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I believe a combination of new gun, and relatively light loads are the culprit here. The 3.5 inch autos I have experienced seem to malfunction more often with loads less than 1-1/8 oz. shot at 1200 fps. That's a standard three dram equiv trap load. I have owned two 11-87's- one a standard field gun, and the other a trap gun. The field gun would almost always jam with my one oz. reloads, and often enough with the light target loads you describe.The trap gun, on the other hand, would cycle feeble 2-3/4 dram 1 oz. reloads, but alas, I started shooting the remington nitro 27's and damn near destroyed the gun- the gas ports are just too open and the bolt velocity was too high. The 3.5" autos are set up for the heaviest loads obtainable in 12 ga. I really think that if you try some heavier loads, at least to break in the gun, your malfunctions will vanish

Pat Brophy