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DallanC Site Admin
Joined: Jan 18, 2005 Posts: 3589 Location: Utah
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Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 10:07 pm Post subject: Looking for: Remington 1100 Forend Support |
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Went skeet shooting with the family this past weekend, it was loads of fun. However the forend support broke on my now 40 year old Remington 1100 Shotgun.
Sadly, as far as I've been able to determine these are now discontinued from Remington. I've searched high and low and no-one stocks it anymore. I found 2 up for auction right now but they sell for stupid prices for what used to be a $9 part. I'm still going to give it a serious try to win one or both if possible.
This is the item:
www.brownells.com/shot...10922.aspx
If anyone runs across one, hollar! Maybe a few exist in the lands down under
I'll probably pick up a couple packages of O-rings and a couple extractors if Remington isn't going to make parts anymore (which is weird, as far as I can tell Remington still makes 1100's).
-DallanC
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pete4d Super Member
Joined: Nov 27, 2011 Posts: 957 Location: Dixie , Alabama , & Louisiana
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Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2021 9:27 am Post subject: Re: Looking for: Remington 1100 Forend Support |
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Dallan , may be possible to weld or solder and re-temper , just a thought.
With what's coming down the road , we all may-be doing this in the future.......
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DallanC Site Admin
Joined: Jan 18, 2005 Posts: 3589 Location: Utah
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Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2021 11:44 am Post subject: Re: Looking for: Remington 1100 Forend Support |
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pete4d wrote: |
Dallan , may be possible to weld or solder and re-temper , just a thought.
With what's coming down the road , we all may-be doing this in the future....... |
Yes, its possible to repair the existing one. The one "wing" broke off which allowed it to get cockeyed and the action bent it. So it needs to be straightened, and a new side rebuilt.
But its possible to straighten it, weld on a new wing etc. So its an option I'm considering as a last resort.
This might be the final straw holding me back from buying a small shop TIG welder for precision work.
-DallanC
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DallanC Site Admin
Joined: Jan 18, 2005 Posts: 3589 Location: Utah
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Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2021 8:19 pm Post subject: Re: Looking for: Remington 1100 Forend Support |
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Well... good news / bad news.
Bad news, the one I found on Ebay crossed the $100 line and I gave up chasing it. $100 for what used to be a $9 part. I dont mind some price gouging but thats ridiculous.
Had better luck on the second one on GunBroker. I was able to win that one for just over $60. So I can at least get the gun back to functional form.
I got 41 years of use out of the original part, I only need 20-30 out of this new one to last me the rest of my life. I'm going to measure it with calipers and record all the dimensions should I ever have to build one from scratch... or more likely try to repair my broken and bent support and get it back to factory dimensions.
Maybe Palmetto will let their new acquisition start making some of these commonly used parts.
Anywho, disaster averted!
-DallanC
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Elvis Super Member
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Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2021 8:58 pm Post subject: Re: Looking for: Remington 1100 Forend Support |
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good to hear you will be back in action again....at end of day your gun will still be the same so no major difference to get used to.
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Pumpkinslinger Super Member
Joined: Sep 22, 2007 Posts: 5041 Location: NC foothills
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Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2021 6:31 pm Post subject: Re: Looking for: Remington 1100 Forend Support |
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3D printing? I have no idea if you could get the necessary strength out of that though.
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PaulS Super Member
Joined: Feb 18, 2006 Posts: 4330 Location: South-Eastern Washington - the State
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Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2021 9:27 pm Post subject: Re: Looking for: Remington 1100 Forend Support |
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There are materials that are strong enough but the finish won't be something to show off. I would think that a wooden dowel, a soft hammer and a torch judiciously applied would stand a good chance of a decent repair or rebuild. There is also the possibility of building one from available tubing. I built a 20 round tubular magazine for my old Winchester pump. You have enough moxie to do it DallanC.
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DallanC Site Admin
Joined: Jan 18, 2005 Posts: 3589 Location: Utah
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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2021 5:51 pm Post subject: Re: Looking for: Remington 1100 Forend Support |
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Pumpkinslinger wrote: |
3D printing? I have no idea if you could get the necessary strength out of that though. |
Oh... you should study up on it, 3D printing is amazing now. You can print in just about any type of material, from biological cells through plastics, and most types of metals. Prints are BEAUTIFUL and rival machined pieces. Check this aluminum manifold Banks engineering made up for their diesels.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7z1_d7S8bA
One of the coolest uses I've seen for 3D printers is restoring old WWII aircraft engines. They are able to take say, a wrecked crank that had a spun bearing, and print material back onto the original piece, bringing it back to original tolerances. No more boring out a piston cylinder, you simply "print" material thats worn away back onto the walls.
Seriously, its amazing technology.
-DallanC
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inthedark Super Member
Joined: Jan 31, 2011 Posts: 920 Location: Ontario
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Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2021 10:31 am Post subject: Re: Looking for: Remington 1100 Forend Support |
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I put a call into a gun shop here in Ontario that has been really good to me to see if he has any in stock. I'll get back to you if he has one.
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DallanC Site Admin
Joined: Jan 18, 2005 Posts: 3589 Location: Utah
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Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2021 5:03 pm Post subject: Re: Looking for: Remington 1100 Forend Support |
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Thank you!
-DallanC
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Pumpkinslinger Super Member
Joined: Sep 22, 2007 Posts: 5041 Location: NC foothills
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Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2021 11:54 am Post subject: Re: Looking for: Remington 1100 Forend Support |
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Dallan, I've got a friend here who is really in to 3D printing. I was going to see of he could print some clips for a Berthier rifle. Those things are EXPENSIVE!
Another project I've discussed with him is miniatures of historic monuments.
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Gil Martin Super Member
Joined: Jan 28, 2005 Posts: 1843 Location: Schnecksville, PA
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Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2021 7:45 pm Post subject: Re: Looking for: Remington 1100 Forend Support |
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DallanC,
Tell me where this part lives in an 1100. I may have a lead on one. Is it in the forend? Is it for a 12 gauge? Let me know. All the best...
Gil
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pete4d Super Member
Joined: Nov 27, 2011 Posts: 957 Location: Dixie , Alabama , & Louisiana
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DallanC Site Admin
Joined: Jan 18, 2005 Posts: 3589 Location: Utah
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Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2021 9:02 am Post subject: Re: Looking for: Remington 1100 Forend Support |
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Correct, #48. I put a link to it on Brownells website in my first post.
-DallanC
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