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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.
 

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