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Remington 870 or 1100? Which one?
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<blockquote data-quote="MoBoost" data-source="post: 1631132" data-attributes="member: 3455"><p>Military use is not a good excuse for poor design:</p><p>Safety has to be disengaged by trigger finger, and cannot be engaged without full dismount ... have to use left hand? well, that's really too bad.</p><p>Slide release has to be operated by trigger finger and can't be reached in "ready" position or operated by weak hand (really? that's what it says in the manual)</p><p>Load port blocked spring-loaded shell lifter is a thumb bitter.</p><p></p><p>I've never experienced it myself, but this is not the first time I hear about 870 FTE with heavy load - my guess single extractor just doesn't do it.</p><p></p><p>All these problems are there for 60 years. In good Remington tradition they keep giving deep discounts to military and keep floating on consumer loyalty and ignorance. Don't get me wrong, 870 is not a "bad" shotgun - and I can see where it has very few flaws in hunting or even assault situation; however it is superbly poorly suited for HD/SD - I'd go as far as to say I'd rather use SxS - checking to see if safety is off with finger off the trigger is just not my thing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MoBoost, post: 1631132, member: 3455"] Military use is not a good excuse for poor design: Safety has to be disengaged by trigger finger, and cannot be engaged without full dismount ... have to use left hand? well, that's really too bad. Slide release has to be operated by trigger finger and can't be reached in "ready" position or operated by weak hand (really? that's what it says in the manual) Load port blocked spring-loaded shell lifter is a thumb bitter. I've never experienced it myself, but this is not the first time I hear about 870 FTE with heavy load - my guess single extractor just doesn't do it. All these problems are there for 60 years. In good Remington tradition they keep giving deep discounts to military and keep floating on consumer loyalty and ignorance. Don't get me wrong, 870 is not a "bad" shotgun - and I can see where it has very few flaws in hunting or even assault situation; however it is superbly poorly suited for HD/SD - I'd go as far as to say I'd rather use SxS - checking to see if safety is off with finger off the trigger is just not my thing. [/QUOTE]
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