A look at the current production Remington 11-87 Sportsman 20 gauge, in walnut. This is the softest-shooting 20 gauge on the market, as far as I'm concerned. The text review is here: www.randywakeman.com/ReviewRe... .
I have had one if these for several years now, and it is a favourite of mine. It took a little break-in period before it would run 7/8 oz target loads, but after a couple of boxes, it was fine. These are great little guns.
I have 1- 1100 LT 20g,1- 1187 20g, & 1- 1187 Premier 12g. I love everything about the loading & YOU are the first person I have ever seen load this shotgun keeping your trigger hand on the "ready" and load with your left hand like I do. AWESOME on you. I'm right handed & right eye dominate. Loading with the left hand keeps me ready if a bird flies by while topping off. I don't know why others use there right hand & are out of position for those mid load shots. They always look so slow to get back to a shooting grip. YOU ROCK!!! Great job on the vid. I will look you up for more to watch. Oh and I bought a youth model Hatsan Escort that operates just like our Remington's. Love, love, love them all. Peace to you.
Dave L. I have 3 of the 12ga 1187 in synthetic stocks. 1 is set as my deer gun with slug barrel and holographic site. the other 2 are field guns. I wouldn't trade them for any gun out there. they have never left me stranded. easy to maintain. have a 20ga youth model in synthetic on order right now for my 13yr old daughter. it will be set up like my 12ga slug gun. I can only hope its as accurate as my 12ga.
A 11-87 20 gauge was my first big purchase shotgun when I started teaching. It had a metal trigger guard and weighed over 7 pounds empty. The plastic trigger guard is lighter than the steel trigger guard so the Sportsman 20 gauge with 26 inch barrel is under 7 pounds at 6 pounds 13 ounces according to your scales.
As I mentioned on the video, the claimed weight of 7-1/4 lbs. by Remington was off-putting. The website is close to half of a pound off, and that is a big deal when you do far more walking than shooting.
One of the Best Buys I have ever made a Remington 11-87 20ga Quail Unlimited in nice walnut and blue steel from WalMart cost me around $ 550 on close out. I use it skeet shooting quite a bit with a little Iowa Pheasant hunting, as I still prefer a 1100 12ga Pheasant hunting.
The trigger is good on these. My 12 ga pulls 3 & 3/4 lbs all day long. My 1100s both pull about 4.5 lbs. My V3s pull just a tad under 6 lbs. But my 12 ga 1187 Premier weighs 8 lbs 4 oz. It was made in 1988. Heavy gun but fun to shoot clays.
It isn't, necessarily. Over the years, some clays models of the 1100 have been heavier, due to longer barrels, wider ribs, shorter chambers, and alloy trigger guards. Currently, there is no standard grade 3 inch 1100 20 gauge in production. The 1100 Sporting is catalogued at 7 lbs. www.remington.com/shotguns/autoloading/model-1100/model-1100-sporting-series .
@Travis Thacker Thanks for the point of clarification. I sure wish I'd picked one of these up before the company went bankrupt. Thanks to the buying frenzy, it's hard to find an 1100 or 11-87 in .20 gauge.
Not really-- you didn't say how old your 11-87 is, what brands of shells you've tried, if you have called Remington or not, and so it goes. As always, read the owners manual, thoroughly clean and lightly lube your gun, and use quality ammo. Obviously, my example cycles 1200 fps 7/8 oz. Remington American Clay & Field loads without fail.
when you load an 1100 or 1187 it's faster to load by hitting the bolt close with the shell by angling the shell in sharply and sending it home it's one of the fastest guns to reload.
MY 11/87 SPORTSMAN THE SAME, THE EJECTION PORT HAD AN ISSUE AS WELL, I COULD NEVER THROW IN WALMART FEDERAL SHELLS DOWN THE PORT TO FEED INTO THE CHAMBER. I GAVE UP ON IT AND MOVED TO A BERETTA!! NO ISSUES WHAT SO EVER. I STILL HAVE THE SPORTSMAN, SITTING IN A BOX SOMEWHERE. HHUUMMM, I THINK I SHOULD SELL IT.
@@RandyWakeman I LIKE TO TYPE WITH CAPS LOCK RANDY, BUT IT'S THE TRUTH, I HAVE A COLLECTION OF REMINGTON RIFLES AND SHOTGUNS, BUT I DON'T DARE USE THE SHOTGUNS IN ANY OF OUR LOCAL SPORTING CLAY COMPETITIONS!! I UNDERSTAND, YOU ARE MOST LIKELY A BIT HURT OVER WHAT I SAID, BUT IT WAS IN NO WAY TO PUT DOWN THE REMINGTON PRODUCTS. I JUST BOUGHT A USED EARLY 1100 AND MODEL 1200 IN UNFIRED CONDITION YESTERDAY, AMERICAN FIREARMS ARE MY PASSION. I OWN THE VERSAMAX FOR COYOTES AND I AM LOOKING FOR A USED V3, I WAS TOLD THE PROBLEM WITH THE NEW 11/87 IS THAT YOU HAVE TO FEED IT TOP OF THE LINE SHELLS AND A BIT HIGH PRESSURE ONES FOR IT TO CYCLE AND FEED PERFECTLY!! I BOUGHT IT FOR $300.00 I AM MOT GOING TO FEED IT $8.00 A BOX SHELLS, I SPENT $40.00 FOR A LOCAL GUNSMITH TO GO THROUGH IT, WORKED FOR A FEW BOXES AND IT WENT BACK TO DOING WHAT IT DID. HAVE A GOOD DAY AND I LIKE YOUR CHANNEL. 😉👉
Believe me, I could not possibly care what anyone shoots (other than myself). I would hope that everyone finds the shotgun (or shotguns) that speaks to them, personally, fits them the best, and that they get the most enjoyment out of . .. personally. It might be an autoloader, a pump, a SxS, or an O/U . . . or even a single-shot. Just like cars, jeans, coffee, type of dog, and countless other things: the adventure is finding what suits you the best.
You didn't remove the barrel seal activator when you shot the 3" loads. You want to do that when shooting heavy loads out of these 20 gauge 11-87s otherwise the gas vent that vents excess gas at the front of the barrel ring can't do its job and you will cause unnecessary wear and tear on the action. The barrel seal activator blocks off the vent so that the gun can cycle light Target loads, but then when you remove it, it opens the vent up so heavy loads don't beat up the action.
*It does not need to be removed.* I have confirmed this and reconfirmed this with Remington engineers, in person. Removing it is just a good way to lose it. The "low brass" nonsense dates back to paper hulls. Modern hunting loads are not brass at all, but stamped steel, and the height of the steel cap means nothing. The appeal of the 11-87 is that it handles both 2 3/4- and three-inch magnum shells interchangeably in 12 and 20 gauge: no friction rings to fiddle with (A-5) or, in the case of the Browning B-2000, Beretta 302 / 303 shotguns, you had to change barrels. The 20 gauge 11-87 was introduced in 1999, and nothing has changed in the last 21 years: no adjustments are necessary to go from 7/8 oz. 1200 fps loads to 1-1/4 oz. loads.
I had a choice: no video at all, due to 25 mph+ gusty wind noise, or set up the camera inside my shed. The wind garble and pop drives people crazy, so I opted for less wind noise . . . to hopefully make people less crazy.
I recently spent over $12,000 on a new shed that faces *SOUTH* in part to address this: see any of my recent videos: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_SaeKmfomHc.htmlfeature=shared The old shed faced east: you are commenting on a 3 year old video in an area no longer used. Over the years, I've used three different primary shooting locations for video reviews. We are now on shed #3 which has improved things.
