In the early 70’s I was shooting a Remington 870 Wingmaster, and the semiautomatic was not on my radar. Fast forward 50+ years, and now I finally bought a 1100 Classic Trap and love it. Worth the wait.
I have a pristine 1100 12gauge built in Oct 1965 and it is truly beautiful and still very functional. I have decided to preserve it and now use a Mossberg940 PRO Field as my go to. I almost bought a new 1100, but they have been out of stock here, and a deal came up and you know how that goes. Thank you for a great factual and respectful video that pays homage to a hall of fame shotgun
I have an 1100 made in the early 70's. It's got a plain 28" modified choked barrel. I've been hunting with this gun since I was 13. On thousands of hunts it's never malfunctioned or otherwise let me down. It's the last gun I'll sell or trade.
Another Friday and another outstanding video! Those pictures of the old print adds brought back a lot of memories from when I was a kid in the 70's and used to look through the Outdoor Life, Sports Afield, and Field and Stream magazines. I appreciate the wealth of knowledge you have on all things fishing, and hunting. Thanks.
My favorite shotgun even to this day. My parents gave me a 1100 12ga with 30" full choke for my birthday in 1976. It was and is my favorite pheasant gun. I don't recall ever having any malfunctions of any kind.
I bought the same gun new in 84 was fantastic for Pigs & Goats it threw a near perfect pattern of SG 00 buckshot to about 35 meters. In the 12 years i had it i replaced the gas seal twice, cleaned it after every hunt & after 12 years the chrome lined barrel still looked new. I've had quite a few guns but the memories & game photos remind me that the 1100 is my favourite gun I've owned.
I have an 1100 I bought 25 or so years ago, and it always seems to be the one I slways came back too. I have a 28 inch Remchoke barrel and 21 inch smoothbore slug barrel, and there really isn't much you cant do with this gun. I would love to lay hands on an 18" buckshot barrel. If Remington would only make barrels again 😒
I have / had many shotguns . The semiautomatics are: Beretta A400 Xplor 20 gauge , Benelli M2 Field 12 gauge , Browning A5 Sweet Sixteen 16 gauge . I love them all ! I recently sold the Benelli , but I just may have to add a classic Remington 1100 to the mix to replace that one , just because this is America and I can . Always great content sir ! Have a great weekend.
When I got back from the gulf in1991, I bought a truck(Toyota pickup), a 22 rifle, a 7mm sako rifle, and a special purpose 1187, early model, with walnut stock. Truck is long gone, the sako,and the remington, have been joined by others, but I still have them
Thank you for this vid. Used my 1100 20g for years and years, probably taken into the thousands of birds with it. It was great, until it wasn't. It got to a point that no matter how I cleaned it, no matter if it had a new o ring or not I just had FTE issues almost every shot. Every single person I asked said you have to replace the o ring... just get a new o ring, o ring o ring o ring. I got so sick of hearing the same tired answer that was clearly wrong I just reserved myself to the idea that the gun was dead and shot out and held onto it simply for sentimental reasons. For such a popular shotgun I was frustrated that I couldn't find anybody that wouldn't regurgitate the o ring as the problem. You are the first person I have heard mention the recoil spring. Which kind of makes sense that could be the issue. It is kind of a pain to get to and if there is rust gunk etc on the spring or in the tube that could absolutely prevent the gun from cycling properly. I'm going to take it apart right now and probably order that recoil spring. I will let you know if I get it up and running.
Back in the 1960's-70's I was a Kid. Dad, who wasn't a Hunter looked closely at the 1100 for Me(As well a the very beautiful Weatherby MK XXII) . Eventually my Mom gave a a very fine Browning Superposed when about 18 and I also got a Rem 550 later. Might still get the MK XXII just because of memories
Let's face it 60s 70s 80s and early 90s was the best time for the nicest guns made of all time you ain't gonna get that quality and look now days unless you pay thousands
I never miss a History and Relevance video DD. Always so informative and well done. I truly wish now that I'd purchased one of these in the 70's, it's an heirloom gun I would give to my son. He's settling for a Stevens 311 sxs in 12 gauge, but it has history in our family. Keep up the great work DD, may you stay forever young.
@@petrotmyrcz308 The Stevens 311 is an American working man's icon. Folks living in the country usually had a 311 above the mantle or in the closet next to the front door.
The first gun, that I purchased with my own money, was a 12 gauge, left had version in the mid 1980's. I used it for pheasant hunting and waterfowl. Generally, it worked pretty well, but I found it heavy to carry in the field for upland hunting and its reliability was only dependable if you cleaned and oiled it after each field outing, otherwise, it would hand up and not eject shells 100 % If I was looking for a classic auto loader, I would look for a nice classic 🤔Browning Auto 5.
this was a really well done video and I really enjoyed it . I have been hunting with a 1100 for a long time can't beat them I have more expensive shot guns but none of them feel as good as my 1100 in my hands ..best regards sir,,
Fantastic video, very informative and accurate. I've experienced some of the problems you've mentioned here. Easy to address. I use mine for skeet and it is simply amazing.Maybe old technology, but still shoots as well as any modern gun. Thanks for posting this.
@@terryhodgson2357 I shoot a LOT of top-tier shotguns every year. Everytime I shoot an 1100, I'm always amazed at how little recoil it has. It has way less recoil than my Benelli SBE3.
As a gunsmith for 30 years, I’ve definitely seen more issues with the link, shellstops and action spring - than the magazine tube inside or outside. Solid design and evolution - I have a G3 that shoots well but I only put about 600 rounds a year through it. It is basically an 11-87 with high performance surface coatings and a long forcing cone and VersaMax bore and chokes. I like the longer competition carrier latch. The gun feels great, but I get better scores with my Beretta A400 Xcel. I’ll check out more vids…
The only thing I would add to this video is to mention that the gas seal is a very specific diameter thickness. You can not just use off the shelf o-rings. If so, the action will not fully close and will not fire. I learned this the hard way when a told a buddy to buy some new seals and he decided to just "pick them up from the hardware store" After a few hours of trying to get his shotgun to operate mystery was solved
It used to be that everyone who hunted Central SD with an autoloader had a pump gun for a backup. Some still do. Mostly out of old habit, I reckon. They were never totally reliable in a blizzard or icy conditions. Today, if all I have is a Super 90, I'm thrilled.
I never had an 1100 but I do have a special purpose turkey 11-87. Lightest load I can make that gun work with is a hot 1 1/4oz 2 3/4 inch shell. Still my favorite turkey blaster and many fine toms were taken with it. Recently got an a400 xtreme plus and I love it so I don’t think I can justify a new 1100 but if I find one in 16 gauge I might have to pick it up.
I’m surprised you haven’t done a History & Relevance review of both the Winchester Model 12 & Mossberg Model 500 yet. Would love to see those reviews come soon 👍
im not a big remington fan personally, but a friend of mine had a 1100 and it was a tank, compared to my 20ga bps. at the end of grouse hunts we would always trade guns to give him a break.
Sure Cycle, Wolf, new extractors, stainless feed tubes, O- rings and on and on........I'll just stick with my Browning A5 Wicked Wings 3-1/2" cerakoted hammer with its nickel boron rotating bolt. If you're going to be in a goose pit, duck boat, or swamp, get a real gun that is ready to go from the factory. Keep the 1100 in the gun cabinet as a conversation piece.
So, what did people hunt with before 2014???? You have an overpriced Portugese gun marketed as an "A5" even though it shares nothing with the original A5 (which was a fantastic gun). The new "A5" had lots of quality issues, including a bolt recall on some serial numbers and internal corrosion issues. The 1100 may be 60 years old, but it has half the recoil as your "A5". If you were to come here and brag about a Beretta A400 Extreme Plus or a Benelli, I would agree with you. Yes, the 1100 is way behind the A400 extreme plus when it comes to technology, but I would argue that it's every bit as good as a modern so-called "A5". Trust me, the A5 with be out of production in 10 years and people will still be using their 1100s to get limits.
