The Remington Model 11-87 is a semi-automatic shotgun manufactured by Remington Arms and based on the earlier Model 1100. Remington introduced the Model 11–87 in 1987 and ceased production of it in 2020.

Design

The Model 11-87 is a gas operated semi-automatic shotgun. Upon firing a shell, some of the high-pressure gases from the burning propellant are diverted through two small holes under the barrel, forcing the bolt toward the buttstock, which in turn ejects the spent shell. A spring then forces the bolt forward, sending a new shell from the magazine into the chamber. This gas operation has the effect of reducing the recoil felt by the shooter, since the total recoil energy is spread out over a longer period of time than would be the case with fixed-breech shotguns.

Operation

Some Model 11-87 shotguns, especially those with barrels shorter than , or Magnum models, may have issues cycling light target and birdshot loads consistently.

A 12 gauge model that accepts shells is marketed as the Super Magnum.

The weapon found widespread notoriety when a sound-suppressed version of it was used by Anton Chigurh in the Coen brothers' film No Country for Old Men, based on the novel by Cormac McCarthy. First developed in 1987, this weapon is an anachronism to the movie's storyline, set 1980.

Users

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  • : Used by numerous law enforcement agencies.

References

Further reading

  • Remington 11-87 via YouTube