11-87 Poll

Nightsniper

Nightsniper

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Found a deal on a New Rem 11-87 with 26"Mod. for $500
Would like to know how many of you have one and how you like it? Thanks Jeff /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
I have one and it fits me like a glove and goes bang every time I pull the trigger. The only thing I don't like about it is their weight. OK for a predator gun but a little heavy to carry all day bird hunting.

Lee
 
have 11-87 premier light contour 26" - Mine is great except when it gets really cold I seem to blow o-rings out now/then.
 
Its been a few years since I had mine but it worked well. There a little heavy and a little dirty because of the gas system. And buy an extra o-ring and keep it in your wallet because if your out and it breaks the gun won`t cycle properly. I had mine several years and only broke the o-ring a couple of times once while I was cleaning it. I shoot a benelli now but the 11-87 was very nice.
 
I gave my youngest daughter a 11-87 12ga Sporting Clays about 5 years ago. She had never fired a shotgun prior to that year. She easily won our club's Ladies and Juniors High Overall Trophy her first year with it. The exceptional wood made me get it for her.

Teflon o-rings last better than the viton, or Buna-N types. It's a little more of an effort to clean than say a Beretta. It also handles the 7/8 oz. loads for trap and sporting clays with no problems. For the $500 I paid, I would take 2 more anytime, if the wood was that nice. It didn't seem heavy with the Light contour 28" barrel.
 
Yes the old O ring eaters. A good shotgun, heavy, sucks up the recoil well on heavy loads. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif

But since I have my Benelli M1, carrying a lightweight fast shooting shotgun is the only way to go for coyote hunting.... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
Thanks fella's
Im concerned about the O ring trouble. Just how cold is to cold? How offten should it be stripped down and cleaned? Sounds like it quite a bit more maintanace than my 870.
Your doin good guys...keepit coming. Have to make up my mind by 3 pm Sat. Thanks Jeff
 
dont know about either of those but i my brother went duck huntin the other day and didnt get home till bout 9:30, it was between 20 and 30 degrees, i know thats not too cold but he droped and submerged his bannelli in the water , he came home pissed scared to shoot it, well i pulled it out of the case and it was covered with ice, i clicked off the safety and empied it, only 3 rounds but still shot fine, the trick was to oil it good, iv been using rem oil and it seems to coat pretty good if you oil before you hunt, he didnt believe me bout it bein good stuff, id go banelli, it made a believer out of me, his has been awsom, but he paid half, i wasnt bout to fork out all the money on a black eagle II
 
Unless you want to spend a whole bunch more money or get beat to death when shooting, 11-87 is the only way to go in my opinion.
 
It would not be a Remington if it did not eat an o-ring now and again.
I consider that routine maintenance and a small price to pay to keep a fine gun shooting like new.... very much like changing oil and filter in my pickup
 
Mine is an 11-87 SP with snthetic stock and some black "parkerised" type of black matte weatherproof finish on the metal. It shoots the lightest loads without skipping and heaviest loads without punishing me. I clean it and may change the o-ring every few years whether it needs it or not. A+ /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif
 
Had one for years until winchester came out with x2 . Never let me down other than o-rings.To fix that I just kept extras right on my lanyard. Just liked the feel of the x2 alot more. have both 3" and 3 1/2" .
 
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Thanks fella's
Im concerned about the O ring trouble. Just how cold is to cold? How offten should it be stripped down and cleaned? Sounds like it quite a bit more maintanace than my 870.
Your doin good guys...keepit coming. Have to make up my mind by 3 pm Sat. Thanks Jeff



I had one for years, made around 1990. It was a very reliable gun, in all temperatures, if you kept the gas system clean. However, the rubber O rings need to be replaced from time to time. I just used cheap Buna rubber O rings and changed them routinely about every 400 to 500 shots, or sooner if they got nicked or got hard from heat or solvent. They were only about 20 cents each. You can get the green Vitron O rings like Remington uses and they will last much, much longer, but are more expensive to purchase.

Unfortunately, Remington's QC has gone down, particularly since about the mid '90's and your chances of getting a bad one have increased. However, while there have been some bad 11-87's getting out, the main problem version is with the 11-87 SuperMag. They have had so many problems that many gun stores will refuse to carry them because they got tired of dealing with irate customers. It's another gun where most will work fine, but there's enough bad ones produced to make you look elsewhere if you want to buy a 3.5" 12ga.
 
Ive got one thats set up as a dedicated slug gun. Its been a great shotgun for me but like others said, they can get a bit heavy after a full day afield.
 
A lot of deer have fallen to my 1187. In the worst conditions.

O ring problems? Never had one. Course I'm fussy about cleaning it. Once a year if it needs it or not.

Nice wood too.

Rick
 
Well, I'll tell you what I know, and what I heard.

I've had an 1100, not an 11-87, since about 1976. It's an LT-20, the lightweight 20 gauge, and I've shot it many, many years dove hunting with nary a hiccup. No o-rings, no nothin'. Just keep feedin' it shells and pullin' the trigger. I'll keep it till I die.

Now in recent years I've heard that Remington's QC has suffered. Their rifles aren't put together as well, and don't shoot as well is what I've heard. I attribute that to them making tons of models now instead of a 700 ADL, BDL, and a 788 or 600 or some low-end model. I was in [beeep]'s the other day, and they had a customer on the phone who had bought a 11-87 from them, and the customer was complaining about his ventilated rib not being straight. Now, this isn't exactly a hidden part we're talking about. It kinda sits right up there in plain sight on top of the dang barrel. Where was the QC? How did that bad boy get passed with the rib not being straight? Granted, this is anecdotal, but I think it speaks to the general impression in the firearms community, and apparently not entirely without merit, that Remington has some issues. Once upon a time, Remington was the standard by which others were judged, and to buy Remington was to buy a sure thing. Any more, it seems like a crapshoot. The last shotgun I bought for sporting purposes was a Mossberg 835. The last rifles I bought were Tikkas and Savages. I see Remington has brought out a 1100 G3 in a left hand version. And yes, I'll consider one. But I'm gonna have to think on it some, and that's sad, because it's something I never had to do in the old days.
 
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