I'm adding on to this...

Just ordered a c. 1975 1100 off of Gunbroker with a 30" Integral Full Choke barrel, looking forward to swapping the barrels on this and my previous project and going trap shooting with my lovely wife.

First folder attempt, a 3in "Old Timer"

440C purchased from premium knife supply, like the other knives I've made in the past. Scales made from 1/8" thick Cocobolo cut on my scroll saw, then dremeled, filed, and sanded to 1500 and then buffed with the dremel. Natural Cocobolo finish (oily wood and all, we'll see how this one does).

Partly completed:





Completed:

1100 Trap Gun pt. 8

Well, I finished it off, it is painted and ready to go back to the field tomorrow. I need to get a case for it, as the 46" cases I have do not fit the gun. Here are pictures.

1100 Trap Gun pt. 7

Well, I took it to the trap field today at Durham County Wildlife Club, and had a good time with it. I added a Birchwood Casey shell catcher, which took a little bending to get to work right, as it was keeping the hulls in the action, which is very hard to clear, especially with only 3 people on the line. It works now though. I shot two rounds, the first one a 22 or 23, the second a 13...that one I do not know what was going on, but I will probably go back tomorrow and see how I do. That forend feels pretty good, so it just got primed and it will be finished in the next hour.

1100 Trap Gun pt. 6

Well, I decided to add the logo I was thinking about: Metallica's Scary Guy.

1100 Trap Gun pt. 5

Today my parts from Midway came in thanks to 2 day air from UPS and quick shipping as always from Midway. I have the new forend mounted, a Choate, and I installed a Kick-EEZ recoil pad. I then painted the stock, although I'm still thinking about putting a logo on the stock. For those of you that know what logo I'm thinking about putting on there, do not say what it is. I have not painted the forend yet as I do not know if I'm going to keep it at this point. It fit a little strange due to this being a pre-86 barrel, and thus has a thicker contour than today's 1100 barrels. Still goes on there thanks to being polymer, and looks to fit right.

1100 Trap Gun pt. 4

I cut the cheek piece out so I could add adjustable hardware (height only). Well...apparently right now I suck with a scroll saw, so it did not come out looking good. At least I did not ruin a good looking stock doing this. Then, trying to put wood nuts in the comb and then drilling them out did not work at all, I broke two of them and then they would come out when I tried to drill them. So I drilled it out for washers, but that looked and felt terrible, so I scrapped that idea and filled it in with JB Stick and formed it for the screw. I figure I do not need a washer on that. It is now functional, but looks like trash. Hopefully it will look a little better once I paint the thing up.