New Shotguns Aquired This Year

[Dutchman01]

Originally Posted by dovehunter

I think the Rem. model 1100 is the benchmark for autoloading shotguns. It is certainly the best and most dependable autoloader I have ever had. About 20 yrs. ago I got tired of my A-5 jammamatic being a single shot and traded it in on the Rem. - one of the best trades I ever made.

so, the brownings jam?

[dovehunter]

Originally Posted by Dutchman01

so, the brownings jam?

The two A-5s that I had - a 12 ga. Magnum and a 20 ga. Lightweight - were both chronic jammers. I had both of the them to different gunsmiths on several occasions, all to no avail. They were both beautiful guns but, at the end of the day, pretty is as pretty does. My Remington 1100, to the best of my recollection, has yet to jam.

[skeet]

You just reminded me that yep I have one of these too. It's in the box in a Cedar Chest in my wifes sewing room. Bought it quite a few years ago for my father in law. He couldn't shoot the 12 ga cause of all the coumadin(blood thinner) he was taking. Bruised him up pretty bad. Took him duck and goose hunting few times and it killed ducks and geese with bismuth pretty well. Going to go to my grandson later this year. Not a great fan of Brownings but that gun always worked.. As far as Browning Auto 5s..If they are a chronic jammer it is usually a pretty easy fix. Sometimes though it IS the shooter. Sometimes if shooting reloads it could be the ammo. And as an owner of 1100/11-87s of more years than I like to admit, if your 1100 hasn't jammed on you yet..You've been missing something in life. Keep shooting it especially in cooolllldddd weather. It will hang up. Love those guns. And I do know how to make 'em fly. Have 2 sets of D grade guns(12 20 28 410) and 8 or 10 others. Broken many a hundred straight at skeet...and a few 100s in Trap. Just bought a 20 ga 1100 G3 when Cabela's opened in Billings. Darn things got really expensive(1300 bucks) over the years. But I got it new for under 500 bucks. Going to shoot it at pheasants and maybe quackers this year. Darn thing came with a really nice hard luggage type case. You wouldn't think there is a gun in it till you open it.

[dovehunter]

Originally Posted by skeet

You just reminded me that yep I have one of these too. It's in the box in a Cedar Chest in my wifes sewing room. Bought it quite a few years ago for my father in law. He couldn't shoot the 12 ga cause of all the coumadin(blood thinner) he was taking. Bruised him up pretty bad. Took him duck and goose hunting few times and it killed ducks and geese with bismuth pretty well. Going to go to my grandson later this year. Not a great fan of Brownings but that gun always worked.. As far as Browning Auto 5s..If they are a chronic jammer it is usually a pretty easy fix. Sometimes though it IS the shooter. Sometimes if shooting reloads it could be the ammo. And as an owner of 1100/11-87s of more years than I like to admit, if your 1100 hasn't jammed on you yet..You've been missing something in life. Keep shooting it especially in cooolllldddd weather. It will hang up. Love those guns. And I do know how to make 'em fly. Have 2 sets of D grade guns(12 20 28 410) and 8 or 10 others. Broken many a hundred straight at skeet...and a few 100s in Trap. Just bought a 20 ga 1100 G3 when Cabela's opened in Billings. Darn things got really expensive(1300 bucks) over the years. But I got it new for under 500 bucks. Going to shoot it at pheasants and maybe quackers this year. Darn thing came with a really nice hard luggage type case. You wouldn't think there is a gun in it till you open it.

Regarding the A-5s it wasn't the shooter as I did not reload at that time and shot only factory shells. With all due respect I took both those guns to gunsmiths that probably know more about it than you and none of them could correct the problem.

Regarding my 1100 I have shot hundreds of cheap dove loads and reloads throuh mine using one of the 2-3/4" barrels and I still don't recall it ever jamming. I do not watefowl hunt so I will have to admit that it has not been subjected to to salt spray, etc. but then I didn't do it with the Brownings either.

[skeet]

[QUOTE=dovehunter;332126]Regarding the A-5s it wasn't the shooter as I did not reload at that time and shot only factory shells. With all due respect I took both those guns to gunsmiths that probably know more about it than you and none of them could correct the problem.

With all due respect.to you..But sometimes you open mouth and insert foot. Fixing guns was one of the ways I made my living. And Auto 5's were one of the guns I had to deal with most of the time. I lived in a waterfowl hunting area(Maryland goose hunting)..Some salt spray etc..but that isn't what made them or 1100s foul up. I could and did make A-5s and Rem 11's work. Had to. I made money with mine. I shot more than a 1/4 million shells through a few. That is more dealing with A5s than the average gunsmith. I also cleaned guns and I always charged more for A5s than others. Compared to say an 1100 it was a real PITA to strip down all the way, clean and reassemble. The easiest was the ol 870 pumps..

1100s are very forgiving about how a shooter holds 'em. A-5s are not. A5s are very forgiving with the ammo used as long as the recoil rings are correct. You can't limp wrist 'em like some do semi auto handguns. I shot with an old All American team skeet shooter who used 1100's. He never put the gun to his shoulder and was a spot shooter. Was shooting with him on his 81st birthday when he ran another 100. He at one time used 11-48s and told me he couldn't shoot like that with them.. course they were nothing but a modernized A5 for all intents and purposes.