Everyone, I have an 11-48 .410 that was left to my son recently. The problem was when I fired it with a Winchester AA skeet load the round fired but jammed the bolt half way back and was extremely hard to close back up. The bolt could not be retracted with the hull still in it when stuck. I was able to remove the hull by disassembling the gun and now the bolt open and closes with no problem like it did originally. This gun means alot to my son, so getting it fixed it important. The question is what Gunsmith would you trust to get a Remington fixed the right way the first time :thumbsup: ? I currently own 7 other Remington shotguns both 1187 and 870s' and they are all flawless. Thank you very much for all your help ahead of time !!!
Find an old one. A really old one. I own a 1953 sportsman 48. Great gun. Lube the spring and magazine tube with a little 30 wt oil. Works best with that. A little goes a long way.
You might want to read the original owners manual and then lube where Remington says to on the gun, particularly the recoil spring and compensator. Sounds like the gun just needs some maintenance and oiling
Here's the page you can download the manual from. http://www.remington.com/pages/support/ ... nuals.aspx
Hey! I just inherited a 1950 11-48. I'm in the middle of rehab on that gun.
It sounds to me as if you're saying that the hull was stuck 1/2 way out of the chamber when you fired it. If that IS what happened, it's an easy fix. The gun I got had the same problem, because it hadn't been fired in at least 40 years. If shells aren't dropping into the chamber, take a power drill and put a .410 bore brass brush (pick one up anywhere that sales gun cleaning supplies) in the drill chuck, get some gun cleaning solvent, and go to work on the chamber. Next, take a drill bit and wrap it in steel wool, put it in the drill, and hit the chamber again. Finally, coat that steel wool with gun oil and hit it again. Run a boresnake or swab through the barrel a few times and the problem should be resolved.
If the bolt jammed half way back and stuck it is more than a cleaning issue. Action timing is controlled by parts in the trigger group. Assuming the chamber and action tube are clean, I would inspect the trigger group for bent or binding parts. Any experienced gunsmith should be able to fix it. No rocket science here.
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