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Fishbed77 · September 9, 2013, 09:55 AM

I have a 1993-manufactured 11-87 Premier with a 28-inch Light Contour barrel that was my first shotgun (actually it was the first gun that was all my own - a birthday present from my parents for my 15th birthday).

The other day when I was dove-hunting with it, I realized that it was 20 years old. In all that time, it has never once malfunctioned. Bottom line to the OP is that you made a good choice for an all-around shotgun. It is a gun I will never sell.

I've used mine on numerous occasions to shoot both skeet and trap, and it is just fine for those roles (obviously, you are going to use a more specialized gun if you want to be a top competitor). As others have mentioned, I wouldn't make any modifications to the gun, other than maybe installing a skeet choke. I certainly wouldn't remove the bead(s). No, you don't look at them when shooting skeet, but I find them useful for properly indexing my cheek weld/ hold on the gun, especially after I haven't shot for a while.

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September 9, 2013, 09:55 AM	#16
Fishbed77 Senior Member Join Date: November 23, 2010 Posts: 4,862	I have a 1993-manufactured 11-87 Premier with a 28-inch Light Contour barrel that was my first shotgun (actually it was the first gun that was all my own - a birthday present from my parents for my 15th birthday). The other day when I was dove-hunting with it, I realized that it was 20 years old. In all that time, it has never once malfunctioned. Bottom line to the OP is that you made a good choice for an all-around shotgun. It is a gun I will never sell. I've used mine on numerous occasions to shoot both skeet and trap, and it is just fine for those roles (obviously, you are going to use a more specialized gun if you want to be a top competitor). As others have mentioned, I wouldn't make any modifications to the gun, other than maybe installing a skeet choke. I certainly wouldn't remove the bead(s). No, you don't look at them when shooting skeet, but I find them useful for properly indexing my cheek weld/ hold on the gun, especially after I haven't shot for a while. . Last edited by Fishbed77; September 9, 2013 at 10:04 AM.