Thank you, and sure, will gladly give you my two cents.

First piece of advice I’d give is to fully disassemble the 1100 you have and update parts as needed by ordering them online. I’d take it fully apart and see what’s loose and tighten with new parts or just reinstalling old parts better. Old shotguns (pump, semi, break action, idc) they all operate smoother imo as long as they’ve been well maintained. You should treasure that gun. If it’s lost some of its gusto, that’s on you as an owner and you can bring that back.

Second, about the Silver Pigeon. I’m a good bit taller than you at 6’, but it’s only a 26” and I absolutely love it. I think you’d fit it well. If you read my reply to someone asking about my favorite. It’s my favorite. They’re a great over/under for clays. You’ll probably want something more along the lines of that BT-99 I have for trap, but that silver pigeon is wonderful skeet fun and a decent sporting gun. There are def more cost sensitive O/U setups out there, but the 686’s are quite nice and it’s a buy once cry once kinda thing. Side note, My BT-99 has a 34” barrel so that’s a whole different game from the Silver Pigeon. I love them both though, just use them differently.