Remington Semi Shotgun 

This is one of the things I love most about this community. I think the stories of guns owned by family, sometimes for generations, is a too often ignored part of the reality of firearms ownership. The 1905 Ithaca that I am restoring on the channel right now has been in the same family since new and has been passed down four generations. Chris thank you for taking the time to comment!

Is true. Thanks for watching and commenting

Hey Dave....thanks for the info. By "machine cut" I assume you mean the checkering? From a personal level I think the 11-48 is a nicer more pleasing shotgun then the 1100...but that is what makes the world go round. Happy to know the extra information you shared! Is there a definitive source for this or just info you have learned over the years? I am always interested in learning more. And regarding rodeos...I have grown up in the business. My dad started his little gun shop in 1962 and I run it today. Also I worked for Ruger firearms for 44 years. Ran their stock making shop for most of that and worked in design and development my last 12. Pleased to meet a fellow traveler. Thanks for commenting.

@@SixRoundsStudio Yes meant checkering. Most information gained from personal experience and research. Some from the Remington Society. Big problem now is the historical production information was not given to the new REM ARMS COMPANY in the bankruptcy sale. I got that directly in an email from REM ARMS when I inquired about those records. Another giant screw up. IMHO the new 870 Field Master is just a slightly improved 870 Express and no where close in quality to a real Wingmaster of any generation. I particularly like the Wingmasters from 1948 to 1963 with the same checkering pattern and wood as the 11-48. In addition to my collection of the 48 series I'm also working on a collection of the 870 Wingmaster ADL DELUXE series. The 48 series autoloaders are slimmer, lighter, better balanced, quicker and easier pointing than the 1100 IMHO. The biggest advantage of the 1100 and 11-87's are lighter recoil and I have some of those too and really like them. Although I have no experience with the V-3 and the Versa Max series, from what I've been able to read, neither of those had the reliability and quality of workmanship of any of the autoloaders up through the 11-87. Unfortunately I don't get to hunt much anymore because of health problems, but I still like to sit in the hedge rows on my farm and pass shoot doves or geese when they come in to the grain fields. Anything that does not require walking. Happy hunting boys and girls!😀

@@davewinter2688 Thank you Dave.

Your very welcome

Thanks Don. I made this video so long ago I had to go back and watch it to remember what I had said. These are classics that are mostly underappreciated. We used to see these come into the shop all the time. I haven't seen one in years. Sad...because a modern generation misses the beauty and utility of wood and steel.

Thank you Ken! Took a lot to put this one together. Lots of research and I learned a whole lot myself.

SixRounds Studio your research and hard work is appreciated. I’m sure that is one of the reasons your channel went from 1000 to 2000 subscribers in such a short time. Keep up the great work. May everyone stay safe and healthy. 🇺🇸

Great story and memories.

Thanks Brian. Was a lot of fun to make.

Really a very nice gun..

Thanks for watching!

Thank you for commenting. I think I like the history almost as much as the guns themselves

Wow...thank you Duane. Welcome aboard.

Wow...thank you for sharing the story. This is what the media misses.

The bolt and barrel are not returned by the barrel spring. Ith

Wow...than you for the comment!

Old school and one of my personal favorites. Thank you for taking the time to comment.

Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment!! These are great old shotguns that dont really get the love they deserve.

Thank you David. I do love these shotguns!

Thank you! And thank you for taking the time to comment

Thank you Andrew!

Thank you rabbit! They are indeed great shotguns. I generally have always used a 20 or 28. Like them most.

Yes

And thank you!

Left side stamp... XTT and serial... 9066 Correction: 5009066

Thank you Matt! Though change is a constant.... it is inevitable. I do believe that the 11-48 was a game changer in the industry and one of the more beautiful semi-shotguns that Remington made (even comparing it to the 1100). And speaking of change...where did Remington go? Another icon of the past being played for greed, and not a love of the game perhaps?

I love the 11-48s. Couple suggestions. Be sure the barrel is free to recoil back into the receiver (I am sure it is if the gun is functioning) and 1300 fps is pretty hot. Maybe 1125 would be a better and lighter load.

Thank you and yes, I verify that barrel fully strokes after removing. Hoping Herter's 1165 fps will have a lighter recoil.

All Browning A5 long recoil design derivatives are going to seem hard kicking if you're used to shooting gas operated 1100's and the like. However your gun probably needs a new recoil/bolt spring and main action spring. Those springs are notorious for being compressed or collapsing after years of use. I've been shooting 48's for over sixty years. Also the original friction ring design really worked better than Remington's so-called improvement. It just wasn't as convenient as the new design. Check out Art's Gun Shop in Hillsboro Missouri. He has a recent U-tube video about this very subject including a spring replacement kit and improved friction ring/recoil control system. I'm not associated with his shop in any way. I've just been watching some of his videos for several years. He specializes in Brownings but does pretty much everything with hunting shotguns and rifles.

Thank you for taking the time to comment. These are some of my favorite shotguns.

Great shotguns and this was a fun video to make. Thanks for the comment Greg!

Yep...the old Auto 5 Clone. They were great guns too. Dont see those much anymore.

@@SixRoundsStudio Brownings long recoil actions sure have a distinct , clunky “cha-chunk” recoil impulse. They all do it. Barrel and bolt coming forward actually kinda pull the gun forward at the end of the cycle. Kinda cool I suppose

Ok...so that is pretty good Jeff...:)

Always keep our eyes open

The 1100 is basically the child of the 11-48. both are great shotguns from a once great company

Richard, thanks for commenting. I covered dating the shot gun at time stamp 17:28. Not really hard but you have to pay attention to all the codes. I also covered the friction ring at time stamp 12:45. I can honestly tell you that I am not sure why you have the split friction ring (the split ring was on the model 11 hump back - auto 5 clone). None of the 11-48s that I have or have looked at have a split ring (they are all internal to the friction sleeve). Maybe you can check out the collector site and see if there is some explanation.

Thanks for the positive comment and your question is a good one. I am not qualified to answer that question from any engineering perspective. I did do some research to see if an answer to that question is available and got multiple responses. It seems the consensus is NOT to shoot steel shot in any Remington shotgun manufactured before 1963. After 1963 they list other limitations to using steel shot. My suggestion...? Avoid steel shot.

Be sure the buffer ring is in the correct orientation for the loads you are using.

Hi Jeffery. Thanks for the comment. If your shotgun looks like mine when the forearm is removed, then everything is fine. The 410 doesn't use a friction ring because of its lighter recoil.

I'm not sure I understand your question entirely but let me take a shot at what I think your asking. Choke sizes are defined by a dimension of the bore at the muzzle. Obviously a "fixed" choke is one dimension at the muzzle that equals the dimension for that stated choke. The inherent problem is, depending on the sport or the game you hunt, the shooter might want a different choke so that the spread of shot would be best for that sport or game at the distances you want to shoot. Well...guns are expensive, so with a fixed choke on every gun it would require the shooter to buy more guns (not a problem in my book...just sayin :). Poly-choke was introduced in the 1930s as an alternative to buying several guns; and with the aid (or work) of a gunsmith the barrel could be cut behind the factories fixed choke (back to the cylinder bore) and the poly-choke added to the muzzle so that the choke dimension could be controlled by the shooter by twisting the choke on its threads which would constrict or open the choke at the muzzle. They work fine (our shop installed them back in the 60s and 70s. We still have one of the advertising models from Poly-choke...very cool), but from an esthetic perspective they are butt ugly (just opinion) by adding this "thing" to the end of an otherwise elegant shape. A sidebar: from the perspective of a restorers responsibility....If I restore a customers firearm and that firearm has a Poly on it, it is a part of that firearms history and story and I would discourage the owner from removing it (ultimately the owners decision). Anyway....along comes Briley (and others) with their screw in chokes which allows for the changing of choke sizes without that "thing" on the end allowing for maintaining the sleek lines of the shotgun. Today most manufacturers produce their shotguns with screw in chokes, but most also produce them with fixed chokes as well. Hope this answered your question? Thank for watching the vid and taking the time to comment!

@@SixRoundsStudio you answer my question perfectly, I am awaiting my recently purchased remington 11-48 with a power pac external choke. My main goal for this gun will be dove hunting, I am also considering a baikal mp-153.

Well...truthfully I am not an expert in the differences between the two. The 1100 was a complete redesign. I would try and find a parts and assembly breakdown book that has schematics of both guns...or try Numrich gun parts for one of thier online breakdowns.

Well...normally I would support your gunsmiths conclusion...a deep thorough cleaning will solve most "all of a sudden" issues with a firearm. Especially pumps and autos. With out looking at it, anything I suggest is just a guess. Make sure the friction ring is in the correct orientation on the recoil spring and see if the extractor is grabbing the shell securely.

Most likely on the adjustable choke.

eBay can be a pretty good resource. Also Numrich Arms. www.gunpartscorp.com/

Boyds stocks is a good source for Stevens. Yours was probably made by them.

Interesting

@@SixRoundsStudio I was at lunch yesterday so I didn’t have much time to respond. Flat bottom checkering is easier than regular checkering that cuts a V groove. The V groove will give the diamond affect when the grooves cris-cross. I believe it was hand cut, although I could imagine a set-up where a machine did the checkering. Not press-cut. From my understanding this gun was marketed for the returning GI’s from WW2. As you said the recoil system is the same as the Browning Auto 5 and Remington wanted a new more modern gun to sell to returning GI’s. This gun was different to the Auto 5 in appearance but not recoil system. Interestingly when this gun came out Remington was developing the gas operated recoil system that was used in the venerable model 1100. They just chose to come out with 11-48 as a stop gap measure until the new recoil system was ready. They didn’t want to miss out on the demand and potential sales. My brother-in law was at lake Belton which is close to Fort Hood in Killeen Texas. There are a lot of cliffs on the lakes and he came across some young veterans who had just come back from either Afghanistan or Iraq that were cliff diving. In combat you get that adrenaline rush so often that after deployment your brain craves it for a while. I am not sure if that was happening to some of the GI’s coming back from WW2 (maybe the act of shooting was fulfilling the craving or they just had a desire to return to a life they had before the war) but there was a definite demand for shotguns.

@@SixRoundsStudio Larry Potterfield the owner of Midway USA has a video about Flat-top checkering. I am sorry before I said flat bottom I was wrong it is flat-top checkering. The video is called How to Checker a Parker Side by Side with Original Style Flat-Top Checkering.

@@perrycollier2989 Thanks for taking the time to comment Perry. I hope you get to watch some of my other vids (subscribe too). I grew up in the firearms industry. My dad started a gun shop and gunsmithing business in 1962, and following his passing last year I am still running the shop. Dad served in the Pacific as a Marine in WWII. He grew up a farm boy and guns and hunting was what folks did in the day (wish more folks would spend time in the woods harvesting thier own food. Would make them better for the experience). I spent 45 years working for Ruger firearms and 30 of those years ran the woodworking stock making shop. I tell some of my story in other vids on the channel. I am going to have to dig out my collection of 11-48 s and study the checkering more. I am still a huge fan of the spring recoil operating system. Simple and reliable. Thanks for being here Perry!

Not a clue where you could get one. You can try some of the gun parts companies like Numrich

@@SixRoundsStudio it's a no go( nobody has any) one was on ebay several years ago but not since.. Just going to be happy with what I have. It's in great shape. Such a beautiful gun. I love my A5 16G, 11-48 1100 and 11-87. Great video by the way.

@@mthomas91088 Yep...they are made to be enjoyed. Thanks for the complement and the comment.

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