Feeling sluggish and Fuddish.......

Feeling sluggish and Fuddish

[@biglemms]

"Don't overlook used guns"... Especially cool ones. Thanks for the video Sheriff.

[@IROCKTHEGLOCK]

Old school vintage I like it 🇺🇸

[@AA-gj3kt]

I have one that I've been thinking about working over a little. It's in excellent shape and was made in 1916. That keeps me pumping the brakes. 👍😄👍!!

[@fgallogallo7]

They call me a Fudd too. I have a Stoeger double barrel 12 gauge by the bed five extra rounds on the stock my model, 19, 357 Carry comp. Still have my original model 19’s. 4 inch and 2 1/2 inch from when I was a Leo. I still take them out to shoot once in a while. Stay safe sheriff. By the way, 67 years old this May.

[@Mrelindio42]

It must be a Fudd thing because I have the same setup on my Stoeger, except mine is downstairs near the front door.

[@frankhinkle5772]

The Model 19 rules! The first gun I bought to be my sidearm when I made deputy. 69 in April.

[@mikereinhardt4807]

Maybe we should start an organization, you know like Funds Of America or something. 20 year Army vet, retired Customs officer and I keep my Colt 1911 and Itaca model 37 Police (With folding Chote stock) close by. At 77 I sleep well at night thank you very much!...

[@frankhinkle5772]

@@mikereinhardt4807 My buddy was a LAPD seargant. As a Patrol officer he carried the department issue Ithaca Model 37, which were older than he was. When LAPD replaced them with new 870s he was able to buy one of the M37s. What an awesome shotgun. Kind of the M1 Carbine of pumpguns.

[@fgallogallo7]

@@mikereinhardt4807 well that’s awesome. My department had the model 37 as well love that shotgun I still have one in 16 gauge. Don’t wanna start a argument with the younger generation, but we were well armed and still are. They can call me a Fudd all they want lol.

[@Mrelindio42]

Your "new" shotgun takes me back to 1964 and my first LEO job, Border Patrol in Presidio, Tx. The station had two of those shot guns with I think 20" barrels. The thing I most remember about them was they kicked like mules. I am an 81 year old Fudd and still can shoot everything.

[@frankhinkle5772]

please tell us a story. You were there on the border in a very rough place at a very rough time, serving with real lawmen. God bless you, brother.

[@Mrelindio42]

Here is a funny one: I was just out of the academy and working with "Steve", a senior agent. We were in a jeep and flushed a crew of about 25 "wets" working in a field along the Rio Grande. They ran to the river and crossed and waited, lounging in the shade. We walked to our side of the river and were talking to them. They always wanted us to shoot for them, but "Steve" wouldn't oblige them by shooting at rocks for targets. One finally took his straw sombrero off and offered it as a target. It was about 30 yards across the river to the sombrero and Steve shot and kicked up dirt about six inches to the left of the sombrero, and then he missed by about a foot on the right side. I was new, but knew we could all shoot pretty well and looked at Steve and wondered what was going on. Steve said; "Get ready!" The wets were laughing at the misses and Steve told them the target was too big. One of the wets then jumped up, took his large Chihuahua silver belt buckle off and ran over and placed it as a target. Before he got all the way back to the others Steve centered it with a shot and when it hit the ground, I hit it on one side. The buckle owner screamed, but the rest of the wets were laughing so hard they were rolling on the ground. Some of them had seen Border Patrolmen shoot before and suspected what was going to happen. At the time, the BP qualified with a strong hand 10 shot round at 50 yards. The rest of the qualification was at 25 yards. @@frankhinkle5772

[@gjnezat]

Thank you for your service and sacrifices!

[@454FatJack]

Auto 5 or 11 Rem 🇺🇸market. 12 gauge ..Kick’s like a mule. So true with that barrel action.

[@humpy936]

@@454FatJack And Savage model 720.

[@jeffryrichardson9105]

Welcome to the club Elmer!👍🏽😀❤️🇺🇸

[@jamesbell8496]

The older I get the more fuddish I get lol. Hey, I love levers, single actions and shotguns. They're just more fun than the others. Cheers, Sheriff

[@astragreen]

I agree you can’t beat the 94 leaver carbine,

[@humpy936]

@@astragreen Yep, along with the 1886, and 1892.😊

[@Rustebadge]

America's first semi-auto shotgun (John M. Browning of course). Have one myself and its great. For all of the "fan boys" the sheriff is talking about, the fight is in me, not the gun. I learned more from a recent instructor-level book than from any in-person class I have taken. "Beyond the Muzzle": The Firearms Instructor & Shooter Development Guide". Written by a retired police instructor for all instructors and defense shooters. Really leans into the law enforcement fight. A google search will find a hard copy with color graphics instead of the funky digital type.

[@mikereinhardt4807]

I might have purchased a second barrel and cut it down if possible. Keeping the original barrel for rabits on occasion, but that's just me. From one Fudd to another, 'Great video, really enjoyed it"...

[@SheriffMattOller]

I own an A5 that I refused to cut. That's for "rabbits and such". This gun was bought with the specific intent of turning it to riot configuration.

[@user-ly9nm3wt1r]

For home defense nothing beats a shotgun period . And no one will convince me otherwise . Hate it that you cut up the gun , but it’s yours and for your use it had to be done . Beautiful old gun

[@frankhinkle5772]

Sheriff, that is one beautiful old shotgun, and no matter how old it is and how out of date it is in comparison to palomar and aluminum, you shoot it well! Don't get too engrossed by the gun, it's the man behind it.

[@skiphinson8620]

Fantastic find on that shotgun. Ya know, I’ve got two pristine Ithaca 37s. Both have 26” IC barrels. One with ventilated rib, the other plain barrel. I got the ventilated rib one when I was 13 to hunt with. I got the plain barrel one a few decades ago just to cut back to 19” or so but talked myself out cuttin it down because of the condition and its relative value. These are real Ithacas too. Not the ones made after their difficulties they had in the late 80s. Your video inspires me to go ahead with transforming this plain barrel Ithaca into the gun I always dreamed of having. I want rifle sights mounted on mine and maybe drilled for screw in chokes. Great video!

[@pauliedweasel]

Since I retired to Prescott in 2021 I have been able to find a nice Winchester 97 made in 1953, the year I was born, and a very nice model 12 made in 1958. Definitely want to find a model 11 and do the Sheriff Matt treatment to it!

[@jjeff1547]

Hey Sheriff.. I inherited a model 11 from my uncle.. I deer hunted with it several years.. love the gun. Last year completely stripped the walnut stock, repaired some old and refinished… got the original Browning bluing from Arts Gun Shop in Missouri and finishing the bluing here soon… have the deer sights and tube extender so it holds 8 and 1 in the chamber…!

[@user-qg9fj4yj9g]

Really cool modification on a really cool gun, I prefer a shotgun myself paired with a Glock, very versatile as you well know, thanks for posting Sherif 👍💪🇺🇸

[@unclejohnbulleit2671]

You Sir, are a man after my own heart! Salutations from an old Retired Coastie, glad to be done with LE work!

[@ronaldrobertson2332]

I bought myself a Mossberg 500 marked with "Coast to Coast" on the side of the receiver. It had a 30-inch barrel on it, so I cut it down to 20 inches. I think it's forty years old, at least.

[@MrEd-dc6mh]

Love the old guns! Great idea's for a project.

[@scottdunn2178]

I bought a Model 11 at a gun show for $125 about 20 years ago. It had a cut down barrel like this and the anchor/flaming bomb proofs from use in military training during WWll.

[@Fractalholic]

Love that tool just the way it is now!!! Great find!!

[@gurugolf7438]

I have the same gun but a 28" barrel. I used it to duck hunt 50 years ago. I was my grandfather's.

[@jimwall5350]

Love the Browning Long recoil shotgun. This is becoming a favorite channel quickly. Keep it up.

[@trynsurviven2440]

I’ve gotta lotta love for a good shotty. As for home defense I say run what you feel comfortable with. Nice score you picked up just imagine the stories it could tell.

[@User-cc6cq]

Looks great! Had one very similar to yours, early WWII vintage...

[@phillipdewitt4454]

I once owned a 870 with 18 inch barrel and rifled sights. It was deadly at 100 yards .

[@Vernonu9]

What happened to it?

[@kenjones627]

Rifled "sights"?! Bless Your Heart Champ.

[@1boortzfan]

Great video Sheriff. Those Remington number 11s are great guns. If you ever get a chance to pick up a book called "The Cigar City Mafia" it tells about Mafia life in Tampa, Fla. They didn't use tommy guns like the guys in Chicago. The #11 in your condition was the gun of choice. I think the guys down here had a better grasp of evidence left behind. Keep up the good work.

[@SHOT_GUNNER]

Sheriff you got yourself a beautiful shotgun there. Great find! I really enjoy these videos. Thanks for all you do. Stay safe and God bless you and yours 🙏🏻

[@bobreynolds744]

Beautiful piece.

[@markall8641]

#4 buckshot rocks!

[@admiralb2848]

Entertaining video. All day, everyday and twice on Sunday was my Dad’s favorite expression.

[@garypillischafske1425]

Matt, great video! Best Sheriff in Mo. Thanks for all you do my friend.

[@SheriffMattOller]

Thanks Gary! Miss y'all!

[@ernestshipman411]

Love it! Great truck gun.

[@jimdavenport8020]

The 870 Magazine Extension screws on to the M 11's threads but , when screwed all the way down, leaves a gap between the Extension and the Fore End. You can put some kind of shim on the Magazine Tube OR (like I did) simply shortened the Magazine Tube a bit till everything tightened flush.

[@Kennerd007]

I have the same model 11 but with US arsenal stamps on it. For the tube extension on mine a 870 extension worked with a spacer/washer

[@humpy936]

Thanks, I will have to try that on my auto five.

[@Tkfl567]

I think it looks AWESOME just the way it is. The 18” barrel looks great. The used finish and stocks make it look like a gun the Marshals would have used on a two legged rat hunt.

[@BrentDelong1253]

That is a beautiful machine.

[@robertmakowski7808]

Nice job... My first semi-auto shotguns was the Savage of the Browning/A5 design... Now have a 1959 A5 Light with a 26" barrel with PolyChoke... Have shot skeet, trap, sporting clays and hunted with it so much the stock and forend cracked several time (as did the Savage). Replaced the stock/forend with a synthetic by CHOATE and have lived happily ever after...

[@marklovelace297]

My good lort man that gun is something else wish I could find one always loved the auto 5's!

[@jackwright9102]

😊 keep on keeping on..

[@user-fu9vj9ix3g]

I love the old Auto-5/Model 11. I've had a few over the years. Never cut one down, but sure did think about it. My only remaining Fudd Shotgun is a 1953 Remington 870 in 20g. Cut to 18-1/4", it is slick and fast.

[@ahorsewithnoname935]

As someone who collects and shoots old shotguns, it pains me to see that beautiful piece cut down. From here the wood looks in great shape and the thought of covering that nice blueing with cerakote hurts my soul… But even I admit a model 11/A5 in a riot configuration is a next level of old school cool. A black gun just can’t compete with. Congrats on the used gun find, and enjoy it.

[@potent1895]

Nice .. love what you have done with it ... I can't wait to see the finished product..👍 God bless brother 🙏

[@martyl7066]

Keep up the good looks, handsome man....;-) I love watching all your videos. Mark,

[@Pompomgrenade]

Beautiful patina! Glad you chopped it down 🔥

[@zacharydalton8132]

This is so awesome! Now you need a colt monitor to go along with it

[@user-lp9vl4bo3c]

Ooo, I got one of those! :) But mine says Browning on it.

[@Steve-yo4ld]

It's an amazing piece of history that was way ahead of its time!✌️

[@jeffreythomas3904]

Guess I'm a fudd now, love it.

[@monkcheetah8203]

Love the old school shotguns at 1st look thought it was a browning humpback .

[@SheriffMattOller]

Basically, the same gun. The 11s were A5s manufactured by Remington under license to Browning and FN. The 11s were absent the magazine cutoff lever, but, were otherwise, basically the same gun.

[@TheNoColo]

Have the same gun a have been going back and forth about modifying it exactly as you have. Was once advised that cutting the barrel could interfere with the the action (inertia and recoil) and cause cycling issues. Glad to see that debunked here. Thanks and enjoy your new addition!

[@jamesellis5549]

the Buck Special Browning(basically same gun) had a short factory barrel.

[@fernandocastillo1972]

I’ve got a Remington model 11 in 20 gauge that I purchased from a neighbor 30 years ago, believe I paid him $200.00 for it. It’s all original with a long barrel. Great gun

[@gjnezat]

Sheriff, I have a weapon that looks identical. Has a flaming bomb stamp. The weapon was a former guard weapon from the Louisiana State Penitentiary (Angola). Pretty sure it has bodies on it.

[@SheriffMattOller]

That's a true model 11 riot.

[@kenwood6212]

Very Nice mdl. 11. Love those mdl. 11's. I almost got one in a trade awhile back that had been converted into a 12ga. version of Clyde Barrows infamous 20-gauge Remington Model 11 Semi-Auto sawed-off shotgun. Guy backed out though.

[@subdawg1331]

dang it lovely shotgun truck gun ... love it

[@geezer4962]

Yeah, the hose clamp idea does work, for any round cut.

[@ThisIsWhatIDo77]

Looks like a good Bear gun. I have a Browning 12 Guage thaat was made in the 1950's that I got from my dad when he passed away. He loved his Browning. It was his go to Deer, squirrels, rabbits, Quail, Pheasant or whatever gun. I thought about doing the same thing you did because I've always liked carbine rifles. I think its a modified choke.

[@doranmaxwell1755]

I have one only a few years newer. Not really a shotgun guy but really good pointing gun like the A5 mine was set up for field loads meaning it was not set up for slug/buck. To change over.... you need to take it down and change the order of the 'rings' but it works. Anyway a fun gun I might cut mine down more like yours.

[@timothyfirth4809]

I've had plenty of those shotguns and Remington's as well , back then we did our own gun smithing to extend it 2 more rounds . I even tried to buy a model that was for the Rhodesians military but didn't have enough at the time imo these make the best bump in the night trunk guns ever made and wouldn't feel outguned no how in c q b.

[@JSuttersFort]

12ga still works. Congrats on your piece, and enjoy it in good health!

[@hoobeydoobey1267]

Gorgeous gun. You made it better. You have a unique looking gun that is a work of art.

[@johnryle6917]

Great video

[@davidbartlett5605]

I got one of these at auction last year. It was already cut down to a little over 18" and the action wouldn't cycle so I got it cheap. Fixing the action was extremely simple, cost me nothing but a little time and a bloody knuckle. Other than the lack of a rib and front sight, mine looks a lot like yours, though a bit older. Like you, I may eventually strip the wood and Parkerize it, which I can do myself. I've shot it only a few times but it is a fun gun.

[@richrichy7558]

Cool job

[@galenhisler396]

I like it , i need one .off to the gum show 🤠

[@MacDorsai]

I have an inherited Remington Autoloading Shotgun, i.e. the predecessor of the Model 11. Same gun, but it took a few years to come up with the Model 11 designation. Mine was made in 1906, so 118 years old this year. I've thought about trimming the barrel, but I just can't do it.

[@keithRR2023]

Nice gun and great deal on it!

[@jamescottrell7367]

Have a 20ga sportsman 3 shot model. Love it.

[@kurtwise7356]

Nice firearm! At the young age of 65 I'm a bit of a fudd too! Great vid!

[@joeleonetti8976]

I have a new A5 and have been considering doing the same for it. I've actually been nudging and nagging Browning to get them to do something like this so I could just buy one premade from factory.

[@SheriffMattOller]

I have a pristine 1995 A5 that my wife bought me as a BDay gift to replace the A5 I had to sell during my divorce. I looked at buying a barrel and cutting it for that gun, but.......... 1- it's pristine and doesn't need to sitting in my bedroom corner and getting thrown in a pickup. And 2- I bought this shotgun for about the same price I would have paid for an A5 barrel, and I don't have to worry about beating it up. I love the humpbacks.

[@ricks2123]

Awesome video hope you feel better brother

[@tinybigbus1873]

I bought a Browning A5 just like that from the San Francisco Gun Exchange. It was parkerized. Only problem was that it was 16 ga. Its easier to buy a rocket launcher at 7-11 then find 16 ga. shells.

[@edwray0able]

Great idea!

[@michaelhill6451]

Cool little shotgun. It looks really handy with the shortened barrel.

[@bingostar9207]

Love those old auto 5’s

[@samueladams3746]

Hunted with an A-5 for years, never failed to feed or extract under any conditions. And never had to futz with any recoil spring adjustments for differing loads.

[@jonyoung6253]

I inherited one from my father in law, came with a 28" modified barrel and a 24" slug barrel. I think it's from the 30's or 40's.

[@jonyoung6253]

Update, it's the same vintage as in the video, serial # dates to 1924.

[@robbrobb2161]

Cool, very good points

[@tomclark4880]

I have done a similar build with one of my rem model 11s. I will warn you, before you put a magazine tube extension on there, you MUST fabricate a pressure plate that will fit between the end of the wood hand guard and the back of the screw on magazine tube extension. notice how the factory tube end cap has a wide flange, that is not an accident. If you don't put something in place, the recoil mechanism will force the new mag tube extension through the front of the hand guard and then you will have to buy a new hand guard. good luck!

[@leadspittinlefty9618]

Nordic components has the proper forend nut and + 2 extension, I am pretty sure same nut as BPS, try Midway usa. Fun old gun! I have several, and auto 5s

[@user-od8fz1uu8c]

Very nice I have a 1948 a5 that I shorted and made it into a10

[@noexcuses6727]

Scatter Gun Technologies - Wilson Combat 2 shot mag tune extension is probably the best out there. The ones for the 870 should just screw on but there will be a small gap that you will have to deytermoine how to fill. I used a Wilson Combat sling loop that slips over the mag tube.

[@fmj8329]

Cool project dude

[@user-xy6zz7mx8o]

I thought it was a model 11! My dad hunted deer with one for years and never missed one!

[@user-ms8cp5qm7y]

I have one of those in beginner it had a30 inch full choke barrel very good gun

[@jamjedi1972]

Wow excellent find Sheriff! I love love love shotguns!

[@richardhinman3183]

There's a very famous photo of Bonnie Parker pointing a Model 11 at Clyde Barrow.

[@jimmyyounger618]

Cool old gun. At first glance, I thought it was an old Browning A5. I'd like to find an old A5 beater in a lighter gauge for a project like this, or a Daiwa would be fine. (When Browning sent A5 production to Japan, Daiwa produced their own A5 copy. I have one and it runs great.) Even a year after rotator cuff repair, 12 ga. loads other than light bird loads leave me with some shoulder soreness the next morning. At any rate, I'm onboard with a semi auto shotgun for home defense. I have ARs and other options, but a lifetime shooting trap and bird hunting has made shotguns my most comfortable and familiar platform. I enjoy the old style side x side coach guns and have a couple, but the 2 shot limit for home defense is a deal breaker. Thinking back to my time as an urban medic, I don't recall anyone staying in the fight after a shotgun hit. There's a lot to be said for multiple systems trauma with the chance of a CNS hit from a single shot sending multiple pellets. I'm baffled that some LE agencies have converted their shotguns to less lethal, and the infrequency of arriving back up departing their vehicle without a shotgun to face an armed subject. I can only speak for myself, but I think I'd be a lot more effective in a fast moving, run and gun scenario with a shotgun than an AR with a red dot. Cheers from Pettis County! Liked and subscribed.

[@keithfilkins2043]

I think it's very cool and would make a excellent home defense gun!

[@user-lv4kt6oq5u]

That was a Clyde Barrow approved weapon. He call his a "Whippet". I totally would have cut it down.

[@fuuuuuwahhhh5276]

I have a savage arms version of this but its a duck gun with a cheap duck engraving on the receiver. My dad was afraid of it because he didn't know how to operate a semi auto shotgun. I still have it.

[@bunberrier]

Oh yeah. Around 1978 or so.... Not sure if it was that model exactly, but a very old 12ga repeater at least similar. The first one I ever fired. I was around 10 years old, and I held it up to my eye to sight down the barrel like I did with my 22. Big mistake. It kicked back and that square receiver rocked me in the eye socket resulting in a massive black eye, that had different colored rings of hues going away from it like the rings of a tree.

[@TheJHMAN1]

That's cool.

[@Bighorn_built]

There is a forend that exists from the browning auto8 it is a mag extension and forend, I would do a Clyde whip-it cline though a little more history.

[@marklovelace297]

Your gun, your call but that wood is everything but then again I could see it in flat black with a parkerized metal!

[@noelwatters8165]

It would be really nice if you would custom make the forearm to cover down to basically the end where the extension ends so it would not be obvious it has the extension.

[@Gunge-vq2ik]

COOL OLD PIECE!

[@denniscastle936]

Have a Winchester 1200 Riot bought surplus from a police department back in 1976. Slugs or buckshot, dear or defense, accurate and fun.

[@alanwoods2010]

Nice looking shotgun.

[@user-ps6gu5xo4k]

Rhodesian brush gun 👍

[@pennsylvaniaboy87]

wilson combat extensions are park'd and knurled. the look the vintage IMO. I have that on my model 11 "riot"