New Remington Autoloader?

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Saw an ad in my American Rifleman for a new Remington auto, forget the model number, but the thing has a new porting system at the chamber. Apparently, the longer the shell in the chamber, the more ports it covers up, lowers the pressure via covering up ports.

Anyone seen and swung or even fired one of these things? The hype would have you thinkin' it'll never jam, never need cleaning, yadda, yadda. I'm interested if, per chance, it doesn't feel like swinging a lead pipe? Bound to be heavy, though, as it's chambered for 3.5". I could be talked into a new waterfowl gun, don't know why, Mossberg 500 works fine and the H&R 10 gauge ain't broke for geese. Just that new gun thing, ya know....:banghead:
 
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i would want one if it wasnt so ridiculously expensive
the all black synthetic has a msrp of 1400 bucks

i think ill just stick with my 300 dollar 870
 
Whew, pricey! Uh, guess I'll take a pass, too. I get another auto (have a Winchester 1400 I like a lot), especially for waterfowl, I'll probably look at the Mossberg 935, more in my budget and you don't want something too expensive to get salt spray all over.;) My 500 does fine, been using it 20 years, has the camo dip finish that really keeps the rust off. I hate taking the Winchester out in the marsh, wood and pretty deep blue finish. A 300 dollar pump with a camo finish and plastic stocks is made to order, I suppose.
 
For that kind of money, give me an A400, thanks. Or an O/U... Autoloaders in my book are still supposed to be quasi-affordable workhorses, not show ponies.:)

Remington's consistently poor track record for new product releases over the past quarter century does not inspire the confidence it would take for me to drop that kind of money on one of their guns, even if it were burning a hole in my pocket. It's entirely possible that they finally got one right, but I'd let some OTHER people spend $1500 to find out, not me.
 
hopefully it wasnt designed by the guy that designed the 887 nitro mag...i cant use my buddies without smashing my finger while unlocking the slide
 
I've already decided the 887 isn't worthy of MY dollar. :rolleyes: I tried one in a gun shop the other day, the 2x4 analogy was pretty well correct, or maybe that's an insult to 2x4s. I'm always open to new designs within financial reason, sorta ArmedBear's attitude on shotguns and new Remingtons, I guess.
 
I'll do the same thing with the new Remington auto loader that I did with the last one which is to let someone else own one first. The CTi was a real disappointment and my expectations for this one are no higher.

In the meantime I'll just keep shooting my Berettas. :)
 
I got to try a pre-production 105 at a demo shoot and I have to say I liked the way it handled. I wish they'd done a better job with it.

But it's not just the 105; it's the 878, 11-96, 4 variants of the 300 series O/U, the 887, the 11-87 that still hasn't replaced the 1100 it was supposed to supersede a long time ago, and even the respected but now-orphaned 3200. Remington hasn't had an unmitigated success in new shotgun designs in nearly 50 years.

Hell if I'd gamble that much money on their newest attempt, even if I hadn't already blown my shotgun budget for the year.:)

But I do wish them the best. And I wish they'd tried to hit the $1000 price point instead. As it stands, they're not doing anything to compete for price with the big Bs, and before we know it, we'll be paying 2 grand for a hunting autoloader.
 
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