Just picked up a good condition(well used/well loved) Remmie 11 in 12 guage. It has the 27" full choke barrel. After paying off the layaway at the local fgunstore, I told them to hold it to have the gunsmith trim the barrel to 20" and put a new bead on it. The gunsmith said that he won't take it below the minimum length of any factory length barrel(which is 24") because it won't function reliably.

I got the idea from a thread here where people where showing off their shotties. Someone had an older Remmie 11 set up with a 20" barrel(and I believe a mag ext also) that looked positively wicked. Inspiring really.

Anyone got any experience with abbreviating the barrels on a Remington recoil operated automatics that could shine some light on this?

TIA

wganz
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Alot of the goverment issued 11"s that they gave to the banks in the 20's worked fine.They were almost all 20 inchers.

My dad owns a Rem. Mod. 11 riot gun with either an 18" or 20" barrel.  He bought it from the DCM in the mid 60's for the outrageous sum of $18.

The Mod 11 is recoil opperated.  Cutting down the barrel will have no affect on the functioning of the gun.

Kent

I have a 11-48, which functions like an 11, with 18.5" barrel.  It functions fine.

I also added a Choate extended mag tube, holds 7+1.

Bonnie Parker...the infamous outlaw bitch...had several cut well below 20"...probably around 12-14in. in 20ga...her favorite murder weapon. They apparently worked fine for her. And Henderson Jordan...one of the LEOs involved with the final solution to the Barrow Gang...used a 12ga. with short barrel that also worked very well for him.

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Went by B&S Guns in Garland today and Randy, their gunsmyth, did it for me in 30 minutes while I waited for $60. May take it to Tom Bean Saturday to try it out.  

Thanks to all for the input.

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