11-87 L/H Safety

[tudurgs]

Is there a video or instruction sheet to convert a R/H trigger group to L/H, ie change the safety?

Thanks

[Virginian]

Haven't seen one, but Midway and Brownell's both sell the safetys. You just drive out the pin, catch the spring and detent, and swap the safety out.

[tudurgs]

I already have a L/H trigger group which has gone bad. Hoping to be able to cannibalize the present one and modify a R/H trigger group. It appears that L/H 11-87 trigger groups are no longer available from Big Green

[Virginian]

Oh. A left handed trigger group is a whole 'nother matter. What's wrong with yours? Unless the basic aluminum casting is bad, all the parts are just bolt ons.

[oneoldsap]

You should be able to just swap the buttons . I've never seen or heard of a L/H trigger group . The only difference is the button itself !

[Virginian]

The left handed guns had left handed trigger groups.

[tudurgs]

I assume that the direction of the safety is the only difference?

[oneoldsap]

So what are the differences between a L/H trigger group and a R/H trigger group ? Other than the safety button and the gun having L/H eject . I know those are the only differences in the 870s , and I've converted many 760s to L/H by changing the safety button . Just turning the safety button around doesnt work , because the safety detent is off center . I think William's Gun Site may still have the L/H buttons for sale . I always convert L/H safetys back to R/H before I will resell one of the pumps or autos . It's a liability issue . I think if someone were injured or killed , by a converted gun , the person that sold it to them would be duck soup for one of those crafty ambulance chasers . Even if they were told that the gun had a L/H safety !

[Virginian]

We possibly have a nomenclature issue here. The left handed Model 1100s, 11-87s, and 870s are totally left handed. Left side ejection, bolt is opposite, etc. As Remington said; mirror image. A right handed gun with a swapped safety is not the same thing at all. You can, with the right parts, swap the safety on a right handed gun and make it more suitable for a left hander to shoot, but that is still a right handed gun. The trigger groups from a right handed gun and a left handed gun have a whole lot more different than just the safetys; they aren't close to interchangeable. Look at Remington's parts list for a sampling.

[tudurgs]

You're right - What we have here is a failure to communicate. My fault, I'm sure. The gun in question is a L/H 11/87. The trigger has gone bad ( feed mechanism has broken). Appears that Remington no longer stocks LH trigger groups for the 11-87 (I assume it is the same part as an 1100( ? ) As a result, my thought is to buy an 1100 trigger and swap the safety parts from our present trigger group. Shouldn't that work?

[Virginian]

No, not unless you get a left handed Model 1100 trigger group. It sounds to me like you need a carrier, and maybe a spring, and maybe a carrier dog and spring. Remington has a LH 11-87 carrier, and I believe the dog will swap side to side, and I know that springs will. I think you better enlist the help of someone who knows 1100s/11-87s before you end up spending money on something that either doesn't fit, or doesn't solve your problem.
Numrich can often provide assistance in these cases. When a company decides to stop stocking spare parts, they buy them up.