remington 1100 trigger work

[scrooge]

QUESTIONS ???? Can a good gunsmith work on a remington 1100 trigger assembly to make the pull quicker ,, easier,, not a hair trigger but close to it ????? Would you recommend it or not ????

[vvarmitr]

Hey scrooge buddy: Still puttin' the polish on that 1100?
I had trigger work done on my 1100 LT 20 ga.
So yes, a good gunsmith can work on your trigger, but then again so can a bad gunsmith. Ayuck! :D
I'm not sure what you mean by "pull quicker," but he can lighten the trigger pull & make the let-off crisper. I 'm not for certain about the over travel, (the distance the trigger moves after let-off).

Would I recommend it? After reading your profile I honesty would say no. Your days afield are only 14, I'm guessing they're all during deer season. Buck fever does strange things to a person & you should be more aware of your trigger & what you're doing.
If you can get more experience during the summer say shooting g'hogs, then maybe yes. Light triggers take some getting use to.

[scrooge]

I understand your reasoning.... Yes the only hunting i do is the week of deer season....and muzzleloader season...

[Flyin40]

You might want to take a look at Brownell's. They used to have a 1100 trigger group assembly that replaces your old one. Nice clean trigger pull. But unless you used to shooting alot you should not purchase or have any gunsmithing done to your trigger because a very light pressure will set it off and noone wants an accidental shooting. Having said that the trigger adjustment makes a big difference. My 1100 had a 7lb pull which is outrageous. I shoot a rifled barrel with the winchester sabots and the trigger pull makes a big difference. If your shooting smoothbore theres no need to change because the level of accuracy isn't there in the first place for it to make a big difference.

My question to you is will you ever use this shotgun for anything else other than deer hunting because if you do under no circumstances should you have a lighter trigger put on. Thats why I went to the seperate trigger pull assembly so I could change them out. No way would I want to go bird or rabbit hunting with a light trigger. Its real simple, just remove 2 pins and replace. Takes about 2 mins if that to switch them.


Flyin40

[scrooge]

my 1100 is the rifled barrel.....will be used for deer hunting only...... it's a new gun....i've only had it out a couple times trying to get the scope sighted in.....still can't get it zero'd in at 100 yards....but will work with it some more sometime soon .... i got plenty of time till deer season.......thanks

[Flyin40]

Take your gun to a gun shop and have them sight it in. Most shops will have a sight tool that will basically sight your scope in at about 50 yds. They use a tool, they do no shooting with your gun, should only cost about $10-$15. Then take you gun to the range and finish sighting it in. It won't be all the way sighted in but you will be able to hit the target at 50 or you can start at 25 yds then go to 50. It saves alot of ammo especially when your missing the target and you don't know where your hitting. Once they sight it then you just finish it up. I usually don't shoot my gun over 50yds at the range anymore. I have been using a rifled barrel and scope for 7 or more yrs, since they first come out and have been using the partition gold from winchester for few yrs now and they are expensive. I sight my gun in 3inches high at 50 yds and it puts me dead on at about 140yds. You can get the ballistics on the partitions and it will give you and idea how it shoots. I still put a couple slugs through it at 125yds just to make sure its on but its too expensive to shoot much.

Also make sure you use a gun rest or sand bags sighting it in. Don't expect to get it zeroed shooting offhand. You need to take out the human error factor when sighting it in. Really concentrate on squeezing the trigger, not pulling it. These slugs pack a heck of a kick and will cause you to flinch right before you shoot and you'll never hit anything if you do that.

Also you can't use those cheap lead slugs, it has to be sabots and theres alot out there now. You don't have to go with winchester but they have enough power to drop a deer at 200yds and they don't have much drop from 50-200yds.

Hope this helps

Flyin40

[Flyin40]

What scope are you using??

Flyin40

[scrooge]

Originally posted by Flyin40
What scope are you using?? the leupold shotgun scope.....2x7x33

Flyin40

[Flyin40]

Good choice, a shotgun will go through scopes every year. Leupold will last a long time and it has a lifetime warranty.


Flyin

[vvarmitr]

Scrooge: That is all good advice from Flyin40. ;)
I liked that part about the 2 sets of triggers. :cool:

[scrooge]

Originally posted by vvarmitr
Scrooge: That is all good advice from Flyin40. ;)
I liked that part about the 2 sets of triggers. :cool: OK......THANKS......