Rem 1100 Stock question

[Sharkey]

I have a Remington 1100 set up for HD duty. It has a Choate full stock with a pistol grip that is non-adjustable. I shot it in a 3 gun school awhile ago and it did fine (slugs at 100 yards was fun) but truth is I'm a small guy and the LOP is a bit long at 14in.

Can I just remove the butt recoil pad and cut the stock a bit and reinstall the butt pad? I'm a cheap SOB! :supergrin:

I know Speed Feed sells a stock with a shorter 13" LOP but it's running $70 and I like free better. Anyone do it?

I bought a 20ga. 870 thinking I'd sell the semi-auto but truth is after shooting the 870, I like the 1100 much better. I plan on selling the 870 soon at the next gun show. That cash will go to fund a new KSG when one becomes available at a reasonable price. :whistling:

[Sharkey]

No one? I guess I'll try it this weekend then. I guess I should have put I was thinking about buying a non tier 1 AR for $800 and I would have got a lot more responses.
:)

[Big Bird]

You can do it. But it will take a belt sander to do properly and if you don't have one it will cost over $100. Plus the epoxy etc. If you don't have a belt sander just bite the bullet. You can sell your old stock here in the classifieds for $30-40 pretty quick and that means you'll only be out $30-40 for the new stock anyhow.

[Sharkey]

You can do it. But it will take a belt sander to do properly and if you don't have one it will cost over $100. Plus the epoxy etc. If you don't have a belt sander just bite the bullet. You can sell your old stock here in the classifieds for $30-40 pretty quick and that means you'll only be out $30-40 for the new stock anyhow.

Well I don't have a belt sander so I should probably just bite the bullet and get one. Thanks for the advice.

[byf43]

I have an older Choate pistol-gripped shoulder stock that I had on an 870, and had contemplated doing the same thing, to it.

In my old Choate stock, there are brass 'inserts' in the plastic (that use machine threads, instead of the buttplate screws going into plastic.
I'm not sure about the newer ones.

I was going to take the stock off, wrap it with masking tape, mark/scribe where I was going to cut, then use a Radial Arm saw with a fine-tooth blade, then epoxy some plastic into the stock, for inserts/screws.

Care must be taken to ensure that you keep the same angle/dimensions as the original end of the buttstock.

Did I cut my stock. Nah. Wasn't worth the trouble.
That old Choate Stock is in a box, in a drawer, in my workshop, taking up space.:supergrin:


ETA: IF you choose to cut your stock (for the 1100) "measure twice, cut once." There is a spring assembly inside the stock, and the 'screw/stud' that attaches the stock to that spring assembly.
Don't cut the stock so short that you can't secure the stock to the shotgun!!