I had one many years ago and liked it. It never gave me any problems, but I only owned it for about a year. I ended up trading it for a Browning A-5 which I liked better.
As Gil pointed out, the Model 1400 was never a particularly good seller. This was in part due to the fact that it had to compete with the Remington 1100 which most people would agree is a far superior design. The 1400 has a lot of aluminum, alloy and plastic parts, which are generally going to be more prone to breakage than steel.
Most important is the fact that the firearm has not been manufactured for many years and replacement parts will become more and more scarce as time goes by.
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