Remington’s Model 1100 is still one of the most versatile auto-loaders of all-time. Capable of hunting ducks, upland birds, and busting clays, the ol' Remington 1100 is still a shooter. This shotgun is in Very Good Condition.
When a shotgun has been around for as long as the Remington Model 1100 has been—it was introduced in 1963—there are bound to be some good stories linked to it. One favorite is from 1975 when Patricia Malinosky, the wife of a Remington employee, became the first woman to post a perfect score (breaking 100 clay targets) in .410 registered skeet at the Great Eastern Skeet Championships. Her husband, Carl, also posted a perfect 100 with an 1100, and she went on to beat him in a shoot off to win the event.
The 1100 was one of the most popular clay-target semi-autos of all time, and countless records were broken with it throughout the 1970s. It’s value as a skeet and trap gun is also what makes it so appealing to duck hunters: The 1100 is a tank that weighs over 8 pounds, hardly produces recoil, runs clean courtesy of its gas-operated system, and is affordable, though you will have to find one on the used market since the gun is not in production at this time.
It is widely agreed that "They just don’t make shotguns like this one anymore". The days of walnut-stocked semi-auto shotguns have passed, but after you shoot the 1100 and switch to a synthetic gun—there is a marketed difference in quality. The old Remington is simply built better than many of today’s semi-auto shotguns.
The bullet-proof coating Remington applied to 1100s is legendary. It’s similar to the finish on bowling pins and is hard to gouge or chip. The exterior of this wood and steel gun has all the durability of a synthetic option.
The Fleur-di-Lis checking on the pistol grip and fore-end isn’t just for show. It increases the aesthetic beauty of the 1100, but is also functional, giving shooters a better grip.
Also, this gun field strips easy for a gas-operated auto. Just unscrew the fore-end cap, slide the fore-end off, and the barrel disengages from the action. There is also a gas piston on the outside of the magazine tube. To remove it, you must remove the bolt-handle. The bolt, action bars, and piston then all slide out.
The only thing odd in the 1100 is where the receiver meets the fore-end. They don’t seamlessly transition into one another. The fore-end protrudes about a ½-inch all the way around the receiver, like a small shelf. If you like to put your non-trigger hand closer to the load gate when shooting, it may be slightly uncomfortable.
Remington has made plenty of quality guns over the course of its more than 200-year history. Though the 870 was more popular, the 1100 is certainly one of their best shotguns. There aren’t too many auto-loaders as old as this one—John Browning’s Auto-5 would be an exception—that are still coveted by today’s shooters, and function as well as the 1100 does.
It’s definitely a semi-auto that wood-and-steel shotgun purists hope Remington will build again.
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