Just got done putting some rifle sights on an 870. This is a sweet setup for those of you wanting to take your home defense/competition shotgun to a new level. Pictures to follow.
When will summer end? Burning up in Nashville right now. Hard to get in the shop when you are sweating!!
In this video Massad Ayoob shows the differences in 12 gauge and 20 gauge shotguns for home defense. It may surprise you that the 20 gauge really doesn’t give up anything to its big brother. If you have one of these in the closet, it would be ideal for a conversion like our SM-1 package. Email for details.
I mentioned the other day that I was having a little difficulty because of a mistake I had made in modifying the gas port on a Remington 1100. I had to replace the customer’s barrel with a factory new 21″ barrel that came with two choke tubes, a wrench and rifle sights.
Yesterday I took it to the range for function testing and evaluation. It was a great expereince. It gobbled up every bit of ammo I threw in it and forcefully ejected the empites into a nice clean pile.
The rifle sights made a huge difference in long range shooting. For me they make the sight picture clearer on all shots. There is a lot of debate out there about which sights make you faster. If memory serves me correctly, D.R. Middlebrooks has said that the bead is faster on everything in the testing that he has done. He is certainly a reliable source, and one that I trust. If you are going to be shooting stages with lots of steel where you will be using slugs, this could be the setup for you. Likewise, it would be a great home defense setup.
Either way it made the gun handle great. For $100 more you can add this to your SM-1 package saving you almost $100 off of the average sales cost.
We’ve been asked a lot lately about feeding problems with the Remington 1100. A lot of this is the stuff of unfounded rumors and old tales. The 1100 was originally made in 2 3/4″ chamber, and when they added the 3″ chamber there were feeding issues especially among light loads. In fact, the first 1100 I ever owned was a 3″ that had been modified by its original owner so that it would cycle light loads. I can verify that it will simply run anything that I have ever thrown at it from game loads to buckshot to target loads.
If you have a 1100 that you would like to convert to the SM-1 package you don’t have anything to worry about. We will make sure that you have a reliable gun that will run game loads, buckshot and slugs as that is what you are most likely to use during a 3 gun match or in a L/E application.
Remington rectified these feeding problems with the introduction of the 1187, but don’t count the 1100 out yet. Remington keeps making them, accessories are readily available, and plenty of people are still using them. As far as a tactical shotgun goes, you won’t go wrong with that old 1100 that you have sitting in the closet.
A few months ago, we were asked to turn an ordinary Remington 1100 into a versatile home defense shotgun. We liked it so much, and the response was so great we have decided to combine the best features available for the Remington family of shotguns into a package we call the SM-1. The great part is that we use your existing Remington 870, 1100, or 1187.
This means that you can have a great home defense shotgun for under $500 with every accessory you need. How do we save you so much? We don’t you the gun. So many of our customers have 2 3/4″ shotguns laying around the safe because they have upgraded through the years to the larger loads. Now you have a use for that gun. One customer found a Remington 1100 at a gunshow for almost nothing and turned it into a great shotgun. Clean out your safe or get to the local gunshow and find a deal that works for you. We supply the parts and do the rest, and you get a great combat, L/E or home defense shotgun.
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