What about the Remington barrel recall over the inferior marraging steel issue that supposedly caused some barrels to burst, in some cases causing injuries?
(I think that is a different barrel issue than what was discussed earlier in this thread.)
That also applied to M-870's. There was a huge class action settlement. Remington had to take out full page ads in gun magazines and outdoor titles explaining the settlement.
But I don't recall the year. Does anyone here know that?
The lawsuit was in the 80s as I recall. There was only one lawsuit, and it had nothing to do with maraging steel (which is what Remington makes their flush Full steel rated tube from. It is an exceptional material, up to five times stronger than 4140 before it starts getting too brittle). The lawsuit
alleged that the barrels could burst due to the rollmarking placement on the barrels. Remington agreed to move the rollmarking (and they lightened it too, which I thought was an aesthetic improvement), and offered $50 to any of the affected "class". If you wanted a replacement barrel they would accommodate that. Who knows how much the lawyers pocketed; the rest of the settlement was sealed. They did not recall the barrels.
My oldest 1100 has over 115,000 rounds through it, and the only failure
ever was an extractor in 1982. I have never had an issue on 12 other 1100s and two 11-87s. I have repaired a ton of them. I do not know what in the world a lot of owners do with their guns. With good target loads an 1100 will easily go over 400 rounds before it needs a quick spray and wipe of the gas parts, not a complete teardown. Mine has gone maybe 200 with filthy Blue Dot reloads. But, the newer Beretta gas designs will go longer, and the inertia Benellis longer yet. Somehow an LT 20 Model 1100 holds the record for going something like 25,000 rounds between failures with no cleaning. I sure would like to know what powder they were using - and at that time DuPont owned Remington and made powder. Unless you have a two piece recoil reducing stock or such, the Benelli also comes with jarring recoil. I am old enough to remember when the 1100 ran everything else off the skeet fields and then totally owned the skeet fields for quite a while, before the O/U became popular. True a lot of shooters had two guns - not three - but a lot of them today have two Perazzis or Kreighoffs, too. I have owned something over 40 shotguns, and shot many more, and the only semis I still have are 1100s. Nothing else shoots so good for me.
Beretta builds some excellent guns. And while I understand Beretta is in business to make money, I do not like their marketing strategy of constantly modifying and changing models so much. I still think the 390 was their best effort.
