Remington 11-87 Police model not cycling correctly

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The_Vigilante

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I used my 11-87 in a 3-gun match yesterday and had problems with it cycling correctly. It wouldn't feed the next shell after firing and would also occcasionally have failure to eject. I was using Winchester 2 3/4" 8-Shot with a DR EQ of 3. Do I need to use a shell with a higher DR EQ? I did clean the shotgun and gas tubes prior to the match. Thanks
 
is your o-ring ok? Always the first thing to check on an 1187. Check your gas ports to make sure they're clean. I usually clean my 1100 and 1187 everytime I shoot them for thiss reason. You could try slightly heavier loads and see if that solves the problem too. That's not really too light, but it may be all it took.
 
Thanks for your comments. Where is the O-ring located on the 11-87 and how would I know it's bad? I did check the blown diagram and list of parts but didn't find an O-ring mentioned. Thanks for your help.
 
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I think your load is the issue. Typically mine with the 21" barrel requires a high brass 2 3/4" load with at least an ounce and a quarter in shot and 3 1/4-1/2 Dram Eq. to cycle properly. The 1-1 1/8 oz. loads of 3 Dr. do not cycle mine with the shorter barrel. With my 30" bird/trap barrel on it it'll cycle anything.

Because it is gas operated it requires enough gas burn time after it passes the gas ports to cycle the action. There just isn't enough barrel length past the gas ports to cycle the action with light loads.
 
I have had issues with light promotional dove loads with an 11-87, switched to heavy dove or field loads and the problem went away.
Probably should change the o-ring as advised. Can get them frome some gun shops or directly from Remington 1-800-243-9700
 
The police model may be different, but Remington advises that with barrels shorter than 26" you must use heavy loads for the gun to cycle reliably. I know this is the case for the hunting models but the police model may be set up differently. Try some heavier loads and see if it improves.
 
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