Sounds like one for the case and time to invest in a new one if you can. Probably a great gun but I would prefer to keep it all together for sentimental value.
Pretty easy to o get a new spring kit or just replace the whole bolt which isn't necessary... No reason to put it "up" over something as simple as that... Not sure what you mean by "keep it all together", replacing springs and internal parts is maintenance not a complete overhaul...
A well made & maintained gun like your 1100 should last for generations. Sure there is gonna be wear/breakage and an occasional gas ring, spring, or other minor part replacement. NOT maintaining/cleaning a gun just speeds up the wear process, ( the crud can become very abrasive ), BUT I seriously doubt your gun has reached the end of the road.
Sounds like one for the case and time to invest in a new one if you can. Probably a great gun but I would prefer to keep it all together for sentimental value.
Pretty easy to o get a new spring kit or just replace the whole bolt which isn't necessary... No reason to put it "up" over something as simple as that... Not sure what you mean by "keep it all together", replacing springs and internal parts is maintenance not a complete overhaul...
I think what he means is if I were to have to get a new "receiver" which as we have talked about before is everything but the barrel and the wood...basically a new gun. When I talked to the Remington service rep it seemed that having to replace the receiver was not that far fetched based upon the age of the gun....and how much shooting I have done with it. That being said, when I tear it down and look at it....I will know what the real deal is. Right now between caping and fleshing deer almost daily, a little fishing, working on an old Geo Tracker for the hunt club, and babysitting the twins....dont know if I coming or going and the 1100 isnt going anywhere...
In my opinion it is extremely unlikely the receiver is bad or worn out. I'm 44 and have been fooling around with shotguns on the clays ranges since I was 15, all over the USA for 21 years in the service and shooting in three foreign countries and have only ever seen or heard of one 1100 which the receiver went bad. That gun had over 200k rounds through it on the trap field and it only went bad because the shooter shot a reload which had dropped two charges of powder which blew up the barrel (budged) and split the receiver. Every part on an 1100 is easily replaceable. No worries. There is a reason they are still making them after 50 years of the first one in 1963.
