Author Topic: remington 1100 (Read 824 times)

big k · « **on:** July 27, 2004, 04:38:28 PM »

I am looking into buying a new shotgun don't want to spend more than 5oo $ i was thinking a wingmaster 870 in 16 gauge would be perfect and really cool (cause of the 16 gauge), but i was also thinking of a 1100 but i have hered stories about plastic rings neding to be replaced and just over all that they are not good guns i was wondering if yall could clear that up or if you hadany other suggestions

Graybeard · « **Reply #1 on:** July 27, 2004, 05:39:51 PM »

The R870 is a fine gun. I've owned many and likely would never be without one or more around the house. I've owned them in 12, 20, 28 ga. and .410 bore. Used them on the skeet range as well as for trap, sporting clays and money games. My first registered skeet targets were fired with one many many long years ago at the Lake Side Gun Club in Covington, GA. Best I recall I broke 92 on that bitter cold and windy day.

I've also owned and used R1100s in the same gauges and for the same uses as the R870. They are as fine a semiatuo as has ever been made. Kept properly cleaned there is just no stopping them. Once back when me and a friend owned a skeet range his quit on him. I loaned him mine to shoot and went to check his out. I've never seen a gun as filty as that one in my entire life. It looked as if it had been fired 10,000 times without cleaning. I took some Hoppe's and swabbed out the gas chamber and cleared the vent holes and used a rag wet with Hoppe's to clean off the magazine tube and the two METAL (not plastic) rings. Put it all back together and by the time he finished the round he was shooting when it failed I had it back in his hands again and working like new.

There are no plastic rings in an 1100. There is a rubber O-riing and two metal rings. With minimal care it will shoot if anything will.

GB

big k · « **Reply #2 on:** July 27, 2004, 06:18:23 PM »

Thanks i was just wondering did not mean to offend about the plastic o ring lol.i think i will probaly buy the 1100 feild model cause i just found out that it comes in 16 gauge i am just one of those bull headed guy's who dosen't want the 12 that every-one else has so it is the 1100 or the wingmaster cause it is cheaper lol.

thanks alot

big k · « **Reply #3 on:** July 28, 2004, 04:42:00 AM »

yes i have hered of quality issues to and experenced them which in the end sent to brand new remington model 700 to the shop under warenty one was a youth model one was a mtn. rifle both got fixed for free and shot excelente groups with no problem, but anyway after my next pay check i plan on getting the wingmaster or 1100 in 16 gauge depending on which one i can find

dukkillr · « **Reply #4 on:** July 28, 2004, 08:10:51 AM »

go with a pump over an auto any day... that being said, you could find a BPS or Model 12 for less than 500 and their both better guns than the 870.

big k · « **Reply #5 on:** July 28, 2004, 02:11:20 PM »

I would rather vote for kerry than buy any thing else than an 870 in a pump, 870 are the best and number one selling (especialy the wingmaster)

jradloff · « **Reply #6 on:** July 28, 2004, 04:18:37 PM »

I'm happy with my 870 wingmaster 16 ga. w/26 inch bbl. :-D I have been looking at a 1100 w/26 inch bbl and in the 16 ga. I feel that the 16 ga is the best all around gauge for upland shooting. I know that I will get some email for standing out for the 16 ga. but I have carried a 12 and a 20 for many years and I keep coming back for the 16 ga.

Graybeard · « **Reply #7 on:** July 28, 2004, 05:10:37 PM »

Wasn't offended. Just trying to clarify as I had no clue if you were refering to that rubber o-ring or if you were under the impression there were really some plastic rings in there. That is one tough ring. They will easily go 20,000+ rounds as I've used them for that personally.

GB

Don McCullough · « **Reply #8 on:** July 28, 2004, 05:13:38 PM »

Graybeard,

First of all I want to thank you for your super Graybeard.com site. Don't see how it could be better!

I've heard the model 1100 will not endure lots of trap or skeet shooting like some other brands. Beretta and Benelli, I believe our considered superior by many people.

I'm a big fan of the Remington 1100 and now have one in the Youth Model, 21 inch barrel, 20 ga. Fast, handy, easy to carry. May get a slip on butt pad to lengthen pull.

Don McCullough

Quote from: Graybeard

The R870 is a fine gun. I've owned many and likely
I've also owned and used R1100s in the same gauges and for the same uses as the R870. They are as fine a semiatuo as has ever been made. Kept properly cleaned there is just no stopping them. Once back when me and a friend owned a skeet range his quit on him. I loaned him mine to shoot and went to check his out. I've never seen a gun as filty as that one in my entire life. It looked as if it had been fired 10,000 times without cleaning. I took some Hoppe's and swabbed out the gas chamber and cleared the vent holes and used a rag wet with Hoppe's to clean off the magazine tube and the two METAL (not plastic) rings. Put it all back together and by the time he finished the round he was shooting when it failed I had it back in his hands again and working like new.

There are no plastic rings in an 1100. There is a rubber O-riing and two metal rings. With minimal care it will shoot if anything will.

GB

big k · « **Reply #9 on:** July 28, 2004, 05:24:18 PM »

it is alright gb i was just messing with you i think right now i am leaning to the semi auto because i am only 18 and want an investment in a shotgun that will last and i don't want to shuck shells for the rest of my days when i am older, and my dad has a wingmaster that is in 12ga that i can run back to (at least that is what he says), but i am deffenitly getting 16 gauge cause live in texas and go dove and quail hunting with a trip to kansas this year for pheasant which is why i need one cause all have is a youth 870 in 20 gauge with a 16 in barrel so with only uplandbirds and the collective duck or teal off the farm pond i think the 1100 in 16 ga is perfect. going to the gun store next week wich ever one i like bes wins lol.

Ramrod · « **Reply #10 on:** July 29, 2004, 11:32:06 AM »

big k, all I can say is that the 1100 was first made in 1963. Hard to argue that it's not reliable. Your "which ever one you like best" is the key. The only shotgun that works is the one that feels right to YOU. Try swinging it in the store, and pointing real fast with it. Try other guns, too, you will probably find, like many have, that the 1100 is a good, fast gun.

Graybeard · « **Reply #11 on:** July 29, 2004, 06:06:52 PM »

I've been out of competition shooting longer than Berreta and Benili have been imported into this country if not longer than they've been made. Back then everyone who shot a semiauto shot an 1100 and they sure worked fine for folks who were regular competitors and fired many many thousands of rounds per year.

Dunno how it is on the ranges these days but I'm betting the Remington semiautos still out number the other two combined by a wide margin. But most skeet and sporting clays folks shoot O/Us not semiautos now.

GB

Ramrod · « **Reply #12 on:** July 29, 2004, 11:53:38 PM »

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I've been out of competition shooting longer than Berreta and Benili have been imported into this country if not longer than they've been made.

Graybeard, I don't think you are quite that old! Berreta has been around since about 1500, still run by the same family.
The only shotguns I use anymore are my 1100 for deer and my Berreta O/U for everything else. Several other shotguns just collect dust.
big k, this is what I meant by finding one that feels right. Thats the one you'll hit best with.

Graybeard · « **Reply #13 on:** July 30, 2004, 12:49:56 PM »

I was refering to the semiauto shotguns, not the company. Ain't nobody been around that long.

GB

Graybeard · « **Reply #14 on:** July 30, 2004, 05:36:32 PM »

Hey watch it. I'm only two days older than dirt. :eek:

GB