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Curious why Remington 1100 Competition guns are hard to find?? Thought it was a new gun in their line up ??
Shot one last week and although it wasnt set up for me, it shot reasonable with a light mod choke...
 
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If you happen to be looking for one, I have one for sale on this site. When I bought it new last year I could only find one available in Canada (which I bought) and now I don't see any available. It is an amazing gun, definitely built for clays 'competition'. The only reason I'm selling mine is because due to eye dominance, I was forced to switch over to left hand shooting and I went out and bought a left hand Blaser o/u.
 
I just picked up mine from Bullseye London on Friday. They special ordered it for me and it took about 5 months. As far as I know the competition version has been around for a few years.
 
Most guys that have the competiton hold onto them because they can always rely back on them, I had 3 of them currently only 2 now and they are fantastic firearms. keep them clean and they are reliable as can be. in my opinion there the best bang for your buck, competiton shotgun for clays.
 
I suspect that it is an inventory decision made by the retailer. They put their inventory dollars into firearms that they feel that they can turnover the fastest.
 
If the quality hasn't improved in the last couple of years it would be a wonder if they ever sell another.

A friend of mine who was a die hard Remington guy purchased a new 1100 Competition about 5 or 6 years ago and had nothing but trouble with it. Probably about 1 in 6 times the empty hull wouldn't clear the receiver and jam. He tried all different kinds of ammo with nothing working better than any other brand so he sent it back to Remington. They returned it to him saying the problem was fixed but nothing had changed. Again the gun kept jamming and he struggled with it for a while longer before sending it back to Remington and to their credit they did the right thing and replaced the gun, sent him a brand new one which shocked all of us to say the least. Unfortunately the new gun did the same thing and jammed several times in a round of 25. He finally got so tired of messing with it he stuck it in the back of his gun safe, purchased a new Beretta and never touched the 1100 again!
 
I had a 1100 competition synthetic and sold it last June...it was a mistake I should have kept it.

I shot over 3700 2 3/4" 1 1/8 oz, #8 and never had a a failure to fire or to eject.

My issue I felt it was a little barrel heavy and having tore my bicep I sold it. I can't go back and reverse the deal but I am keeping my eye open for a replacement.
 
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If the quality hasn't improved in the last couple of years it would be a wonder if they ever sell another.

A friend of mine who was a die hard Remington guy purchased a new 1100 Competition about 5 or 6 years ago and had nothing but trouble with it. Probably about 1 in 6 times the empty hull wouldn't clear the receiver and jam. He tried all different kinds of ammo with nothing working better than any other brand so he sent it back to Remington. They returned it to him saying the problem was fixed but nothing had changed. Again the gun kept jamming and he struggled with it for a while longer before sending it back to Remington and to their credit they did the right thing and replaced the gun, sent him a brand new one which shocked all of us to say the least. Unfortunately the new gun did the same thing and jammed several times in a round of 25. He finally got so tired of messing with it he stuck it in the back of his gun safe, purchased a new Beretta and never touched the 1100 again!
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There is nothing wrong with the quality of a competition model just like there is nothing wrong with a G31100
I have said it since the 60's and will say it today
The only thing wrong with a 1100 99% of the time is the owner. If you cannot work on your own guns and do simple tasks on them as required don't buy one
Plain and simple. I have never seen a 1100 that could not work flawless in the right hands
What are the odds of two giving issues and it being the gun 100%., All different ammo What hulls was he using more than likely some form(s) of promo crap
Bet they were not AA or STS
Just my 2 cents and I have a ton of them ( meaning more than 12) in every gauge and never found one that could not be simply fixed if there is issues but then again none of mine has ever seen anything but the best of hulls
Cheers
 
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I've only had one bad experience with an 1100 and I've had about 10 of them. My 1100 Competition was flawless while I owned it but in a moment of "I need to try a Beretta A400" I sold it. I also found it to be barrel heavy but it always worked with good quality shells. I know of two others at my club that have them and they love them. When I bought mine, the gun dealer in McAdam had several at a reasonable price.

The one negative was an 1100 Sporting in 28 Gauge that I bought used. It had the most violent ejection of any semi I've ever seen and eventually it broke the bolt carrier in two. I bought a new replacement part and put all new springs in it and it worked for about 200 shells (all "AA's") before it broke again. I gave it to one of the guys that works at the range and he's waiting to hear from Remington on what/if they'll do anything.
 
3macs1, I'm not an 1100 guy because I'm not a big semi auto fan in general and I'm not trying to ruin anyone's day by bashing 1100's so sorry for ruffling your feathers but as I understand it, the problem was due to the empty hull rim riding over the small stud that catches the rim and flips it out of the action. According to a gunsmith that looked at these particular guns, there used to be a pressed in stud to catch the rim and in an effort to cut costs, that stud had been replaced with a stud that was swaged into the metal and the stud simply wasn't large enough to do the job. I'm only repeating his story and I never looked close at the guns but it's not my story so you can believe him or not, I really don't care. One thing I am sure of is this particular gunsmith knows what he is doing and talking about. It could be that Remington tried this technique and found it wasn't working so went back to the original method of shell ejection on subsequent guns, who knows but I watched that guy struggle with two different new 1100 comps for the better part of two years and if it was me, I'd have run that gun over a few times with my truck!
 
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3macs1, I'm not an 1100 guy because I'm not a big semi auto fan in general and I'm not trying to ruin anyone's day by bashing 1100's so sorry for ruffling your feathers but as I understand it, the problem was due to the empty hull rim riding over the small stud that catches the rim and flips it out of the action. According to a gunsmith that looked at these particular guns, there used to be a pressed in stud to catch the rim and in an effort to cut costs, that stud had been replaced with a stud that was swaged into the metal and the stud simply wasn't large enough to do the job. I'm only repeating his story and I never looked close at the guns but it's not my story so you can believe him or not, I really don't care. One thing I am sure of is this particular gunsmith knows what he is doing and talking about. It could be that Remington tried this technique and found it wasn't working so went back to the original method of shell ejection on subsequent guns, who knows but I watched that guy struggle with two different new 1100 comps for the better part of two years and if it was me, I'd have run that gun over a few times with my truck!
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No feathers ruffled here :)
Trap version by any chance was this 1100
Cheers
 
I don't know if it was an actual trap gun or just competition model.

I do know that the 1100 has a great reputation in general and I also know lots of guys who either used to shoot them or still are and they have no special problems but I do believe there was maybe a few months of production where Remington may have been cutting some corners trying to save a few bucks and they wouldn't be the first to have done that!
 
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I don't know if it was an actual trap gun or just competition model.

I do know that the 1100 has a great reputation in general and I also know lots of guys who either used to shoot them or still are and they have no special problems but I do believe there was maybe a few months of production where Remington may have been cutting some corners trying to save a few bucks and they wouldn't be the first to have done that!
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Reason I ask was back in the 80's on some special trap models they added a new deflector stud ( nothing to do with cutting costs) with the intent it would catch every shell
They didnot work well and some would catch them all some every 5th or 3rd etc etc
The correction was to grind the stud back to eliminate the feature as most did
Being only 6 years old I have no idea if they were trying that again. Sure hope not
Some talk on it here
Fix the link
Cheers
https://ww w.shotgunworld.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=298656
 
I understood the deflector stud was designed for trap shooters so that you don’t pelt the guy next to you on the line with your ejects.

When the shell is being ejected, deflector stud, directs the shell downward instead of outward.

My 1100 competition did not have this deflector stud, it just seemed my gun was perfectly aligned to the guy next to me and I nailed him each time I fired. So I installed a shell catcher on my gun,

I did look into installing a Deflector stud on my 1100. Gravel Agency sells them Canada #F15830 for $6.82 but they have to be soldered in. It was easier to me to order a Birchwood Casey shell catcher
 
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I understood the deflector stud was designed for trap shooters so that you don’t pelt the guy next to you on the line with your ejects.

When the shell is being ejected, deflector stud, directs the shell downward instead of outward.

My 1100 competition did not have this deflector stud, it just seemed my gun was perfectly aligned to the guy next to me and I nailed him each time I fired. So I installed a shell catcher on my gun,

I did look into installing a Deflector stud on my 1100. Gravel Agency sells them Canada #F15830 for $6.82 but they have to be soldered in. It was easier to me to order a Birchwood Casey shell catcher
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Agree 100% but many just held it in the gun
Cheers
 
Falconflyer said:
3macs1, I'm not an 1100 guy because I'm not a big semi auto fan in general and I'm not trying to ruin anyone's day by bashing 1100's so sorry for ruffling your feathers but as I understand it, the problem was due to the empty hull rim riding over the small stud that catches the rim and flips it out of the action. According to a gunsmith that looked at these particular guns, there used to be a pressed in stud to catch the rim and in an effort to cut costs, that stud had been replaced with a stud that was swaged into the metal and the stud simply wasn't large enough to do the job. I'm only repeating his story and I never looked close at the guns but it's not my story so you can believe him or not, I really don't care. One thing I am sure of is this particular gunsmith knows what he is doing and talking about. It could be that Remington tried this technique and found it wasn't working so went back to the original method of shell ejection on subsequent guns, who knows but I watched that guy struggle with two different new 1100 comps for the better part of two years and if it was me, I'd have run that gun over a few times with my truck!
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You can always tell an 1100 shooter....you just can't tell them the truth about their gun, they don't want to hear it! :nest:

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You can always tell an 1100 shooter....you just can't tell them the truth about their gun, they don't want to hear it! :nest:

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What truth. The fact one had to have a few spare parts and two clues to own one and if they did could put a few 100,000 rounds through one
I still have maybe a dozen and none have ever worn out and I would be scared to know what went through my 12ga skeet and large frame 20ga skeet
Like I said before someone back in the day holding one of these old remingtons kicked your ass and you have never got over it :)
No gun model has done more to introduce new shooters to skeet or trap fields. Cheap, easy to keep working ,fit most people and work like I said if one has a few clues
Cheers
 
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