Reminton 1100 LT 20 with Rem choke system

[Matt Giroux]

So I came into an older Remington 1100 literally new in the box, looks like it has done nothing but sit in a safe (well oiled) for the last 40 years, has the box, and two vent rib barrels that both accept Rem Chokes, the original barrel date best I can tell puts manufacture (BH I believe) in the late 60s, however Remington didn't introduce the rem choke barrels until 1986. So for my Remington 1100 experts, is this something that they would've offered to do retroactively or potentially was the barrel excess left over from production that they threaded then sold with a newer (late 80s) LT 20?

I'll upload photos this evening when I get home

 

[rc508pir]

I'll upload photos this evening when I get home

Tease

How did you come into possession of said un-fired shotgun?

 

[Matt Giroux]

Tease

How did you come into possession of said un-fired shotgun?

HAHA I promise I'll post pictures first thing when I get home this evening!

A friend of a friend called me and said this old man had some nice hunting shotguns so I went and perused and they were nice indeed, I picked up this one and a Ruger Red Label O/U (Old model) with the box and factory chokes...(:

 

[PBramble]

Well, since Rem chokes didn't start til 86, it's either a newer barrel or was installed afterwards. And you're wrong on the barrel code, The letters are
Blackpowderx, there is no H. It's likely you just misdated the barrel. Use the serial number to decode the date. The letters in it will identify it more clearly.

 

[Matt Giroux]

Well, since Rem chokes didn't start til 86, it's either a newer barrel or was installed afterwards. And you're wrong on the barrel code, The letters are
Blackpowderx, there is no H. It's likely you just misdated the barrel. Use the serial number to decode the date. The letters in it will identify it more clearly.

Month Codes: [first letter]

B - L - A - C - K - P - O - W - D - E - R - X
1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12

Year:______Code: [second (and third*) letters]

1960_______ G
1961_______ H
1962_______ J
1963_______ K
1964_______ L
1965_______ M
1966_______ N
1967_______ P
1968_______ R
1969_______ S

1970_______ T
1971_______ U
1972_______ W
1973_______ X
1974_______ Y
1975_______ Z
1976_______ I
1977_______ O
1978_______ Q
1979_______ V

1980_______ A
1981_______ B
1982_______ C
1983_______ D
1984_______ E
1985_______ F
1986_______ G
1987_______ H
1988_______ I
1989_______ J

1990_______ K
1991_______ L
1992_______ M
1993_______ N
1994_______ O
1995_______ P
1996_______ Q
1997_______ R
1998_______ S
1999_______ T
2000_______ U
2001_______ W
2002_______ X

This is what i have always used to date the 1100s

Here is the source (I know its from the internet lol): Shotgunworld.com • chart ? serial numbers for a remington 1100

 

[PBramble]

Oops. Egg on my face. Forgot about the other letter codes. Looks like it falls within the range to be 1987. Then the chokes make sense since they started in 1986.

 

[sedona]

I had one just like this in the late 80s and it was a few months newer than yours.I remember it was OH and i bought it in October of 87.If i remember correctly i paid around $425.00 for it.

 

[Matt Giroux]

Oops. Egg on my face. Forgot about the other letter codes. Looks like it falls within the range to be 1987. Then the chokes make sense since they started in 1986.

Actually egg on my face......I didnt scroll down the list far enough to see that they reused H

 

[Matt Giroux]

@rc508pir PICTURES!!!!

 

[Roy14]

I’ve got something similar, or similar to someone very uneducated in field shotguns, without a box. It sat unused, but loaded, some couple of decades, and I’d imagine will need a recoil spring. It seems a nice gun but I’ve never thought to use it and have considered selling to allow someone the benefit of using it. It was definitely from a different era in Remington quality.