28 Gauge Barrel Identification

[mr_mark95]

I have a 28 gauge skeet barrel that I need help identifying. I assume it is for an 1100 or an 870. The marking say skeet, letters are BUM, and the number 88 all on left side of barrel. Here are a few pics.

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[mr_mark95]

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[Synchronizor]

I don't know the 1100 as much as I do the 870, but I'm pretty sure that's not an 1100 barrel. The barrel extension is too short and there's a cut-out for a receiver-mounted ejector. Can you see any gas ports inside the barrel guide ring?

[mr_mark95]

There are two small holes inside the ring. Are these gas ports?

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[Synchronizor]

Yes, those are gas ports, so this barrel is definitely for a gas-operated autoloader.

I need to correct my earlier statement; I'm used to looking at larger-gauge 1100 barrels, which have the long barrel extensions with integrated ejectors, as I mentioned earlier. Also, the first pictures don't show the length of the guide ring very well, but the recent picture you posted shows that it is indeed designed for a gas piston. I looked up some schematics in a shop manual I have, and it turns out that 28ga and .410 1100 barrels have shorter barrel extensions with cut-outs for a seperate ejector mounted in the receiver:



So it looks like your barrel is for an 1100 - or maybe something very closely-related that's escaping my mind at the moment. Remington did introduce quite a few other semi-auto shotgun designs in the latter half of the 20th century that aren't very well-known now, but I'm pretty sure the 1100 was the only one of that batch that was offered in 28ga.

[mr_mark95]

Thanks for the info.