Trevor Mitchell

Before Semi-autos were banned here, i had an 11-87 with a 30"barrel, fixed full choke. never had a problem with the choking. Like Alaskapopo said, the tight choke brings them down with gusto. It was also excellent with the slug stages that sometimes were in the shoot. Never changed a thing, just ran 2 3/4'' shells (mostly homeload 1 1/8oz), then used speedloader to insert slugs when needed, and kept drilling the plates. Tube held 13, + 1 inside. Those were the days.

I use 4 grains 231, behind 158 grain SWC, in my 686. Lovely paper punching load.

Value for money, i dont think you can go past the Mec 600. It is a great , no nonsense press that is very easy to set up and use. I have loaded 10s of 1000s of cartridges with mine, working flawlessly thru my 1187 Rem(before they were banned). The only drawback with the press, and this is a problem with other presses to a certain extent, is any shot over BB, will hang up sometimes in the drop tube. I keep a screwdriver handy. When i see a case not full, a light tap on drop tube releases them. The last crimping station has very good adjustment, to slightly taper the top of cartridge, for reliable semi-auto feeding .

I have 2 Remington 700 rifles with synthetic stocks that stick to the carpet floor in my safe. I figured it is softening up from me getting gunspray on the rubber. Its a pain, dust and fluff stick as well. Also interested as to weather a replacement Rem recoil pad may be forrthcoming .

Yes, you cant go wrong with a 1100/1187 Remington. Before we were banned from having them for IPSC, my 1187 was the most reliable, sweetest to shoot of all the different guns going around. it had beautiful balance( with or without 13 rounds in the tube), and would just feed anytype of cartridges ( factory 1 & 1 1/8oz shot, homeload 1 1/8 oz, and 1 oz slugs)all day. An occasional cleaning was all it ever needed.