We’ve been asked a lot lately about feeding problems with the Remington 1100.  A lot of this is the stuff of unfounded rumors and old tales.  The 1100 was originally made in 2 3/4″ chamber, and when they added the 3″ chamber there were feeding issues especially among light loads.  In fact, the first 1100 I ever owned was a 3″ that had been modified by its original owner so that it would cycle light loads.  I can verify that it will simply run anything that I have ever thrown at it from game loads to buckshot to target loads.

If you have a 1100 that you would like to convert to the SM-1 package you don’t have anything to worry about.  We will make sure that you have a reliable gun that will run game loads, buckshot and slugs as that is what you are most likely to use during a 3 gun match or in a L/E application.

Remington rectified these feeding problems with the introduction of the 1187, but don’t count the 1100 out yet.  Remington keeps making them, accessories are readily available, and plenty of people are still using them.  As far as a tactical shotgun goes, you won’t go wrong with that old 1100 that you have sitting in the closet.

I was talking to a very informed shooter from GA today who was considering some work for his Glock, and it was great because he totally got it.  Too many people don’t really get what that their perceived needs are really desires and not wants.  The temptation in trigger jobs is to go too low.  Most of the people that contact us for work want a trigger that is unrealistic, and we end up agreeing that it doesn’t fit their needs.

If you are Dave Sevigny or Rob Leatham,  you can justify an extremely light trigger in your competition rig.  The average shooter/competitor is better of with a heavier trigger, because they will actually hurt performance with a pull that is too light.

It goes without saying that if you are carrying the gun for duty purposes you need to really think about a trigger pull that will fit your mission.  Nothing wrong with getting that trigger tuned, but you definitely don’t need a competition trigger job on your Glock if you carry it every day.

If you are unsure about what to have done, please trust the person who is doing your work, and not an Internet forum made up of people that type more than they shoot.  In the real world a trigger job is an asset, but the shooter is the greatest asset.  Top level shooters are not great because of the trigger jobs their guns have.  They could still beat us with much heavier triggers.  You won’t “game” your way into the winner’s circle with a slick trigger job.  It will help, but at the end of the day it will be because the brain behind the gun got it right.