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Back in '79, my father picked up a nice little Remington 1100 lightweight in 20 ga. It features a plain barrel with a fixed modified choke.
Great little shooter and Dad used it over his vaunted 12 ga. 11-48 for a few years before we lost the dogs.
Anyway, I noticed that to load the 1100, one has to depress a silver button, that is on the loading door, in order to load the gun (the door won't move unless you depress the button).
I understand it's supposed to be some kind of safety device, but why do it that way?
What was Remington afraid of? The door would just "automatically" open up and spill rounds onto the ground? (like Dad's old JC Higgins Model 20 would do).
That one always confounded me.
Anyone know the story behind the inclusion of the "silver button to the 1100 series?
Anyone know when they started making them with that silver buttom?
DeanMk
Great little shooter and Dad used it over his vaunted 12 ga. 11-48 for a few years before we lost the dogs.
Anyway, I noticed that to load the 1100, one has to depress a silver button, that is on the loading door, in order to load the gun (the door won't move unless you depress the button).
I understand it's supposed to be some kind of safety device, but why do it that way?
What was Remington afraid of? The door would just "automatically" open up and spill rounds onto the ground? (like Dad's old JC Higgins Model 20 would do).
That one always confounded me.
Anyone know the story behind the inclusion of the "silver button to the 1100 series?
Anyone know when they started making them with that silver buttom?
DeanMk
