Worst shotgun you have ever owned?

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The same thread in the Rifle pages got me thinking about this.

Mine was an 870 Super Mag. Was the first gun I ever purchased with my own money in like 98 or 2000, and was the obsession camo version. Loved it at first and killed a good number of turkeys with it (long before I even cared what ammo I used, just grabbed a box and went hunting lol). A few years after I got it I was out duck hunting in Realfoot with some buddies and shot a duck and pumped the gun and it LITERALLY fell into like 20 pieces. The entire pump section, bolt and springs etc ALL just fell apart in my hands. I was completely dumbfounded by it and cut my duck hunt a few days short.

Sent it back to Remington and they "repaired" it, but I sold it as soon as I got it back. That was the day I said id never own another pump again! Ive handled more then a few POS shotguns but they were not MINE so I wont list those.
 
DaveTN said:
We used 870's at work. I worked with guys that could break an anvil, but I never saw a problem with the 870's.

I've only owned 870's and 1100's. So, I guess the answer is; I've never owned a bad shotgun.
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I grew up shooting older 870s and 1100's thats all my dad owned and they all worked great. The one I actually bought though was a giant POS haha.
 
Without a doubt an old Winchester model 1400 semi-auto branded as a Sears Ted Williams model 300. Weighed as much as an anvil and kicked like a rented mule. Traded it off at a gunshow for $140 and was ecstatic to get that.
 
Some years ago I bought a brand new 11-87. On about the 4th or 5th patterning shot the magazine and gas assembly completely separated from the barrel and forearm. It scared the crap out of me and took a few moments to determine if I'd been physically hurt in anyway. Called Remington and they told me to box it up and they'd send another.

Upon arrival of the new I promptly sold it...never even opened the box. That's the last Remington shotgun I'll ever own.
 
Remingtons just ain't the same. Until around 2000 I thought they were some of the best. I still have some older ones and also one maybe 2004 model 1187. It has been ok, but jams a lot.


But I don't have a say in worst shotgun. I've thoroughly liked every gun I've ever had, no matter what it is.
 
I bought an 1187 that someone said was jamming. Got a good deal. I didn't think there was an automatic shotgun I couldn't fix.

There was something obstructing the slide in that gun. I cleaned, buffed, polished… the wishbone spring kept jumping out of place. I replaced it. I called Remington and talked to them about it and got the answer…"h*LL buddy, sometimes you just buy a bad gun…"

I'm convinced someone had run over it or something and warped the action. The barrel was a very tight fit.

That was my third bad experience with newer Remingtons in about 6 months, and that was about 2011. Except for some heirlooms, I was out of the Remington business within 6 weeks.
 
Winchester 1400 20 gauge. Won't cycle any shells two times in a row. My grandad gave it to me but it just sits in the safe. Thought at one time I had it fixed, took it on a dove hunt and birds were everywhere! Turns out it wasn't fixed and was identifying as a single shot that day. Talk about mad! Any other gun woulda been thrown to the moon and forgotten about
 
I had a new 1187 police model that would constantly jam. I took it to the gunsmith to fix, and he said it must be a Monday morning or Friday afternoon assembled gun.
 
Remington 870 never cycled worth a crap dang near have to beat it against the ground to get the another shell in it. And was just very cheaply made i guess thats why there are cheap. and a Remington versa max. Would cycled hardly at all. Constant problems out of both. Both weren't worth even calling shotguns.
 
Knock on wood I haven't had any that I didn't like. Like more than others but no problems with them. Have had or have now Mossberg 500 & 835, Remington 870, Browning A5's, Winchester sx3, Benelli SB2, Stoeger m3020, and Winchester youth 120.
 
Yildiz O/U. I thought I wanted to be fancy and bought one from Academy. I was so used to looking over the back of an mossburg 500, or a Remington shotgun it just never looked right to me. Also kicked horribly. I traded it in on a Bergara 6.5 creedmoor and haven't looked back. I will stick to my 500 and my 11-87's.
 
1100. 1998ish model. About 3 boxes of dove loads in the loop that slides over the mag tube detached from the barrel. To salvage the weekend one of the guys cleaned it up and tacked it back together. Contacted Remington to try and get a new barrel but they wouldn't do anything because I had modified/damaged the original. Pissed off I took it to a gun smith who silver soldered and professionally tacked it. It lasted about 3 more boxes of shells
 
REN said:
The same thread in the Rifle pages got me thinking about this.

Mine was an 870 Super Mag. Was the first gun I ever purchased with my own money in like 98 or 2000, and was the obsession camo version. Loved it at first and killed a good number of turkeys with it (long before I even cared what ammo I used, just grabbed a box and went hunting lol). A few years after I got it I was out duck hunting in Realfoot with some buddies and shot a duck and pumped the gun and it LITERALLY fell into like 20 pieces. The entire pump section, bolt and springs etc ALL just fell apart in my hands. I was completely dumbfounded by it and cut my duck hunt a few days short.

Sent it back to Remington and they "repaired" it, but I sold it as soon as I got it back. That was the day I said id never own another pump again! Ive handled more then a few POS shotguns but they were not MINE so I wont list those.
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Same, that gun was a massive piece of garbage.
 
Ive always heard the old timers talk about how some guns shoot "harder" than others. Way back yonder before screw in chokes, lengthened forcing cones, etc..... came into vogue, the old browning A5s were rumored to be the hardest hitting guns on the market. I scoffed at this idea and still do to a degree BUT there must be some truth to it!
My first turkey gun was a model 500 mossberg, fixed modified barrel, but it was a 3 inch chamber! I bought it at Howard Bros in Cookeville for $99 and I had to put it on layaway. Thats how broke I was. NO way I could afford a Remington 3 inch gun!
I killed several birds with it and finally managed to save up enough to buy a Remington. That was the "perfect" gun, or so I thought. 20" or 21" bbl, screw in chokes, rifle sights, monte carlo walnut stock, 3" chamber, perfect!
I set in to finding the right choke and load for it. I dont remember what I ended up with, but it patterned OK at best, but it was way better than my mossberg was so off I went to the turkey woods. In the 2 or so years I hunted with that thing I clubbed more turkeys to death and wrung more necks than the dang thing killed dead. AT 40 yards it seriously wouldnt put a #4 pellet through heavy cardboard! 2 birds come to mind even today, 30 plus years later: one I shot on top of a ridge on Center Hill, he was about 25 yards. I shot every shell in the gun at him while chasing him down, reloaded with every shell in my vest, shot those, and still had to tackle him and ring his neck.
The other bird was less than 30 and was standing beside a woven wire fence when I shot him. He spooked at the shot but got tangled in the fence. I threw the gun down and ran up and caught him before he got clear of the fence and rung his neck like a chicken as well. I then sold that beautiful piece of junk and bought an 870 super mag.
 

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