1100 value

Depends on what model it is. I probably wouldn't give $450 for a rusty gun with a cracked stock.

keep looking, one will turn up at 400-450 and maybe lower on a good deal. here a good 1100 in 12ga 2-3/4 goes for 400-450 in good condition. I bought a rem 1100 in 12ga in ex condition with a rem 34" FC trap barrel for 600.00 at a gun show late last year. eastbank.

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I would say try looking for 1100s at a local gunshow. Probably find a better selection to choose from and possibly better prices. Methinks the shop is a tad overpriced with that one, especially if it has a crack in the forend and some rust spots!

I don't see why anyone would buy an 1100 at all unless they REALLY like them, or it was dirt cheap. Too many other options for more reliable autos with more capability. I dumped my 1100 and got a Mossberg 930 and never looked back. To each his own, I guess.

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Ive looked at a few sites and all seem to be saying around $450. I need some help for a friend. He's looking to buy a 1100. The shop said the best that could be done was $600. The website isn't great so you have to scroll down to the 100 that's for sale. It looks in ok shape but there is a little crack in the forend and some minor rust spots.

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This is considered the new classic so prices for ones in excellent condition will remain strong and probably go up. Six hundred is about the going rate for field grade 1100 if in excellent condition especially if it has shorter length and more openly choked VR barrel. Real old ones with long tightly choked plain barrel field field grade can be found for less while 16ga and 28ga command substantial premium. There are some real good deals out there. Few weeks ago LGS had 20ga Special Field with French Paradox barrel and current model Aimpoint dot sight for only $700. Another shop had "Upland Special" with short vent rib IC or Mod barrel for $600. Both guns were in excellent condition. That barrel with integral cantilever base alone is probably $300 and sight about $450. I passed because I didn't need another shotgun.

FL-NC said:

I don't see why anyone would buy an 1100 at all unless they REALLY like them, or it was dirt cheap. Too many other options for more reliable autos with more capability. I dumped my 1100 and got a Mossberg 930 and never looked back. To each his own, I guess.

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I find it interesting what different peoples pet likes are and there is no rhyme or reason to it. I agree with you about 1100’s. There are newer designs I feel are better but to some semi auto perfection was achieved with the Remington 1100 and nothing else will ever approach it. Some feel the same about the A5. And that’s ok. I have an illogical passion for Colt Detective Specials, Cobras and Diamondbacks. I also have a thing for 16 gauge SxS’s. I’ll never understand what a 6.5 Creedmoor would get me that my 6.5x55 in a modern action won’t. I’ll go to my grave believing glass trumps magnification and 30mm tubes don’t let in more light than 1” tubes, but they are stronger and allow for more adjustment.

I’ll never understand why so many people love Mosins, I hate pumps and prefer long actions to short actions. I’ll be caught dead before I’ll ever say:
Winny
Remmy
Roy
Leupy
Swaro
Bushy
Bob
Clip
Pill
“You can thank me now”.

But there is absolutely nothing wrong with saying any of those things.

I would not pay even $400 for one with a cracked forearm and rust .

If you want a better self-loading shotgun used Beretta 390 series can be had for same price as used Remington 1100/1187 .

cdb1 said:

I find it interesting what what different peoples pet likes are and there is no rhyme or reason to it. I agree with you about 1100’s. There are newer designs I feel are better but to some semi auto perfection was achieved with the Remington 1100 and nothing else will ever approach it. Some feel the same about the A5. And that’s ok. I have an illogical passion for Colt Detective Specials, Cobras and Diamondbacks. I also have a thing for 16 gauge SxS’s. I’ll never understand what a 6.5 Creedmoor would get me that my 6.5x55 in a modern action won’t. I’ll go to my grave believing glass trumps magnification and 30mm tubes don’t let in more light than 1” tubes, but they are stronger and allow for more adjustment.

I’ll never understand why so many people love Mosins, I hate pumps and prefer long actions to short actions. I’ll be caught dead before I’ll ever say:
Winny
Remmy
Roy
Leupy
Swaro
Bushy
Bob
Clip
Pill
“You can thank me now”.

But there is absolutely nothing wrong with saying any of those things.

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A sixteen gauge shotgun is good for upland bird hunting. The graded 16ga A.H. Fox was the best sxs offered to the American Hunter. A good option would be old Birmingham made SxS that in 16ga can match weight of 12ga 2" game gun (about 5.5lb).

I prefer a 16 gauge to weigh more than five and a half pounds. Too much recoil for me at that weight.

PabloJ said:

A sixteen gauge shotgun is good for upland bird hunting. The graded 16ga A.H. Fox was the best sxs offered to the American Hunter. A good option would be old Birmingham made SxS that in 16ga can match weight of 12ga 2" game gun (about 5.5lb).

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I prefer a 16 gauge to weigh more than five and a half pounds. Too much recoil for me at that weight.

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I know this is an 1100 thread, but since it has been hijacked twice I will comment further.

In the 1960's my Dad acquired a used Fox Sterlingworth 20 gauge SXS 28" I/C-Mod barrels with extractors, double triggers, splinter fore end, and a hard buttplate. It weighed slightly more than 5 lbs (which was great for field work) but the stock had more than a 3" drop at the heel, making it hard to obtain a proper cheek-weld and also see the barrel rib.

The first time he shot it he loaded a round in each barrel, pulled the front trigger, and both barrels fired at the same time. He promptly took it to a gunsmith who repaired/replaced both sears, and it ran fine. I have been told that when that happens the recoil is not doubled, but rather it is squared. That might be an urban legend, I don't know, but he sure had a black left eye (as a southpaw) after that experience.

I shot a round of skeet with it and by station 7 my shoulder was ready to give up, even though I was wearing my usual padded shooting vest. The barrels also got a bit warm to the hand at the end of the skeet round because of the splinter fore end.

I am an 870 fan and my 12 gauge VR 26" I/C choke had a 2-3/8" drop at the heel with a vent recoil pad. Easy cheek-weld and could see the entire VR. Paid $110 for it in 1969 and it only had a few rounds through it. Mechanically and cosmetically it looked LNIB w/o the box. I owned an 1100 12 gauge 28" mod choke immediately previous to that and sold it to a friend of my Dad's for $100 who did not like his SXS for pheasants. It had a greater drop at the heel than the 870.

Any 1100 I would be buying, I would have to shoulder the gun from a ready gun-down hunting-carry position numerous times before I would look at any other facet of the gun. A cracked fore end is easy to replace and as are minor rust blemishes. If you want it as a field gun, I would not worry about a pristine look. To raise the heel of an original stock requires judiciously bending the tang upward and refitting the wood to mate closely to the rear of the receiver. Doable, but much work.

Sincere apologies to the OP for the deviation but I wanted to link this post to yours.

Good luck with your 1100 endeavor, sir!

Jim

I just last week purchase a used 1100 for 375.00
Condition on a 1 to 10 give it 8 1/2
Shot gun stock has a 3" scratch on the rear stock, no cracks on the wood.
Had to fill a rear swivel stud on the rear butt stock.
Also had a little spot of freckles dots of rust cleaned up nice with 0000 steel wool and cold blue.
I randomly 50 rounds threw it no hecups.
Gun is made in 1979

I got an 1100 in very good shape and perfect operating condition for $350 about 8 years ago and I feel it was a good deal. I' put about 7500 rounds through it the first year and a couple k per year since. I love the soft shooting of the gas operation. I had a weak spot for it because my very first gun was a brand new 1100 Skeet-A that I got for $200 in the mid-70's and this gun was at least as old if not older. A decent shooter without cracks and good bluing should be worth $400-$500. Much more than that and I'd wait or look elsewhere.

1100 fan here, too. 2x12, an LT20 and a .410 haunt my safe.

As was stated, minor cosmetic blems are easily cleaned up and new wood is still available if you need to replace it. Parts abound, and just about any gunsmith worth their salt can fix them pretty easily if you have an issue you can't repair yourself. See if you can talk the price down a bit more, it's a tad bit high for me, too.

Good luck on your quest, and stay safe!

I bought my first 1100 in 12 gauge in 1992 for $175. It had a modified barrel, and I spent $180 for a Rem choke 28 inch barrel. Then I bought a new 1100 Sporting Clays for quail hunting in Georgia I think in 1995. What beautiful wood it had. Then I bought a new 20 gauge Light weight in 1996. I quit shooting the Sporting because I was afraid to hurt the wood, and the 20 gauge was lighter. In 1999 I gave my son the 1100 Sporting because he shot trap in Wisconsin. He did well with it because he then shot a Rem 11-87. But he went to the dark side and traded the 1100 Sporting in on a Benelli. When I went to South Dakota last fall, I shot the 20 gauge almost all the time. The 12 gauge came out if it was going to rain or snow. Even though the 20 gauge is 2 3/4 inch only, it still gets the pheasants. I am on the lookout for a 1100 20 gauge with 3 inch chambers, or a 1100 12 ga 3 inch as a second choice.

I've got a Remington 1100 I purchased, brand new in 1973-74, it had a 28" barrel that Remington had a recall on back around '78-79, anyway I cut that barrel down to 22" thus removing the choke (Modified) and used it as a slug gun (very accurate out to 100 yards) after placing a front bead sight back on it. At about the same time I purchased a 26" Rem Choke barrel, as well as a 30" Rem Choke barrel for trap. Over the years I've shot well over 20,000 rounds thru it without even a hic cup, that includes 7/8oz. all the way up to 1 1/4oz. loads as well as rifled slugs and buck shot. It still looks pretty much like the day I bought it. BTW I have no intentions of ever selling it, and plan on giving it to one of my heirs.

Hmm. It may not make much difference in this case, but very nice ones go for anywhere between $250 and $300 from local stores and second hand market. For some strange reason 1100 isn't very sought after around here and that's reflected in asking prices. I need yet another shotgun like I need another hole in my head but this got me thinking whether I should pick one up regardless, there's a mint vintage one at LGS, complete with Cutts compensator for just over $200...

I really shouldn't read these threads. They give me all kinds of wrong ideas.

hq said:

Hmm. It may not make much difference in this case, but very nice ones go for anywhere between $250 and $300 from local stores and second hand market. For some strange reason 1100 isn't very sought after around here and that's reflected in asking prices. I need yet another shotgun like I need another hole in my head but this got me thinking whether I should pick one up regardless, there's a mint vintage one at LGS, complete with Cutts compensator for just over $200...

I really shouldn't read these threads. They give me all kinds of wrong ideas.[/QUOTE

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hq said:

Hmm. It may not make much difference in this case, but very nice ones go for anywhere between $250 and $300 from local stores and second hand market. For some strange reason 1100 isn't very sought after around here and that's reflected in asking prices. I need yet another shotgun like I need another hole in my head but this got me thinking whether I should pick one up regardless, there's a mint vintage one at LGS, complete with Cutts compensator for just over $200...

I really shouldn't read these threads. They give me all kinds of wrong ideas.

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One of the bigest shocks in USA for me was finding out price of Winchester Model 21. I was thinking field grade I examed was about $1500 worth but price tag was over $6000. Shocking because for that price I could buy vintage pigeon gun from good Birmingham maker like William Cashmore or W&C Scott.

hq said:

Hmm. It may not make much difference in this case, but very nice ones go for anywhere between $250 and $300 from local stores and second hand market. For some strange reason 1100 isn't very sought after around here and that's reflected in asking prices. I need yet another shotgun like I need another hole in my head but this got me thinking whether I should pick one up regardless, there's a mint vintage one at LGS, complete with Cutts compensator for just over $200...

I really shouldn't read these threads. They give me all kinds of wrong ideas.

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If you can buy 1100s that are "very nice ones" for $250-$300 in January of 2018 buy them all and sell them to me. I will make us both money.

ChanceMcCall said:

If you can buy 1100s that are "very nice ones" for $250-$300 in January of 2018 buy them all and sell them to me. I will make us both money.

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I really wish it was as simple as it still was in early 00's. With a few Diamondbacks or Pythons (at $700-1000ish lately) in one shipment, all covered by the same export permits and shipping costs there might be a chance to make profit. You won't get much change from $1000 when a $300 OTC shotgun arrives in the US and all shipping costs, permits, certificates, duties and taxes have been paid.

Unfortunately for me it works both ways. Having anything that requires an export permit shipped from the US is equally prohibitively expensive. I'd love to have a TTIP-type agreement in effect, joining US & European market areas together to some degree, but left-wing and/or nationalist politicians are fiercely opposing anything like that.

As much as I like the idea of a cheap vintage 1100 I'd like to shop on Gunbroker without everything at least doubling in price before I have it in my hands.

I picked up a 12ga 1100 recently. Very early model 28" barrel, mod choke, missing a little bluing on the reciever but in otherwise good shape.

I snagged it off Gunbroker for $400 after shipping and transfers. I've been happy with it.

Buds guns has brand new 12-ga 1100s for about $460. Still in stock when I looked a couple of days ago.