Some may think I wish Remington and the 1100 ill. Quite the contrary, I would like to see them dominate the semi-auto market. Not only in the clays games but in the field also. However, like much Remington does that sat on there hands and watched the Italians pass them. They didn't keep up with new more reliable gas systems. They didn't promote up and coming shooters in the clay games. They didn't promote shoots. They raised the price of their competition shells-Winchester did the same-to the point that even they are not used all that often. Just checked Cabela's pricing. $69 dollar a flat for the low end Field Club loads. $89 a flat for the good 12g STS target loads. $129. for the 28 and .410. It seems like they enjoy driving away people away.
I do think the older 1100s are more reliable than the newer ones. The 1100 Sporting Clay model that I used for maybe 2years was not worth cleaning when I got rid of it.
