REM 1100 - bubba mag tube

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I bought this well used shotgun a few years ago for just under $300 and thought it was a steal. I still do, but now maybe I understand why the price was so low. I can only load 2 shells in the mag tube. I haven’t shot it that much, but have recently purchased a used 20” barrel and want to use it as a home defense shotgun. I bought a mag extension tube so I took apart the magazine tube expecting to find a restrictor plug or an indent in the tube so that only 2 shells will feed. Nope. This is what I found. A stick! I’m not sure what the logic was behind this bubba gunsmithing, but the spring was mangled and had a stick jammed into it. Just goes to show, you never know what you may find when you buy a used gun. Happy New Year to y’all.
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I’d be willing to bet a good majority of shotguns in eastern NC have a stick in them, especially the old timers. Gotta have a plug to hunt migratory birds. My dad had an old dowel rod in his. Never seen a spring do that though.
 
This was pretty common out in the sticks when I was a kid. If you were hunting on your own land, you would take the plug out, but if you went to a game land you would need it. Like most small things they can get lost. The ole stick in the tube trick got done a lot to get us by the Game Warden checks.
 
I live in an area that is very big with duck and geese hunters, with a whole bunch of rivers, the Albemarle and Currituck Sounds. But I moved here and have never hunted on the water in my life. Have mostly hunted, deer, turkey, dove. So this is a new thing to me, stuffing a stick in the mag tube. Makes sense though.

I will say I am impressed with this 1100. Very light shooting 12 gauge. Just taking it apart has been a learning experience. I’m glad I did because the mag tube itself was gunked up with oil and grease residue and the follower was more or less a dirt plug with some metal underneath. Got it all cleaned up, inspected the o-ring, cleaned the gas cylinder. Now I’m just waiting for the new extension tube and spring to arrive.
 
This is hilarious! My brother just gifted me a 20 gauge 1100. I was showing it to my son and I kept hearing something sliding up and down inside. Took the mag tube cap off, found a plastic Bic pen.(Redneck plug, Ha,Ha)
 
Pops said:
This is hilarious! My brother just gifted me a 20 gauge 1100. I was showing it to my son and I kept hearing something sliding up and down inside. Took the mag tube cap off, found a plastic Bic pen.(Redneck plug, Ha,Ha)
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That is funny! So it’s a thing. Buy a used Semi Auto and like a Cracker Jack box, you have to open it up to see what kind of prize is inside! lol.
 
i have had to use more sticks then i care to remember....my dove gun is also my quail gun and no limit for the number of shells for your upland gun....it never fails ill be sitting in the field opening morning of dove and having to hunt around to find a stick to slap in my mag tube so mr. greenjeans doesnt get all upset....pencil or a pen really works the best
 
Change the O ring - don't need Remmy part just hardware store. Buy em by the dozen.
Folks on Ebay sell multipacks for a few $. Turns that auto into a single shot fast when they break.
 
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Found a whittled down stick in one of my Winchester M12s, one from 1924 and the other from 1940. State of the art tech. Shotgun mods were a lot simpler in the old days.
 
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