I recently bought a Remington 11-48 12ga. It is a C&R and I'm not 100% certain of the date of manufacture. The SN on the barrel lug and the SN on the receiver match and the date code on the barrel is either P UU or B UU. Either way, it indicates a 1949 manufacture date (1st year production for this model)

So - I wanted confirmation of the date code and I got an email from "Robin" from Remington in reply to my inquiry and she said it was made in 1950 ?!? Whatever my shotgun says - it doesn't say "WW" for the date code! Do you believe the barrel date code? Or the employee at Remington?

The other thing is that mine doesn't have the self-adjusting friction system for both heavy loads and light loads, but mine has a ring with an internal bevel on each side of differing depths and angles that is imprinted with "For Heavy Loads - Up" and then other side states "For Light Loads - Up"


I took it to the range yesterday, I intended to shoot my 'new' shogun on the skeet field. Unfortunately, due to recent storms, there was no power.

Luckily, I had brought three different types of shell with me. I took
Federal Target and Field, 2 3/4", 3 Dram Equiv, 1 1/8 oz, 1200 fps, #8
Federal Target, 2 3/4", 2 3/4" Dram Equiv, 1 1/8 oz, 1145 fps, #8
Winchester AA Low Recoil, 2 3/4", Min Dram Equiv, 1 1/8 oz, 980 fps #8

The shotgun recoil friction ring set-up was configured for "Heavy Loads" and it functioned perfectly with both of the Federal loads. It did not cycle the Win shells.
Just for the heck of it, I flipped the ring over and tried the Win again and still no joy.
The bottom of the low recoil loads box does indicate that the loads are designed for doubles or pumps and will not function a semi auto - but I wanted to try, because they are probably referring to gas operated semi-autos ... and I was hoping the light load setting might work out - but no luck.

In reference to the date of the shotgun, since the SN on the barrel and the receiver match, and the date code is a clear 1949, I am inclined to believe that. Either way, 1949 - 1950 ... it is still a C&R - it isn't like it is borderline ... So that's cool. I think it is a 1st year production.


Now I am really hoping that AEP can restore power to the area (there are still tens of thousands without power in this area of Virginia) sometime this week and I can shoot a couple rounds of skeet next weekend.

I was able to shoot a few rounds of skeet yesterday and did about the same as I do with my Browning. I'm not a 25-straight shooter, but I do have fun! 18,19,18 (low 20s usually make me really happy - never shot the hat yet)

I had two gun malfunctions, one was a failure to fully eject the shell before the bolt started coming back with the next shell, stove-piping the empty. The second was a feeding problem, the shell caught the edge of the chamber and dug into the plastic of the hull.

All-in-all not a bad day, but then again, even the worst day on the skeet field still beats the best day at work.

Welcome to the Remington Owners Forum !!

Excellent range report...

Thanks

One other thing, I also shot a box of reloads -
2 3/4", MEC #29 bushing of Red Dot, 1 1/8 oz #8 shot with a Federal 12S3 wad.

These functioned fine too. Just one box, not much of a 'test' but it is a start.