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The 11-87 was designed to function with anything from 1-1/8 ounce field loads up to 3" Magnums. If one is cleaned relatively decently, they work fine within that range. They do not like mouse fart loads.
Most 2-3/4" 1100 will eat anything from about 7/8 ounces on up in 2-3/4" only. The 3" 1100s were advertised as being able to shoot 3" and 2-3/4 Ounce Magnum loads, and everyone I have ever seen, will. Some will do better, but it's a hit or miss proposition.
Of late, Remington has designed their target 1100s to digest about anything up to 1-1/4 ounce loads, because of the propensity for clay shooters to want to shoot pipsqueak loads.
The biggest issue with any malfunctioning 1100 or 11-87, or indeed any semi auto, is the nut on the back of the stock. If they are decently maintained, they work as designed. I do not like Benellis, at all, but with the right loads they work as long as anything going.
The only differences between an 11-87 and an 1100 are the barrel - all 11-87s except target models have 3" chamber, bigger gas ports, and a gas relief system, a thicker extractor, and a stainless mag tube and piston and piston seal. I have had 9 different 1100/11-87s, and still have 4, and all were trouble free. Including my 1963, which has been "retired" to Clays duty when I feel like shooting a 12.
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