I have had my Rem. 1100 fir about 5 years. In that 5 years it has only been fired about 200 times. Now it is starting to jam and not extracting shells. I have tried everything from making it so clean you could eat off of it to so much oil you could run you chevy with it. Nothing seems to help. Anyone had then same problems with there? Thanks Danny

dac6933, Fresh clean 1100's just don't fail. The only thing I could think of checking is to see if the extractor spring is good. With the bolt back simply see if the extractor has any tension on it if you reach in and pull it out.

When you say "Thanks Danny" at the end of your post---if you just happen to be referring to me since I have been posting replies to a few gun questions please don't confuse me with a professional. I am merely sharing what I know from experience.

Danny B,
I was saying thanks from me. I am Danny also. Sorry for the confusion. LOL, I do want to thank you for your reply. I thought of that at first, the spring feel very tight. I might be very wrong but I dont think that is bad. Not sure what is wrong?

Try one more thing. See of your gas ports are clean. If you don't know where they are then just remove the barrel. Look up in the collar that is on the barrel that slips over the magazine tube. On regular 1100's there are two ports. On magnums there is one.

If those ports are stopped up you aren't getting enough gas pressure to cycle the bolt. I have heard that some of the less expensive generic type shotgun shells don't burn real clean and will leave residue in those ports.

I bought my 1100 when i got back from over seas in 1972.I love it.I have shot quail,dove,pheasants,chuker,ducks,geese and turkey with it.I had the same problem as described above.I thought i had got a good deal with buying ''FIELD LOADS'' by the case.I thought like you,that i had not been cleaning it good enough,so i completly tore it down several times and still had a problem at times.I finally took it to a gun smith and he asked to see my shells.I showed him the ''FIELS LOADS'' and he told me that they did not have enough power to engage my automatic unloading mechanism.I went and bought some ''GAME LOADS'' and have never had another problem with it sticking again.

Just throwing in my $.02. My 1100 is VERY picky about the shells it will eject. Basically use a high brass, hi-power or 3 inch mag and it works like a charm. Field loads turn it into a single shot. Just FYI.,

You might trying cleaning out the gas port it is inside
the front ring that your tube goes through. I believe
a #82 or #84 drill bit will open it up. Used to have this
all the time with 1100's and 1187's when I worked at a
gunsmith shop. The hole being so small would clog with
unburnt powder some powers are worse than others.

ID GET RID OF THE DANG OLD THING AINT WORTH MUCH. ILL GIVE YA $50 IF YOU DELIVER. JUST KIDDING. DO THAT PORT THING AND DO IT EVERY TIME YOU CLEAN IT AND CLEAN IT EVERY TIME YOU USE IT AND YOUR TROUBLES WILL GO AWAY.

Back in the late 60's when I first started hunting a better funded buddy I duck hunted with would always carry a pocket full of paper clips..and I never understood why. One day when his Green Dot 1 1/4 "heavy trap" reloads that were perfect for puddle ducks in the trees over decoys were not ejecting I watched him go thru 4 -5 paper clips jabbing and reaming the gas port until he cleared the crud. I found out later that Green Dot was considered a very dirty powder that produced a lot of soot. If ya'll been shooting some of the promo loads we used to call "may pops... 'cause they may pop and they may not..ya jist never knowed" be prepared for a good heavy duty scrubbing of even the trigger group and using an air hose to blow the crud you loosened totally out of all the guns parts.
Ron

Back in the late 60's when I first started hunting a better funded buddy I duck hunted with would always carry a pocket full of paper clips..and I never understood why. One day when his Green Dot 1 1/4 dram 1 1/4 oz #7 1/2s "heavy trap" reloads that were perfect for puddle ducks in the trees over decoys were not ejecting I watched him go thru 4 -5 paper clips jabbing and reaming the gas port of his 1100 that he twisted up somehow until he cleared the crud. I found out later that Green Dot was considered a very dirty powder that produced a lot of soot, and most skeet and trap shooters of the day prefered red dot for that reason.Watching him struggle with his "better than MY gun" was one of the reasons I always stayed with the 870's I started out with and have never really been comfortable shooting a self loader...and now I try and rip the forearms off of them to make them trombone the slide! LOL! or as a current hunting partner's pet saying about my antics..."you remind me of a monkey 'working' a football..."

If ya'll been shooting some of the promo loads we used to call "may pops... 'cause they may pop and they may not..ya jist never knowed" be prepared for a good heavy duty scrubbing of even the trigger group and using an air hose to blow the crud you loosened totally out of all the guns parts.
Ron

Dac6933 I have a remington 1100 20gague I ve had it about 16 years good gun. Mine was jamming and not ejecting shells here is what i did and fixed the problem. Inside the action there is a C clip it is located where you load the shell on the bottom. Inside of the action take that C clip out and replace it and be careful there is a metal piece and it will fall out. That metal piece will probly be bent mine was and it is suppost to be but only so far so rember how it looks and then you will look at the inside of the action were it slides in behind that C clip and bend it to were it will fit in the action but be bent to the right adjustment angle like it was when you took it out but still needs to be bent (its hard to explian) and then put it back together and also clean the gas chambers. And yes shells can be a factor to i shoot AA reloads and that some times effects and I will shoot AA right out of the box and not have a problem so if you are shooting reloads make sure they are not mushroomed or any thing that would cause it not to shoot like a new shell. And cheap shells can also do it to them