I have seen one gun I couldn’t fix after “fixing” it several times. A Weatherby Patrician after only several boxes of light bird loads broke the carrier than ran in a groove in the chamber off the carrier itself, a matter of two pins that held it in. There was one on either side but just the one side would break. After re-brazing, breaking and remaking new pins of a larger diameter and breaking again(always broke the pins loose)and re-brazing after a couple more pins of ever increasing diameter I finally gave up and sold the gun. Too bad about the design. It was the absolute lightest shooting 12 gauge I had ever used including a full weight A-5 Browning.

The 1100 is probably the best auto loader out there but not as reliable or as well balanced as the old Browning recoil operated a-5 light weight. The 1100 to me personally has always felt like a club when swinging it.

It is a heavy gun with its steel receiver which is good for competition but bad for hunting all day long.

Like any auto-loader they do not last long when used heavily in competition so expect to replace parts in the 1100. The o ring should be changed once a year as it is noted for giving up the ghost.

Keep the gun lubed and very clean as you would any other auto loader or expect functioning problems.

Parts I have seen break are the ejector, bolt buffer, fore-end hanger (which is two pieces of stamped sheet metal spot welded together). Do not man handle this part when taking the gun down to clean it. I have seen the main spring housing break off and when this happens the gun is now a single shot. Do not attempt to re-braze this part yourself as it must be dead on or the bolt will not cycle. Remington by the way wants a whopping $300 bucks to fix this as was told to me several months ago by Remington.