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I just recieved a remington model 11-478 from my grandfather after he died, wondering if anybody had any experience with one? 12 ga. 2.75 chamber, full choke, 30 in barrel. Thinkin of usin it for deer.

12ga 30in barrel full choke... sounds like a mega turkey gun to me.. but what do I know..

What happens when you run slugs through a full-choke shotgun???

don't use slugs in a full choke, you will not get the accurancy you would want, the choke is way to loose.

11-48 came out in the 1920s and/or 1930s

yeah 11-48 not 11-478

Sounds like a good Turkey gun. If you want to Try it out. I don't know where you live but the Jackson VFW has Turkey Shoots Every Sunday until the Sunday before Thanksgiving. They are located 54 Magnolia Drive Jackson 08527. I am always there. I use a Remington 1100 12 Ga. Full. This gun is a slammer there. you should do just fine with it.

I would not use Slugs or buck shot in that thing. like others have posted you won't get out of it what your looking for. Send me a PM if you want to meet up there.

Tom

BuckBuster wrote:I just recieved a remington model 11-478 from my grandfather after he died, wondering if anybody had any experience with one? 12 ga. 2.75 chamber, full choke, 30 in barrel. Thinkin of usin it for deer.

I don't have any experience with an 11-48, but can tell you a little about it. It's a recoiling barrel semi auto, similar the the Browning auto-5, matter of fact, it's predecessor, the model 11 looked identical to an auto-5. It was introduced in 1949, and discontinued in 1968. With the 1100 being introduced in 1963 with gas operation, sales plummetted on the 11-48. here's a link from the Remington site:

http://www.remington.com/library/histor ... _11-48.asp

I personally, wouldn't let the 2 & 3/4 inch chamber or the full choke bother you at all. Pattern the gun, it's the only way to find out what it will, or won't do. And somehow(don't ask me how, LMAO) turkeys(and deer) were killed with 2 & 3/4 inch shells long before 3 and 3 1/2 inch mags were invented, they certainly haven't evolved into 'super turkeys' now.

Buckshot will pattern in full choke guns, again, a matter of patterning it and finding the right load for your barrel. My son recently patterened his 1300 with an HS Strut extra full turkey choke, .665 constriction, and and can consistently put 13 out of 16 pellets from a 2 /34 inch shell of #1 buck in a 9 inch paper plate at 50 yards.

I also know guys who shoot slugs out of full choke barrels(foster slugs), and wouldn't trade their barrel for a slug barrel, but they do have solidly mounted rifle sights or a scope on the gun.

Every barrel is a rule unto itself, and you won't know what it can do(or can't do), until you pattern it or sight in in with the projectiles you want to use, regardless of the generalizations anyone gives you.