Hastings Barrels ?

Guyon · July 21, 2001, 09:05 PM

Ever heard of this outfit? Know anything about their barrels?

I was simply curious if anyone still made a 3" barrel for the Remington 1100, and a search online turned up their website.

http://www.hastingsbarrels.com/12guide.html

Here, they claim to make a 1100 Magnum Barrel. Just curious if anyone had ever tried one.

Dave McC · July 22, 2001, 06:50 AM

No personal experience but they have a good rep. I do have some of their choke tubes, well made and accurate as to dimensions.

Rottweiler · July 22, 2001, 07:12 AM

I tjhink they were one of the first companies to make a rifled shotgun barrel. I have one for my 870. Very accurate, but finicky only likes one slug load. the rest look like,well a shotgun pattern. I might be wrong but it seems that when a shot shell is fired through the rifled barrel the pattern is MUCH wider than when fired through a cylinder choke

Dave McC · July 22, 2001, 07:44 AM

Rott,others report the same thing. Many bbls only work best with one slug, which is why I get so emphatic on benchtesting. Shot patterns from rifled bbls are horrible, another tradeoff many of us aren't willing to make.

July 21, 2001, 09:05 PM	#1
Guyon Senior Member Join Date: July 27, 2000 Location: Over the Hills and Through the Woods, Tennessee Posts: 1,207	Hastings Barrels ? Ever heard of this outfit? Know anything about their barrels? I was simply curious if anyone still made a 3" barrel for the Remington 1100, and a search online turned up their website. http://www.hastingsbarrels.com/12guide.html Here, they claim to make a 1100 Magnum Barrel. Just curious if anyone had ever tried one. __________________ Gun control should just be about hitting your target.

July 22, 2001, 07:12 AM	#3
Rottweiler Senior Member Join Date: January 30, 2001 Location: Texas Hill Country Posts: 391	I tjhink they were one of the first companies to make a rifled shotgun barrel. I have one for my 870. Very accurate, but finicky only likes one slug load. the rest look like,well a shotgun pattern. I might be wrong but it seems that when a shot shell is fired through the rifled barrel the pattern is MUCH wider than when fired through a cylinder choke __________________ Texas - envied by lesser states since 1845

July 22, 2001, 06:50 AM	#2
Dave McC Staff In Memoriam Join Date: October 13, 1999 Location: Columbia, Md, USA Posts: 8,811	No personal experience but they have a good rep. I do have some of their choke tubes, well made and accurate as to dimensions.

July 22, 2001, 07:44 AM	#4
Dave McC Staff In Memoriam Join Date: October 13, 1999 Location: Columbia, Md, USA Posts: 8,811	Rott,others report the same thing. Many bbls only work best with one slug, which is why I get so emphatic on benchtesting. Shot patterns from rifled bbls are horrible, another tradeoff many of us aren't willing to make.