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First, let me say that I am a left handed shooter. Secondly, I've shot 1100's since the beginning of time and having hulls ejected across my face has ever bothered me. In fact, I don't recall ever having even seen one.
But, here lies the conundrum. I've stumbled across a used left hand 11-87 and never having shot one or owned one have never really looked at them much. I remember when Remington brought them out, it was touted as the "semi-automatic shotgun that can shoot any load". For me, that is really the only advantage over the 1100.
So, let me ask you this - Are the 11-87's as much if not more reliable than the old 1100's and would it be worth my time and effort to really look hard at this one?
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In my experience, the 11-87 is not nearly as reliable as the 1100. Especially when shooting standard loads, like dove and quail loads.
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The 11-87 is the same gun as the Rem 1100 except for changes to the barrel gas block to shoot 3 inch shells. If the Rem 11-87 you stumbled across has "Light contour" stamped on the barrel....BUY IT. The Remington "light contour" barrels are the same as their "Target" barrels are the smoothest swinging barrels Remington ever made. But most Rem 11/87's, right and left hand shotguns had the standard diameter barrels.
I shoot a left hand "light Contour" 11/87 barrel on a Rem 1100 left hand as my primary 5-stand sporting clay shotgun....swings like a feather.
Most 1100 and 11/87 shooters don't know how to grease and lube an 1100/1187 to keep it operating and reliable but that is another discussion.
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I believe Remington shot themselves in the foot trying to replace the 1100 with an 11-87. I've never even picked one up. Here's my (daughter and S-I-L) 1100's. DMc
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Here's a pretty cool wrong handed 870. DMc
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Thanks all for the quick replies. For the past week or so, I've been trying to talk myself into buying the 11-87 but with already owning a couple 1100's with multiple barrels, it's a struggle.
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Thanks all for the quick replies. For the past week or so, I've been trying to talk myself into buying the 11-87 but with already owning a couple 1100's with multiple barrels, it's a struggle. I certainly understand your dilemma, you did not say if your existing Rem 1100's are right handed guns so I assume they are. Like most left handed shooters I have shot right handed 1100's, Beretta 390's and my favorite the Winchester Super X model 1 for years with no issues. My son who is also is left handed stated shooting scholastic trap at night. The flame that came out of the ejection port of the 390's and Super X's would blind him for a moment. I shot the right guns for my self and was flamed by the ejection. We both were shooting reloads with Hodgdon clays powder. The flame during extraction is not visible in day light hours. I found him a Rem 1100 left hand trap for him... problem solved. All our right handed shotguns are gone now except for one Winchester Super X 1. All have been replaced with 2 Rem 1100 traps, a Rem 1100 lefty 20 gauge and a 20 gauge lefty 870. Doc
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I have owned both for years, I find the 1100 a bit more reliable with really light loads. That said all my serious hunting guns are 11-87's. Like all Remington autos keep em clean with a little oil on the tube and they will never let you down.
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I have fired over 8000 rounds in a Model 11-87 with nary a hiccup. Just do the proper cleaning and maybe replace the rubber O ring occasionally.
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I have owned both for years, I find the 1100 a bit more reliable with really light loads. That said all my serious hunting guns are 11-87's. Like all Remington autos keep em clean with a little oil on the tube and they will never let you down. So may 1100/1187 owners think the magazine tube should be run "Dry", even the Remington factory gunsmiths a the Grand American etc said to do so. Like you said if the tube is run wet you will get double the mileage before needing a good cleaning and more importantly easier to clean. I use axle grease on the barrel extension to reduce barrel vibration, grease up the action bar and action bar slots inside the receiver, along with the bottom of the barrel that rests on the forearm support and sliding barrel support. No functioning hiccups what so ever. Doc
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I use axle grease on the barrel extension to reduce barrel vibration, grease up the action bar and action bar slots inside the receiver, along with the bottom of the barrel that rests on the forearm support and sliding barrel support. No functioning hiccups what so ever.
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Good tip there, I do that to mine as well
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My dad has had a LH 1100 since the early 70's and a LH 11-87 about 20 years. He has never had a problem with either one. He always wipes them down at the end of the day, only gives them a good cleaning at the end of the season. He hasnt shot the 1100 in about 10 years. The 11-87 eats dove loads thru 3" steel loads with ease.
I had an 11-87 for about 3 years, shot lots of clays and doves with it. All that gun ever shot was 1-1 1/8 oz loads, not one malfunction, period.
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I have fired over 8000 rounds in a Model 11-87 with nary a hiccup. Just do the proper cleaning and maybe replace the rubber O ring occasionally. Had one I put around 30,000 thru and fairly quickly. One day the magazine tube fell out of the receiver. Not sure about trap or skeet, but on the SC circuit 1100/1187's are as common as hens teeth.
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Like you said if the tube is run wet you will get double the mileage before needing a good cleaning and more importantly easier to clean.
Doc I tend to disagree but it may boil down to use and type of lube. Let me explain. The local 4-H Shooting Sports does trap, club guns when I became involved were Remington 1000 in 12 and 20 ga. I was asked to look at the shotguns as they were experiencing weak ejection, stovepipes, then no ejection. And they were replacing O rings like crazy. The shotguns were cleaned by knowledgeable and diligent people. On disassembly it was apparent the actions and mag tube were liberally sprayed with Rem Oil. (A little is good so more must be better, right?). The bolts and actions had sludge of oil, carbon and unburnt powder. The mag tube which gets hot near the gas ring had a sticky sludge of oil and carbon with carbon baked onto the mag tube near the gas ring. The gas ring had carbon built up where the O ring seats to the point you could pick it off in chunks. New routine is deep clean the action with MINIMAL oil every year or two based on inspection. Mag tube is cleaned with Ed's Red and wiped dry leaving a minimal oil film as part of normal cleaning. The gas ring is cleaned with a wire brush Brownell's sells for that purpose, takes just a couple quick twists if you keep up with it. Can use steel wool. NO Rem Oil spraying. Result is much happier shotguns, no extraction/ ejection problems with field strip and minimal cleaning after sessions, like you should always do anyway. With the carbon kept down on the gas ring, O rings die from the heat, they loose their elasticity. Takes a year or two with trap use, depending. Some last longer. Before they got chewed up within a month. Note that a carbon/oil sludge makes a fair abrasive paste. Though the fire control parts are hard that sludge can't be helping anything. Now that's in a heavy use situation where plenty of heat gets generated. In normal hunting use your mileage may vary. As to 1100 v. 11-87 they are the same gun except for the spring pressure relief at the gas ring and a few other more or less usual production changes. We use promo loads (saves the kids' parents a few bucks) in the 11-87 with no problems.
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Had one I put around 30,000 thru and fairly quickly. One day the magazine tube fell out of the receiver. Not sure about trap or skeet, but on the SC circuit 1100/1187's are as common as hens teeth. They are definitely durable. In all the years servicing 4-H I replaced a chipped extractor and I forget what minor part in a fire control group. We did have a gas ring fall off but that's a lot of hammering on a brazed joint. No expert but looked like a bad braze as can happen from time to time. Dealer swapped it out and we came up with a nicer barrel. The latch staking sucks though.
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Like you said if the tube is run wet you will get double the mileage before needing a good cleaning and more importantly easier to clean.
Doc I tend to disagree but it may boil down to use and type of lube. Let me explain. The local 4-H Shooting Sports does trap, club guns when I became involved were Remington 1000 in 12 and 20 ga. I was asked to look at the shotguns as they were experiencing weak ejection, stovepipes, then no ejection. And they were replacing O rings like crazy. The shotguns were cleaned by knowledgeable and diligent people. On disassembly it was apparent the actions and mag tube were liberally sprayed with Rem Oil. (A little is good so more must be better, right?). The bolts and actions had sludge of oil, carbon and unburnt powder. The mag tube which gets hot near the gas ring had a sticky sludge of oil and carbon with carbon baked onto the mag tube near the gas ring. The gas ring had carbon built up where the O ring seats to the point you could pick it off in chunks. New routine is deep clean the action with MINIMAL oil every year or two based on inspection. Mag tube is cleaned with Ed's Red and wiped dry leaving a minimal oil film as part of normal cleaning. The gas ring is cleaned with a wire brush Brownell's sells for that purpose, takes just a couple quick twists if you keep up with it. Can use steel wool. NO Rem Oil spraying. Result is much happier shotguns, no extraction/ ejection problems with field strip and minimal cleaning after sessions, like you should always do anyway. With the carbon kept down on the gas ring, O rings die from the heat, they loose their elasticity. Takes a year or two with trap use, depending. Some last longer. Before they got chewed up within a month. Note that a carbon/oil sludge makes a fair abrasive paste. Though the fire control parts are hard that sludge can't be helping anything. Now that's in a heavy use situation where plenty of heat gets generated. In normal hunting use your mileage may vary. As to 1100 v. 11-87 they are the same gun except for the spring pressure relief at the gas ring and a few other more or less usual production changes. We use promo loads (saves the kids' parents a few bucks) in the 11-87 with no problems. Nighthawk, Like you said " a little oil is good so more is better." As you stated to much oil on the mag tube does gun up the works and most often the gun won't cycle. I had one of my Scholastic trap shooters over spray his mag tube and his gun would not cycle. He learned a little oil is better. Doc
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I have fired over 8000 rounds in a Model 11-87 with nary a hiccup. Just do the proper cleaning and maybe replace the rubber O ring occasionally. Had one I put around 30,000 thru and fairly quickly. One day the magazine tube fell out of the receiver. Not sure about trap or skeet, but on the SC circuit 1100/1187's are as common as hens teeth. I hoped Remington replaced with a new receiver. Doc
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Never called Remington. I parted it out and moved on to something else.
Addition: There is also a long thin bar on the inside left of the receiver that partially functions to keep shells in the magazine. It is peened to the receiver. And repeened and...
When you removed the trigger to clean, it would just fall out. I finally gave up and would just figgle around until I had it lined up and pin the trigger in place with the cross pin.
Nice pointing, but a Beretta, Benelli or SuperX Model 1 it wasn't.
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Yeah, those are the latches with the sucky staking. They can be re-staked in place but to do the job right you need a tool. But you can do a fair job with common tools. Or you can figgle around which isn't hard once you figure out the figgle.
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Never called Remington. I parted it out and moved on to something else.
Addition: There is also a long thin bar on the inside left of the receiver that partially functions to keep shells in the magazine. It is peened to the receiver. And repeened and...
When you removed the trigger to clean, it would just fall out. I finally gave up and would just figgle around until I had it lined up and pin the trigger in place with the cross pin.
Nice pointing, but a Beretta, Benelli or SuperX Model 1 it wasn't. I bought my son's lefty 1100 off Gunbroker which turned out to be a well worn trap gun but had the most beautifully figured wood I have ever seen on a any Remington. The slot inside the receiver which aligns to the barrel extension was completely gone. I sent the receiver to Remington along with $125.00 for repair. Four months later Remington shipped back a brand new left hand receiver...I was shocked and pleased at the outcome. Super X's are in a class of their own just the best semi-auto ever made. Doc
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