I have an old Remington 11-48 in .410 on its way. Anybody here play with semiautos in the smallest gauge?

Had an 1100 Rem, sold to my brother. It's very reliable and a blast to use to hunt doves.
Shell prices for them are getting crazy though.

df06: Yeah, I'm thinking I'd better line up a MEC if this gun turns into a keeper.

Sure. 1100 in 410 is a fun little gun. Reloading the 410 is kind of a pita though kinda like 22 hornet. Easy to crush hulls.


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The 11-48 is the gun that turned me into a dedicated double fan. Of course that was in the days of paper cases; the @#$% thing would rip the heads off 2 or 3 times loaded cases with some regularity.
C.G.B.

I have a Franchi semi-auto 28 gauge and love it.

I shot ducks geese and pheasants almost exclusively with a 28ga benelli legaci this year, I wish they would make a .410 legacy....

You won't be disappointed. I have an 1100 Skeet. Once I settled on 2 1/2 inch AA hulls, 296, and a half ounce of #8 or#9 its fun and simple to load for. I load on a MEC 600 because I found a new machine on sale cheaper than a conversion for my PW 375. You won't be disappointed with the MEC.

I ordered a Remington 1100 in .410 a little over a week ago. I currently hunt dove, quail, and squirrel with my SxS .410 Grulla 216RL. Just makes for a fun day of shooting.

I had a pair of Remington 1100 Sporting Clays. One in .410 and one in 28 Gauge. Bought them brand new.

.410 broke my heart. Just would not cycle shells. Got rid of it.

28 Gauge was a sweetheart. I would shoot clays with it all day. Loved shooting it. Hated cleaning it, got rid of it after a couple of years.

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Hated cleaning it, got rid of it after a couple of years.

You don't really have to clean them.
Open the breech. Give it a little shot of Barricade with a wand into the chamber to keep the chamber from rusting. The run off protects the rest of the bore. Put a piece of old T shirt in a plastic cup and store the shot gun muzzle down in the cup in a convenient corner.
Clean up time less than a minute and no mess.
I shot skeet a long time with a number of different autoloaders and they were all stored like that with no problems.

@SR4759
Those two were my first Remington 1100's. And I received different suggestions from different people.
- They shoot better when they are dirty
- You better clean everything with steelwool if you want this gun to work for you

I was basically taking them apart and cleaning them after every trip to the sporting clays range. And the 28 gauge was just an absolute joy to shoot. Loved that gun.

When I first started shooting skeet, the 1148 was my first skeet gun. I loved it and cannot understand why I ever sold it. You will have a lot of fun with yours. As said, 1/2 oz. #9 shot in a 2.5" shell works wonders. I still shoot that today on birds although with a 30" Browning sporting clays.

Yep! I got an 1100 and a Win 42 in 410. I just love to play with them.

Shells are too derned expensive though!


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