsman manual only shows the heavy and what the the above thread calls the medium setting.
Back in the 1950s when the 2 3/4 inch magnum shells came out, Arthur Koveleski (sp) sold a heavier spring for these guns to handle those then new shells. I have a 16-gauge Sportsman with one of those springs, and it cannot be made to function reliably with 1 ounce loads, but works fine with the 1 1/8 ounce Super-X type loads or the 1 1/4 ounce 16-gauge 2 3/4 inch magnum loads.
Back in the 1950s when the 2 3/4 inch magnum shells came out, Arthur Koveleski (sp) sold a heavier spring for these guns to handle those then new shells. I have a 16-gauge Sportsman with one of those springs, and it cannot be made to function reliably with 1 ounce loads, but works fine with the 1 1/8 ounce Super-X type loads or the 1 1/4 ounce 16-gauge 2 3/4 inch magnum loads.