Remington 11-87

[stick]

I took out my brand new, never-been-fired, Remington 11-87. I was using the normal wimpy grouse loads, and the gun wouldn't eject the shells. Do you know if there is a "setting" or spring or something that I can adjust? My thought is that it is setup for some beefed-up 3" mag, and my little grouse loads won't jack the chamber. Any thoughts or input is helpful.

[gspman]

I'm not an 11-87 expert but here is what I'd try.

First thing I'd do is read your owners manual and see if it mentions anything about tuning it for certain loads. You may have to monkey around with O-rings or something.

Personally I'd give it a good thorough cleaning. Use Gun Scrubber to clean it, and then Break Free CLP to lube and protect. Then give it another try.

If it still doesn't work then use heavier loads, or better yet, bring it back and get a Beretta AL-391 Urika and bang away.

gspman

[shae1986]

My buddy bought an 11-87 last year, and this happened to my benelli also. What we did was shoot the gun, a lot, get some of those light loads through it, clean the gun, and repeat the process. I put a lot of loads through my benelli before getting a consistent eject out of it for those real light loads, but also, shooting higher quality shells like federal seemed to help also.

Good Luck this year

Andrew

[Borch]

Like guys stated. You'll want to tear the gun apart and give it a thorough cleaning. They guns are packed in a special grease to keep them from rusting in storage.

[jltimm]

I don't know if it counts for much,but the owners manual of my new Stoeger says the gun needs at least a 1 oz. shotshell to properly function and cycle another shell.

[Dan Thiem]

Exact same thing happened to my sons! We took it to our local Remington dealer (where we bought it) and the guy said it had a "burr" that neeed to be fixed. Now it works flawlessly.

He also showed my son how to clean the thing. With those beveled washers going back on the correct way. He stressed how important it is to keep it clean. So the boy cleans his after every use.

[LABS4ME]

Stick, shot an 1100 for years when they had a bad reputation for jamming. I kept the thing extremly clean (cleaned it most every outing) and rarely had a jam. I shot thousands of rounds of sporting clays through that gun and again rarely had a jam. I also now have an 1187 and it is an improved version of the 1100 using more gas to cycle the rounds. If your gun has any build up on the magazine it needs to be thoroughly cleaned. As stated, you need to make sure the beveled rings and o-rings go back on in the right order and position. Once you see how easy it is to take it totally down (incl. trigger assembly and bolt), you will never again have a problem. The whole process can be completed in under 15 minutes. I bought several 1100's from guys who cussed them out and said they were terrible guns and I ended up selling them to friends and showing them how to break them down and clean them correctly. They loved them.

Good Luck!

Ken

[bigeyes]

I think you have some good advice here and will also really like the gun. I have been abusing and not taking care of my 11-87 for about 7 years now and it never gives me any problems. They are awesome guns! Hot or cold dirty or clean they work flawlessly. I have been very happy with mine. I would say a good cleaning and some rem oil should get things rolling! I have seen a friends act up, but he has no idea how to clean a gun and after we cleaned it... worked perfect! Good luck BTW all I shoot are those light grouse loads.

[stick]

Wow, thanks everyone. I will give 'er a good cleaning and see how it goes. I may bring it in where I got it and see if they see anything out of the ordinary.

Thanks for all the great input. What a great HSOforum!