remington 1100 not ejecting

[Terry_M]

I am having an issue with my 1100 not ejecting. I shot it yesterday and it did great. Today it won't eject. I can cycle it fine by hand, the o-ring is in, the gas ports are clear. The bolt moves easily by hand. I cannot figure it out. Any advice from someone who has had the same issue would be greatly appreciated.

 

[shortgrass]

Did you have the piston assembly off and put it back on backwards? Are you shooting the same loads as you were yesterday?

 

[Terry_M]

Yes same loads. Only pulled the barrel and wiped it down. Didn't break it down any further.

 

[Cort]

How clean is the chamber? A dirty chamber will slow ejection enough to create a problem.

Also, are you using quality ammunition? Today's shot shells don't spring back like yesterday's so reliability of ejection is not as good.

Finally, have you cleaned the main spring? You have to remove the butt stock to get to the spring. Clean all the parts and reassemble them with no lubricant.

Good luck, ejection problems are frustrating.

Cort

 

[Terry_M]

Thanks. I'll give it a try.

 

[savagedasher]

Make sure your extractor is working Remington has had a problem with them. Larry

 

[fredhorace77]

my bet is its the O-ring. go to ur local hardwae store and buy a new one. i change mine every time i separate the barrel from the receiver. i learned this the hard way after pulling the gun apart and cleaning it then reassembling for a duck hunt the next day. drove 4hrs. that morning and first shot wouldn't cycle. left and bought another O-ring and back in business. only problem was i missed out on most of the good shooting hours. What happens is the O-ring will seat properly to the gas port area when its new...then if you shoot it alot and get it hot it will lessen the elasticity of the O-ring and when you break the barrel apart from the receiver it will loose its ability to reseal properly on reassemble. I believe the remington brand O-rings are teflon coated to help ensure a good seal when u reset the barrel, but just a standard O-ring will work just fine. I have started pulling the butt pad off of my synthetic stock 1100 and store a couple extra inside the stock. Just carry a leatherman tool to pull the butt pad off to retrieve the O-ring. What im getting at is once that seal of the O-ring has been broken its in jeopardy of not resealing properly...9 times out of 10 it will reseal just fine...but my luck is that 1 time will be when i need the gun to function properly the most.

 

[Terry_M]

Thank you gentleman. I will replace the o-ring.

 

[Terry_M]

Thank you gentleman. I will replace the o-ring.

Pulled the barrel to replace the O-Ring and realized quickly what the problem was.....

I have 2 Remington 1100's and cleaned them both at once. Pulled both barrels at the same time and when I put them together one of the steel gas rings stayed in the gas port! Ta da. put the rings back in the way they were supposed to be, plus a new O-rings and the old Rem's are back to shooting like they should. Though I feel a little silly I figured those who had offered advice would like to know how things turned out.

 

[Riesel]

OOPS, A valuable lesson to be learned here, maybe too much information. I'm glad it all worked out. No duck is safe with a guy and two 1100's.

 

[billlarson]

Thank you gentleman. I will replace the o-ring.

when my 1100 or 11-87 is apart,I put a little Vaseline on mine...keeps`m soft and they seal better..