Chance to "wring-out" New 11-87

[cabinetman]

Hi all.

This past weekend, I got a chance to excercise my new 11-87 Premier that Remington had sent me over Christmas to replace my damaged shotgun. I must say that I'm impressed.

What better way to become familiar with a new shotgun than go up to New Hampshire and shoot some trap with my buddy. First, however, I fired a few rounds just to see how this shotgun points. I had a real hit-or-miss session and was having a bit of a problem just trying to get in the groove with it. Turns out I was really shooting low.

We started the first match and I must have missed the first seven or eight clays. It was frustrating. Then, I started painting the targets so that the muzzle covered the clay completely. Voila! Hit. then a few more. By the time that 25 shot round ended, I had hit most the remaining clays. Then we started a second round. That one was much more rewarding and hit 22 of 25. A few other shooters wanted to try it out, too, and all felt it was an excellent shooter. And, to hit so many clays out of the box must mean that it shoots better than I can!

This field shotgun (28" barrel) just points differently than my old Stoeger and is much easier to swing, too. IT fits me perfectly as well which is a plus.

Anyway, I'm thinking that this shotgun and I will have a lot of fun in the coming years. It's very accurate and repetitive hits were not difficult once I found the 'sweet spot'.

Oh.....and yes.......it was 12 degrees in the sun and breezy and yes we had to shovel off the pads that had 12" of new snow but we've been fighting cabin fever here for quite a while. If felt good to go out and blast something!

Rome

 

[Dave McCracken]

Congrats and Mazeltov. Enjoy it...

Agreed on Cabin Fever, AKA Shack Nasties.

I suggest patterning immediately, to see how/where it hits.

Also,most shotguns shoot better than we.

 

[cabinetman]

Yes, pattering this shotgun would be a good excuse to blow through some ammo. I can do that right up the street at my buddy's farm, too. That may be required to keep my sanity! All these rifles and no way to shoot until the snow melts!!

I didn't think I'd see much difference between what I had (Stoeger Luger semi-auto 12 gauge) and this shotgun. I'm pleasently suprized, however, with the smoothness and low recoil this shotgun has. It worked flawlessly.

It certainly impressed a lot of die-hard trap guys, I'll tell you .

Rome

 

[ysr_racer]

I used to shoot trap with an 11-87 SC. Yes, if you can see the bird, you're under it.

Once I started to "cover" the bird with the muzzle I was hitting many more of them.

 

[cabinetman]

Thanks for sharing that with me. At first, I thought it was a flaw but once you get used to it, it can be used very accurately.

Rome