Hasting barrel ?

[cjordan]

Alright y'all, I've done a quick search on here and didn't come up with anything so I'm gonna ask the question. I have an 1100 mag with a Hastings barrel chambered in 3" on it, which has interchangeable chokes. I noticed this barrel also has gorrves cut down the barrel. Now I remember seeing something on here a good while back about folks having grooves cut inside their barrel, but I cant remember anything about it. I was wonder if anyone could tell me anything about this barrel? I'll have to measure it, but I'm pretty sure it's 28" long. I bought the gun from a flea market about 7-8 years ago, and wasnt sure about the Hastings barrel, so I bought a Remington barrel to replace it. I guess I need to take the choke out of my Remington barrel to see if it will screw into this Hastings barrel, unless someone on here says other wise. Again I would appreciate any information you all might could give me on this barrel. Thank you for your time and help.

[SumToy]

Ok unless the barrel has be changed it will not be Remington threads.  Now the lines in the barrels are to stop the wad from spinning if it is.  Now we have did this in some of the big outlaw target guns.  50/50 deal.  I have one with and one with out.  Shot sat and both one a round.  The one with out wins the most. 

[Longshanks]

I have 3 barrels with Hastings choke systems and they are all tru choke threads.  I have been able to find allot of chokes in tru choke, Indian Creek, Kicks, Hastings etc.  I believe I would take that Remington barrel..screw in a Hevi 13 choke and rock and roll. 

[cjordan]

Thanks guys. To tell you the truth... I had forgot all about that barrel until I was cleaning the shed out. We are in the process of moving right now, as soon as we are settled into the new place I need to start messing with my 1100. I have been asking questions, and trying to figure out what to do with it. Hopefully in about a month things will be calmed down enough for me to start testing and playing with it. again thanks for your time and the info.

[allaboutshooting]

Thanks guys. To tell you the truth... I had forgot all about that barrel until I was cleaning the shed out. We are in the process of moving right now, as soon as we are settled into the new place I need to start messing with my 1100. I have been asking questions, and trying to figure out what to do with it. Hopefully in about a month things will be calmed down enough for me to start testing and playing with it. again thanks for your time and the info.

Those are interesting barrels. Along with several others, I tried one when they were introduced but none of us ever saw the kinds of patterns that we'd hoped to see. Straight rifling in barrels seems to be pretty common for card shooters and there are some still target shooters who also have tried them with mixed results. One shooter had a Savage bolt gun with a custom straight rifled barrel and straight rifled choke tube that did exceptionally well.

I would agree with the earlier suggestion about going with the stock Remington barrel. We know they work. I'd deep clean it and give it a try at the range.

Thanks,
Clark

P.S. I believe that there were at least 2 generations of those Hastings Wad Lock barrels and the threads for the chokes were different on each one. There was the first Wad Lock and then a Wad Lock II and maybe one after that. Those barrels were made in France as I recall and it seems to me that someone has revived the name after the Hastings shut-down.