jobob Posted May 1, 2008 Author Share Posted May 1, 2008 Oh good grief! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Orr Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimel Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Now that there is funny...I don't care who you are...other than maybe a 550 (or 593.5) owner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ERIC Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 I have 2-1187s so that makes me a bona fide 1187 owner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wsimpso1 Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 I have several reasons to shoot a M1100. My first job out of college was at the old musket mill in Ilion. I am cheap, I shoot less than four or less local matches (and a commensurate amount of practice) with the shotgun a year. And I am a firm believer that only guns with rifling are interesting. I shoot three-gun because it let's me shoot the rifle in practical matches. So, when I got interested in shooting three-gun, I found a M1100 deer gun in the used rack for little bucks, added a long magazine, a DMW easy loader, magnum shell lifter, Williams Fire front sight and ghost ring rear, and slicked up the loading path. It shoots without malfunctions, loads slick and fast, is soft on my recoil wimp shoulder, and has cycled and is waiting for me far faster than the time it takes me to get on the next target. All for very minimal bucks. Every six to eight boxes of shells, I drop the magazine and barrel, wipe the crud from the gas system, clean the bore and chamber, oil everything and reassemble with a new o-ring from Eric. I don't have any patience for guns that don't shoot where they are pointed or that do not just plain work, and this does fine by me. Now, if'n I was burning shotshells like I burn pistol ammo, it might be another story, but for me, the Rem works great. Billski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hgr2 Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 SX2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Orr Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 Had 8 people in our squad yesterday and ---before the day was over - had 2 1100 users shooting Benellis.... This was after just a few rounds when the 1100s started dying and their owners started crying. Of course even with the double usage the Benellis never stuttered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-Ho Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 Merlin, ask GentlemanJim and LadyinBlue about the pasta curse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outerlimits Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 Had 8 people in our squad yesterday and ---before the day was over - had 2 1100 users shooting Benellis.... This was after just a few rounds when the 1100s started dying and their owners started crying. Of course even with the double usage the Benellis never stuttered. hey merlin-were those the two guyz hitching a ride home after they had to sell their vehicles to pay for their new benelli's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtm Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 Just 4 words for you "real men"....."Disassemble and show clear!!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mscott Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 I can't deny that my 550 let me down yesterday. The spring for the interceptor latch came out of it's track and got behind it. That effectively blocked the disconnector and wouldn't allow the gun to fire. That really makes you smile when you zero a high point value stage. I guess I should have used the thicker snap rings I had in the drawer to tighten it up a bit. Hopefully the problem is fixed for now, but I may be a noodle shooter soon anyway. There were a couple of other 1100s with issues as well. Gun problems suck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-Ho Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 Just 4 words for you "real men"....."Disassemble and show clear!!" Kurt, the best part of that stage was while Nanci was shooting, Jim was muttering to himself "please work, please work" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtm Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 The nice thing about beating your head against the 1100/1187 wall is that it feels sooooooo gooooood when you finaly stop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbrowndog Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 As for selling your cars to buy Benelli's, I say.........................ppppppfffffffttttttttt!!!!! I just bought 2 for less than 1200.00, combined, and they're ready to go for 3 gunning, 21" barrel and 24" barrel. trapr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwx40x40 Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 As for selling your cars to buy Benelli's, I say.........................ppppppfffffffttttttttt!!!!!I just bought 2 for less than 1200.00, combined, and they're ready to go for 3 gunning, 21" barrel and 24" barrel. trapr Will sell me the other one for $600? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GentlemanJim Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 Just 4 words for you "real men"....."Disassemble and show clear!!" Kurt, the best part of that stage was while Nanci was shooting, Jim was muttering to himself "please work, please work" Actualy Nancis 1100 has gone close to 1000 rounds with not a single problem...not a single jam The link broke and jamed the action....how do you predict such a failure Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbrowndog Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 if your name was Merlin, you could probably talk me down to 200.00 Actually I buy them when I can find them and right now I want a back up and an overseas gun, so you're out of luck. Trapr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el pres Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 Had 8 people in our squad yesterday and ---before the day was over - had 2 1100 users shooting Benellis.... This was after just a few rounds when the 1100s started dying and their owners started crying. Of course even with the double usage the Benellis never stuttered. Merlin, you had to bring this one back out from the dead. The funny thing is that everytime this thread comes back, remember it was started as a pro Remmy thread , I have another story of some poor chump cussing at a shotgun. Last week we had a 3gun match and a guy on my squad had a single shot 1100 through the whole match. I was R.O. and I felt bad for the guy so I took some extra time with him and let him mess with the thing a little. It would cycle only about a 1/2" back and just put the spent shell back in, the whole match!! It was shoot, click, cycle by hand, and tap the easy loader, over and over. The guy obviously had no mechanical inclinations as I offered suggestions of what I do know about the things, I said maybe it's the o-rings, maybe that side saddle is too tight, take it apart and look, but all he kept telling me was," I just got back from the gunsmith, I just got this back from the gunsmith, it has to work. Then he would go back to cussing at the thing... After our last stage is when I came to the conclusing that that is was just a simple case of posession.. I allowed him to play with it in an empty bay and guess what It worked ??? Well, 85% of the time.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topmaul Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 A few weeks ago maybe a month I went to a 3 gun match and no Remington 1100 went down. STOP THE PRESSES! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Orr Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 Loving a Remington shotgun is like having a bad child.... Even though all they bring is heartache and your life would be better if they were out of it forever....... You just CAN'T help yourself and keep on trying to believe in them anyway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GentlemanJim Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 Well... Mine did run perfect thru the match...including when Nanci used it. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-Ho Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 Well... Mine did run perfect thru the match...including when Nanci used it. Jim 1 out of 2 ain't bad................wait that's only 50% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jobob Posted July 1, 2008 Author Share Posted July 1, 2008 Yep, this DID start as a pro Remy thread. You garlic breathers have a hundred threads to pat yourselves on the back! Leave us Remington lovers to our misery! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jobob Posted July 1, 2008 Author Share Posted July 1, 2008 (edited) Ya know, any brand of shotgun has its idiosincracies which the shooter needs to be aware of, in order to keep his gun functioning properly: Remiingtons need to be clean, oiled and the O-ring changed regularly. Winchesters need to have the right piston installed for the load you are using. Benellis need to be blessed by the Pope! Edited July 1, 2008 by jobob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtm Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 Predicting when a link will break is easy, Put shotgun in case, head to major match a ways from home, take shotgun out of case, try to shoot.....PING!!! I have seen 27 break over the last 10 years and that is just the ones I have SEEN, not all that the guys that have said...yea mine broke too!! Now I admit...you got to love that and in so doing, Love the 1100/1187. See it,s contagous! KurtM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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