Sporting Gun

The tried and the trusted

I have always had a love for older guns. One of my favourites is the Remington 1100. We have had Remi 1100s in the family since before I was born. Two of the family Remingtons were Trap models.

There was also an old Magnum that was my gun of choice as a teenager before I bought my Beretta AL391. That fondness for the 1100s stuck with me, and I was amazed to see one on the gun shop shelf in great condition with an inviting price tag of just over £200; certainly too inviting to ignore.

The gun in question is a 2.75in chamber field version with a 28in barrel and fixed half choke. The gun has

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