remington

jewman22 said:
They are junk, and most dealers know it, so they dont keep's in stock
old 1100 where solid guns, if you got a good one, some were real lemons
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Must be why Remington sold millions and millions of them and they are still being made and sold for now for 56 years
Name me another semi shotgun that can say the same and not the A5 since it is a totally different gun design now
Old were not solid guns for those scared to take them apart and keep them clean and repair them when they broke and broke they did
But could be fixed in the dark with simple tools if one had any ability at all
I find today many won't even take their gun apart to clean
Cheers
 
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bdft said:
I've never seen an 1100 break on the trap range. The 1100 Competitions are solid guns and the 1100 has gone a long way to introduce new shooters to the sport. BTW, Reliable Gun has a 1100 COmpetition used for a very reasonable price.
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I have nothing against 1100’s, but I have seen them break down on trap fields, skeet fields, Sporting fields and in the field.
 
Westward1 said:
I have nothing against 1100’s, but I have seen them break down on trap fields, skeet fields, Sporting fields and in the field.
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For sure 100% and if you are a true 1100 owner you had it fixed and shooting again by the next round or station
If you shot 1100's and didnot carry a tackle box of spares you were not shooting it IMO
Break a B gun and you are on the way home and I have a fair selection of B semi's to compare
It starts with a broken B gun with Where in the F'k am I going to get the parts I need to fix this

Yes I am a vintage remington nut :) and who makes a sweeter semi than a 1100 28ga :)

Cheers
 
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3macs1 said:
For sure 100% and if you are a true 1100 owner you had it fixed and shooting again by the next round or station
If you shot 1100's and didnot carry a tackle box of spares you were not shooting it IMO
Break a B gun and you are on the way home and I have a fair selection of B semi's to compare
It starts with a broken B gun with Where in the F'k am I going to get the parts I need to fix this

Yes I am a vintage remington nut :) and who makes a sweeter semi than a 1100 28ga :)

Cheers
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Cole’s in the US can have any Beretta part to you in no time. I shoot 390 Sporters and I have broken and replaced nearly every part in the receiver over the years.

I assume there is an online source for Remington parts.
 
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Westward1 said:
Cole’s in the US can have any Beretta part to you in no time. I shoot 390 Sporters and I have broken and replaced nearly every part in the receiver over the years.

I assume there is an online source for Remington parts.
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Agree but that is state side and takes time to get if customs doesn't play games
1100 I just go to my 1100 tackle box.:) or some of the others I have sadly gathered as friends passed on :(
Worst case call gravel agencies and have it in two days
I cracked a plastic mag follower in a 10ga browning gold and was 4 months getting it :(
Cheers
 
3macs1 said:
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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You're too funny with I got my ass kicked by an 1100 shooter bs. I owned several and did my fair share of ass kicking with one but I also spent plenty of downtime with them. Best single shot autoloader ever made for trapshooting. I would never have relied on any I owned to shoot doubles trap. And don't put it down to reloads either as I usually shot factory 3 dram Gold Medals. Only time I shot reloads was practice. Sales has more to do with marketing than the product most times. If you don't believe that take a good look at the junk today many rave positively about. And yes I know Leo Harrison III shot one for years, he also carried a tackle box with him station to station full of parts to keep the damned thing running! Even he moved on. Last time I shot off against him at the Grand he was shooting a break action and carrying only his shell bag besides his gun.....his tackle box of parts was no longer necessary!
 
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bdft said:
I've never seen an 1100 break on the trap range. The 1100 Competitions are solid guns and the 1100 has gone a long way to introduce new shooters to the sport. BTW, Reliable Gun has a 1100 COmpetition used for a very reasonable price.
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Then you never spent much time on a trap range with 1100 shooters. Mine and many around me broke often. A trapshooting buddy of mine years ago used to say "if you see a squad hung up, take a good look...99% of the time their is an 1100 shooter trying to get his gun working". He was right....99% of the time!!
 
the spank said:
Then you never spent much time on a trap range with 1100 shooters. Mine and many around me broke often. A trapshooting buddy of mine years ago used to say "if you see a squad hung up, take a good look...99% of the time their is an 1100 shooter trying to get his gun working". He was right....99% of the time!!
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Easy to be right when 99% of the guys were shooting them years ago LOL
 
3macs1 said:
Easy to be right when 99% of the guys were shooting them years ago LOL
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When I started shooting the 1100 was starting to not be as prevalent on the range. There was probably 2 of every 10 registered shooters using an 870 or 1100....the break actions were starting to dominate the game. After two years I switched to a model 12 and 8 years later an o/u. I shot an o/u from then on until 2016 when I switched to a single shot(old school Perazzi) and an O/U for doubles(which I very seldom shoot). When it comes to doubles I prefer skeet shooting. Lol
 
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the spank said:
When I started shooting the 1100 was starting to not be as prevalent on the range. There was probably 2 of every 10 registered shooters using an 870 or 1100....the break actions were starting to dominate the game. After two years I switched to a model 12 and 8 years later an o/u. I shot an o/u from then on until 2016 when I switched to a single shot(old school Perazzi) and an O/U for doubles(which I very seldom shoot). When it comes to doubles I prefer skeet shooting. Lol
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Humm sounds like you were the rich folks we called them.:) Us poor old coal miners would dream about owning a O/U
I fired my first new 1100 in 1965 and never looked back until the mid 70's when the superx1 came out then the 12ga got hung up but the 20, 28 and 410 were still 1100 until the 80's when the 101 4 barrel set came home with me :)
Cheers
 
Yes the 1100 was one of the popular guns when I was doing a lot of shooting. As they were cheap in comparison to OU's and like someone mentioned they fit the average fella well and pointed and handled nicely. As far as reliable, no. In those days as now, death and taxes were the two certainties of life and if you shot an 1100 it was a further certainty it was going to break down, usually when the shooter had a nice straight going. For every 1100 shooter I new it was just a matter a time before it broke, that was a given certainty.
We had a good member of our club back then who loved 1100's, swore by them, and shot them a lot. He accepted they were going to break and he always went out on the skeet field with an 1100 and a plastic tackle box full of commonly needed 1100 parts and a few tools. If his gun broke down on #3 station he had it stripped, fixed and ready for his turn on #4. He new the 1100 inside and out and accepted it weaknesses, and dealt with it. But he never shot registered targets, if he did I am sure he would have switched up to an OU, as when your shooting seriously you have to concentrate on what your doing and the last thing you need in the back of your mind is if your gun is going to bang or not when you pull the trigger. I was squaded on several occasions with an older fella at a shoot in the US I used to attend. He was the skeet world champion in 28 ga. one year. At the time I was shooting a Win SX-1 skeet version as they had just came out, but mine was giving me grief. We were having a beer after the shoot was over and he said the best advice I can give you if your serious about skeet shooting is to buy yourself and good over and under as he said your going to have enough pressure on you in shoots without worrying if your gun is going to go off. He shot a Browning 4 barrel set. I took his advice, went home and within a couple weeks was shooting a Win 101. I put many thousands of rounds through that 101 over the years without a single malfunction.

I was at shoot one time in the winter and filled in a vacant spot on a squad in the 410 shoot with a 1100 410 a fella lent me as it was before I had my Win. 101. In the cold temps when shooting the doubles off 1-2-6-7 you would shoot your first bird and the second bird would have flown it course and landed softly in the snow before the action on that 410 1100 could eject the empty and reload the second round. Another fella seen the difficulties I was having and came out and handed me his 1100 410 and said here try this one, and it worked perfectly for the remainder of the 100 rd. shoot. He explained to me later that the 1100 410 action had to be perfectly dry of any oils and carbon build up in cold weather to function properly. When I got serious about registered 410 targets I bought an Win 101 as it also always went 100% bang.
 
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I used to have an 1100 in each gauge for skeet. Sweet guns indeed. Sold them when the liberals started talking of re-classifying all semi-auto firearms (Bill S-223). I miss them, especially the standard frame 20 and 1100LW 28.
 
3macs1 said:
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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Once again I am going to disagree with you. I shoot with a fellow at our club who is a dyed in the wool 1100 shooter. He currently shoots 2 of them including a competition model and he is also a dyed in the wool doubles trap shooter. In fact he was Canadian Double Champ one year. He has been out shooting each week with us this summer after having eye surgery last year and missing the season. He keeps his guns clean and in good repair(he fixes guns at his sporting goods store) and has 35+ years with his 1100's. The past three outings we have been shooting 2-3(100-150 targets) rounds of doubles together and both his older 1100 and his competition have jammed no less than 3 times each round with an empty hull stuck in the receiver port. I just smile as he clears the jam and reshoots and say nothing even when the newbies ask what to buy and he says one of these as he goes to the rack to retrieve his 1100 and points at my MX8 and says "stay away from those, if you go to a registered shoot you see these on tables and tailgates in pieces being fixed".....funny I make it through every monday and thursday night w/o issue and he is broken down every night. When the squad gets stalled I just look over and think to myself "oh yes I remember those days, thank god I got rid of that after the second season!" But I will credit Remington with making good ammunition. Even their gun club line shoots well!'
 
the spank said:
Once again I am going to disagree with you. I shoot with a fellow at our club who is a dyed in the wool 1100 shooter. He currently shoots 2 of them including a competition model and he is also a dyed in the wool doubles trap shooter. In fact he was Canadian Double Champ one year. He has been out shooting each week with us this summer after having eye surgery last year and missing the season. He keeps his guns clean and in good repair(he fixes guns at his sporting goods store) and has 35+ years with his 1100's. The past three outings we have been shooting 2-3(100-150 targets) rounds of doubles together and both his older 1100 and his competition have jammed no less than 3 times each round with an empty hull stuck in the receiver port. I just smile as he clears the jam and reshoots and say nothing even when the newbies ask what to buy and he says one of these as he goes to the rack to retrieve his 1100 and points at my MX8 and says "stay away from those, if you go to a registered shoot you see these on tables and tailgates in pieces being fixed".....funny I make it through every monday and thursday night w/o issue and he is broken down every night. When the squad gets stalled I just look over and think to myself "oh yes I remember those days, thank god I got rid of that after the second season!" But I will credit Remington with making good ammunition. Even their gun club line shoots well!'
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Not interested in the 1100 debate, but it is funny how everyone sees things differently. We forget our gun malfunctions, but notice everyone else’s.
 
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