Its not your reading I'm addressing. Its your writing. You never did say which semi you own and shoot, and how it's treating you.....

And Rammer's advice on 1400's is probably right on. Most of the 1400s were made from cast and stamped cheap steel parts, as most of the 70s and 80s Winchester shotguns were. Some of them were pretty decent, and some were real dogs.

Rammer I'd suspect that your clients who are toting 1100s and having problems suffer from one of two afflictions: 1) Haneously dirty guns or 2) dry rotted or improperly installed O-Rings. Maybe even both. The advice on the Stoeger is right on. Doubly so in the very cold weather y'all experience in SD. Often as well, gas guns will gum up faster, and if they have any oil in the action at all, will really bog down. Hence the issues with your clients 1100s for sure.