Hi All,
My wife and her friend recently tried shooting some clay targets. We used my Browning Cynergy 12 ga shotgun. Also, a friend of ours was kind enough to let us try his Remington 1100 Sporting 20. After shooting both guns at several targets, my wife and her friend expressed a distinct preference for the 1100.
They commented that the 1100 felt lighter and recoiled a lot less than my 12 ga. I got to shoot a few targets with the 1100 and I really liked the way the gun handled too. It was a sweet shooting gun and it really felt slim, yet nicely balanced. It also seemed to swing much more smoothly than my 26" barrel 12 ga Browning, even though it's lighter.
We are going to try to shoot some other guns over the Christmas vacation (perhaps some 20 ga O/U's), but my wife really likes the 1100. We're thinking about buying one and having it fitted for her. A local shop has a lightly used Sporting 20 that my wife expressed an interest in checking out over the holidays.
Anyone have any experience with the Remington 1100 Sporting 20? If so, what is your opinion of this gun? My wife, her friend, and I really enjoyed shooting this gun and thought it handled well. One minor concern was that when I was shooting doubles at the skeet field I had a jam on the first round fired. I was using Federal field loads (Wal Mart ammo). Does the Remington 1100 Sporting 20 handle field loads OK or is it optimized for light target loads only?
I originally had a Remington 1100 12 gauge (also a 28" barrel like the sporting 20) and I liked that gun A LOT. My gun was a plane jane field model with synthetic stocks and some rough parkerized finished. I eventually sold it to buy an O/U because I got tired of picking up shells, but I regret having let that gun go. I think it's a great shotgun. I never had any reliability issues or jams with that gun. It was really reliable.
My wife and her friend recently tried shooting some clay targets. We used my Browning Cynergy 12 ga shotgun. Also, a friend of ours was kind enough to let us try his Remington 1100 Sporting 20. After shooting both guns at several targets, my wife and her friend expressed a distinct preference for the 1100.
They commented that the 1100 felt lighter and recoiled a lot less than my 12 ga. I got to shoot a few targets with the 1100 and I really liked the way the gun handled too. It was a sweet shooting gun and it really felt slim, yet nicely balanced. It also seemed to swing much more smoothly than my 26" barrel 12 ga Browning, even though it's lighter.
We are going to try to shoot some other guns over the Christmas vacation (perhaps some 20 ga O/U's), but my wife really likes the 1100. We're thinking about buying one and having it fitted for her. A local shop has a lightly used Sporting 20 that my wife expressed an interest in checking out over the holidays.
Anyone have any experience with the Remington 1100 Sporting 20? If so, what is your opinion of this gun? My wife, her friend, and I really enjoyed shooting this gun and thought it handled well. One minor concern was that when I was shooting doubles at the skeet field I had a jam on the first round fired. I was using Federal field loads (Wal Mart ammo). Does the Remington 1100 Sporting 20 handle field loads OK or is it optimized for light target loads only?
I originally had a Remington 1100 12 gauge (also a 28" barrel like the sporting 20) and I liked that gun A LOT. My gun was a plane jane field model with synthetic stocks and some rough parkerized finished. I eventually sold it to buy an O/U because I got tired of picking up shells, but I regret having let that gun go. I think it's a great shotgun. I never had any reliability issues or jams with that gun. It was really reliable.