Spring length

[Hooker53]

Tried my best to find out from the company but, no luck so I,ll ask here.

Need to know the uncompressed length of the main spring to a Remington model 11 Sportsman Ver three, 3 shot. I know I could take a coil at a time and get this but it sure would be handy to have a good start on the length. Thanks for your help.

Hooker53.

[Hooker53]

I fig for sure at least one on here has fitted one of these. Ooooh well. Thanks anyway.

[Kevinakaq]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Remington-Model-11-12ga-Action-Spring-Magazine-Spring-Recoil-Spring-etc-/371098765336?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item566735c818

above is a link to an ebay guy selling some springs for the model 11. I suggest sending him a message and asking him for a measurement. I've done this a few times and most are happy to help. There are a few others for sell as well on ebay so maybe one of them will be willing to help.

Hope this helps.

[Hooker53]

Thanks Kevin. I did the next best thing with that link. I went to it and saved a photo than counted the coils. Ha. Funny thing about it is his coil count is a little over 80. I cut mine to 74 and it's still too many for easy pullback. I'v slicked up the action so no probs there. Never had one to throw me like this. If I went with the same coil count as his, mine would not cycle all the way back. The housing is stock length so it's not off there. I will come to the end on this one. Lol. Thanks again man.

[Kevinakaq]

Nice solution counting the coils! Glad it got you in the ballpark and im certain you will have it where you want it soon.

[pietro]

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My $0.02:

If the issue-length spring's shortened for "easy comeback", there's a pretty good chance of the gun becoming damaged from excessive force on the receiver & forend wood after some shooting.

I would respectfully suggest rearching the adjustment of the friction ring setup.


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[Hooker53]

Yup. Know about the friction ring setup. This gun was built from a bucket of parts so no telling what it will take. Ha. Thanks Pietro.

[gunshot98]

Make sure it has the fiber recoil bushing in the rear of the action. If not what usually happens is the recoil spring tube will break. Seen this happen on a few of those guns.

[Hooker53]

I always install a new one of the those. To cheap not to. Lol. Thanks for the reply.