Model 1900 16ga

[2ndAmendMike]

I recently acquired a model 1900 16ga with 30" damascus barrels. Appears to be all original with matching numbers on all parts. Trying to get more info as to value, rarity, mfg date, ect...
Serial# Q384289
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[Researcher]

According to the serial number chronology that Charles Semmer made for his book, Remington Double Shotguns, Q384289 would be from the last year of production, 1910, when on February 3, Remington Arms Co. struck a deal to sell their entire inventory of break action guns, singles and doubles, to Norvell-Shapleigh Hardware Company of St Louis, Missouri, and moved into their shotgun future with their John M. Browning designed Remington Autoloading Shotgun (later Model 11) and their John D. Pedersen designed Remington Repeating Shotgun (later Model 10). The last Remington Arms Co. catalog to include their doubles was the 64 page 1909 catalog. There was also a 36 page 1909 Remington Arms Co. catalog that didn't include doubles

[dieNusse1]

The 1900 was a less expensive version of the model 1894. It varied mainly in the barrel attachment method (snap vs. Purdy style), less refined finish and so on. As far as use and dependability, I would say they are the same.

The 1900 was a K grade and was offered in four versions - K, KD, KE and KED where E indicates it has ejectors rather than extractors and D means it has damascus barrels rather than Remington Steel barrels. According to the information you gave, your gun has ejectors and damascus barrels.

[2ndAmendMike]

Does anyone know about what it might be worth? I read in an earlier post that there were very few 16ga which makes them more desireable

[dieNusse1]

We don't normally give values as so much depends on condition. As a guess, a parts gun (very poor condition) might be worth $100 - 200 while one rated at 95% blueing, color case hardening etc might go for $500 - 600 or so. Here again - condition! condition! condition!

[2ndAmendMike]

Ok thanks. I read an earlier post that there are only about 305 known and of those only 38 are 16ga. All numbers on every part of this one match and it's in good shape

[dieNusse1]

There were some 98,805 1900s produced. I don't know how your number was established but 305 sounds rather low. True, the number of 16 Ga is much less than 12s but I'm not sure that will affect the value that much since it seems that 16s have been historically less popular than 12s. Now if another 20 Ga were to surface that would be a quite different story.

Researcher -- any input?

[2ndAmendMike]

It was posted by RemRB in an earlier post

[Researcher]

I read an earlier post that there are only about 305 known and of those only 38 are 16ga.

305 what? Sounds to me like that might be the total number of C-, D- and E-Grades Charles had recorded with 38 being 16-gauges.

[2ndAmendMike]

That makes more sense. Thanks researcher