Remington 11-87
2
I've been duck and pheasant hunting with my 1187 for about 12 years, no major problems but the occasional jam until the other day. I was sitting in my duck blind and the first flight of mallards brought on the first shot. Whammo, the piece of junk disintegrated in my hands. Let me preface this by saying this is the first year I've switched over to Kent Fasteel, 1560fps. Earlier this week I received the go-ahead from my CFO to purchase a new toy after a legendary Thanksgiving weekend at our local indian casino. I called my dealer and inquired about price and availability for a Remington 1178 3&1/2" Super Mag, nive to match the other two Rem autos in the gunsafe. He told me right off to stay away from that shotgun! He said he'd had a half dozen come back in for repair since the start of this duck season, they just didn't hold up. He said if I wanted a new shotgun the Winchester SX3 was comparable in price, he'd sold a ton of them, not one had come back thru the doors to be fixed for any reason. It's ironic, because I was going to drive the 50 miles from the blind to his shop right after I was done hunting that morning and purchase the SX3. Now I'll miss 10 days of the duck season and be all outfitted with a new SX3 and a fixed up 1187. I think I'll save myself some grief and go back to standard Winchester mag shotgun ammo when using the 1187. Oh, a guy in my fishing club e-mailed me to say he had TWO 1187's fall apart in TWO shots on a Washington duck hunt this year, his first out-of-state guided hunt.
