2-3/4 should be no problems for ducks. As for not wanting to beat your gun up taking it hunting......was that a serious statement? I really don't know of any one who takes their guns out hunting to beat them up.Just becareful, as you should, and I'msure there will be no difficulties.

I hunt out of Final Approach Top Gun blinds, and I will NOT use a gun in there with a pretty wood stock. The doors swinging closed an open, my 100lb lab bailing out at 100mph and jumping back in, all take a toll on my Benellis. While my waterfowl hunting may be hard on guns, others might not be. Those are just a few reasons why I will not use pretty guns while duck hunting/goose hunting.

I completely understand not wanting to take the Citori to the duck blind. I do bird hunt and shoot clays with my Beretta O/U but take my Benelli auto when water and mud are involved.

As far as 2 3/4" ammo, I personally prefer 3", but I have shot quite a few boxes of 2 3/4 over the years with acceptable results. Unless you just want to buy a new gun, I would use the 1100.

Oh yeah!!!!

Get some 2 3/4 kent fasteel in some 1s or bs and kill them all.

Jeep,

I assume you have a 12 gauge 1100? You could just buy a replacement steel shot barrel that will chamber 3" steel shotshells and can be used on your current frame. This would run you somewhere around $200-220 dollars.


Quoted from Cabela's regarding remington 1100 replacement barrels:

"All barrels have 2-3/4" chambers (except Steel Shot barrel). The 1100 Steel Shot barrel can be used with non-magnum receiver, you can shoot 2-3/4" magnum lead or steel or 3" steel shotshells. DO NOT USE 3" magnum lead. Used with a magnum receiver, you can shoot 2-3/4" magnum or 3" magnum steel or lead shotshells. The 1100 20-ga. lightweight barrels do not fit pre-1977 20-ga. guns with serial numbers ending in "X" or "N". "[/align][/align]KEJ[/align]

Thanks for the input guys. I will try some 2 3/4" mags first and see how they work. I actually shoot the 1100 A LOT better then the Browning, so hopefully they will work just fine.

The blind that I will be hunting out of is a floating blind on a lake, so not much room to put the gun, except leaning against the side. I just don't want to have to watch the Citori all the time to make sure it doesn't fall. I brought it once last year and Dove hunting last year too, in my opinion I should keep it on the range and use my 1100 to get dirty, wet, muddy, etc... $1250 is a lot of money for a shotgun (for me) so I want to keep it as nice as possible.

ChazyKEJ, thanks for the info, I never thought about that. I figured the action was the main difference. I will have to look into that. Thanks