Hey Grouse…

Look what followed me home this weekend.

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Sweet!

You knew somebody was going to say that

SR

Steve Root wrote:

Sweet!

Ha! I see what you did there…

Right now all I can tell is that you got about 27% of a shotgun. Let’s see the rest of it!

Grouse

TheFamousGrouse wrote:

Right now all I can tell is that you got about 27% of a shotgun.

That’s all there is to it.

Just kidding. I’ll get some photos once I clean it up a bit.

Purple shotgun shells…….

suzuki wrote:

Purple shotgun shells…….

LOL. Fair enough!

Is this the Remington 11-48?

Grouse

suzuki wrote:

Purple shotgun shells…….

No problem on the color. If you want to continue the Prince tribute, you’re covered. Ready to move on? You have options.

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TheFamousGrouse wrote:

Is this the Remington 11-48?

No, it’s Remington Sportsman 58, precursor to the 1100.

I’d still take a 58, although a little heavier than the 48, still a nice shotgun. It will need to be thoroughly stripped and cleaned, of course. I’ve never worked on a 58. I’d imagine like most gas autos they will mainly suffer form excessive oil and grease/goo that was so popular back in the day.

When I bought my father a 16 gauge Rem Mod 11, I stripped it and the amount of old dried out grease that I took off the parts of that gun indicated that it must have had an entire tube of that old gun grease that came in the cleaning kits smeared all over the parts. It took hours of soaking and cleaning to get that sh!t off all the parts.

Grouse

Yeah, I took it apart last night, and it is dirty, but everything appears to be in working order. It’s a really simple design–simpler than, say, an 1100, which I think is pretty simple. Once I get it cleaned up and reassembled, I will post a few pics.

There is a warning on the outside of the gas piston tube to keep the piston and inside of the piston tube free of solvents and oils.

The price was right.

Viva la 16! I’ve got three; an older Beretta Silver Hawk SxS, a French Chapuis O/U, and one of the new Browning SW16’s. 16 gauge is sort of a hobby in itself.

She’s all clean! Everything appears to be in good working order. This one was built in 1957.

Like I mentioned, this is a Remington Sportsman 58. It’s a gas-operated semi-auto. It was the precursor to the 1100, and several of the parts are very similar between the two. The downfall of the 58 is that the gas piston is housed in the magazine tube, limiting the magazine to two shells.

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Well done.

Looks like a nice old 16! I never put in more than 3 shells in an auto.

Nice gun other than shell capacity but hey you can always shoot at woodcock while Grouse hunting.

suzuki wrote:

Nice gun other than shell capacity…

I know, I know, but it’s still one more than Grouse has with his fancy double guns.

Maybe it’s because I’m not in the habit of having 5 shells on tap, but I recall very few situations where I’ve ever NEEDED 5 or even 4. In most pheasant flushing situations, there has been a suitable pause between flushes where I could pluck one or two out of the vest and slide it in before the next flush.

I’m just in the habit of reloading as soon as the first volley is fired. Add to that the fact that I’m stunningly ineffective with even the third shot, and, well, I might as well shoot doubles for all the good a repeater does for me.

Grouse