M1100 Mag Spring And Follower

[tpe187]

Hi Guys,

I'm almost done tweaking my M1100 CM. Got the Ez loader working right and now I'm looking at the mag spring and follower. I measured the spring with the mag extension off and it measures 4 1/2 inches past the muzzle. I have heard it should be around 10 inches. Is this true? If so, where should I get the springs to replace it with? Does anyone make a Delrin follower? Barring that, what are you guys using. Thanks

P.S. My new CTR-02 from JP Enterprises gets here on Wednesday, so I won't bug you anymore on shotguns for a while. Thanks to everyone who has gotten me this far.

Tom

[Patrick Sweeney]

It should be long enough to activate the lifter with the last shell of a full load, when everything is dirty from a days practice. If it does, it is. If it doesn't, then get a longer one from Choate. Just buy a ten-shot spring for your eight-shot gun, and trim as needed.

[D.Hayden]

Brownells sells stainless and aluminum followers, and Beven Grams is supposed to sell springs and metal followers. George might give more specifics.

It's been on my to-do list for a few months..

[SinistralRifleman]

I generally cut springs to be 1-1/3 to 1-1/2 times as long as the length of the tube.

[Bergie]

Get the alluminum follower from Brownells.

Get the spring from Grams.

No modifications needed.

Put it in a shoot!

Good Luck

[Bergie]

You may have to file the follower slightly for a smooth trandition to the tube.

[EricW]

I had no luck at all with the Brownells follower. The way it's made it makes absolutely no sense at all. I made my own out of Delrin bar stock. www.redi-mag.com sells a molded delrin follower that you should take a look at. I think I'm going to give one a whirl when I get back into 3 gunning.