The 1100 is a great gun. The only drawback is most do not handle 3 inch shells. The 11-87 not only handles 3 inch shells, but is designed to be more reliable with lighter loads. I have both and the only difficulties that I have encountered have been ammo related (Fiocchi). My brother has a 30 year old 1100 that my dad shot thousands of rounds through. The only difficulty experienced with that shotgun was a broken extractor in its 27th year. That's 27 years of serious duck hunting in south Louisiana. You do have to clean 'em every now and then.
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I'd rather have my gun and not need it than need it and not have it.
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