If you like the gun buy it--you will have a hard time finding more open choked one. My best friend will often carry his first gun---given to him by his father, an 1148 Rem 28 ga with a Full choke. We have scoured gun shows for years trying to find an IC barrel to no avail .
To answer your question, I would prefer IC in a single barrel.

Buy it... Mike Orlen can give it any choke you want. But remember - you can’t put metal back once it’s removed.





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Good luck with your search Jay. Most of the truly smallbore shotguns, 28 and .410, were choked tight from the factory. My suggestion would be to buy the gun with the Mod barrel then take it out and pattern it at 20 yards. You might be surprised at what you see. You can always load a spreader type load as your first shot followed up by standard 3/4oz. loads.

At one time I had an 1148 28 skeet gun. It was a great gun but it rattled like a rock in a wash tub. I sold it and never looked back. A friend has an Remington 1100 LW 28 sporting clays model with choke tubes. If your looking for an auto loader this might fill the need.

The old 1100’s are much nicer guns than the new 1100 “Sporting” guns in terms of fit and finish. I’ve handled a number of the new ones and I have not been impressed. I am determined to get one from the 70’s with the mahagony wood and deep, rich bluing. There really isn’t any comparison between the old and the new.

JDG

The owner of this has had it at least 20 years and he bought it used . Light quick handling. I've used it for rabbits and some bird hunting.

I believe the 28 "Sporting" guns were introduced in the early-mid 90's and are still available in the new and used markets. Remington first introduced the 1100LW in 28 in 1969 and those early 1100LW's (I consider pre-1980) were very well made. I'm definitely looking for one made pre-1980, the earlier, the better.

I have an old 870 28ga Wingmaster VR etc that is bored modified. I’ve killed many roosters with it when all I had time for was a short run on a gravel road with a dog. It either folded them or missed them clean. You might be able to find one of those. A little slower for a second shot on grouse but they are measurably lighter to carry than the 1100. I think that they have 25” barrel.

Owned both 28 and 410 Wingmaster 870LW's and sold them both. The 28 was nice but I really wanted an 1100LW My 20 ga Wingmaster 870LW is made on the same frame as the 28 and 410 were made and I've made a lot of meat with it.

For several years I shot almost exclusively my 12-gauge Rem. 1100 or 28-gauge Rem. 1100 "Sporting” model, before I sold both so as to shoot exclusively the vintage side-by-sides. I really liked shooting both of them, on the course or in the field, but I was ready to make the move to using the collectables.

The 12-gauge 1100 never failed me, but the 28-gauge needed factory repairs three different times.

My totally-non-professional impression was that the 1100 mechanism was a great design in the 12-gauge but did not adapt well when “miniaturized” in 28-gauge.

The only other owner of a 28-gauge 1100 I ever talked with told me he had the same experience with his: liked shooting it; had repeated break-downs, and eventually sold it. (I do not know if his was one of the newer “Sporting” models like mine, or if it was one of the earlier guns.)