Early Model 11

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chevy_dog
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Early Model 11

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Hey guys, I am new here and just wanted a little information on the shotgun that I recently acquired. I believe it to be an early Remington Model 11. it says Remington Arms Co. on the barrel, which means it is before 1911. The serial number on it is 28xxx. I was told that this may be the first year production of this shotgun and it is a representative of the first autoloading shotgun made in America. Can someone please confirm for me? Also, I was wondering if someone could estimate a value on this gun. I really do not have a use for it and will probably sell it once I can get an estimate on the value. Thanks for your help, and if you are interested in the gun, maybe we can talk!
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The John M. Browning designed Remington Autoloading Gun was introduced in 1905. Sometime after Marcellus Hartly Dodge combined his two companies as Remington Arms - Union Metallic Cartridge Co., in 1911, they began calling the gun the Model No. 11. From the research done on these guns the published serial number chronology would place your gun in mid-1906. In that condition with that cracked, repaired and waaaayyyyy over sanded stock, that gun would languish in the pawn shops around here at $150. A gun like that you could get more parting it out than selling the complete gun.
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Re: Early Model 11

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Thanks for the help. I don't really have an eye for guns like this, but how can you tell that it is way over sanded, for my future reference? Also, I just got off of the phone with a guy from Remington and he stated with this serial number that the gun was manufactured during 1905 and the last gun manufactured in 1905 was 35,xxx. Do you have any clue why the discrepancy between your opinion and his is? Thanks for the input. :D
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Re: Early Model 11

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Because the wood has been sanded way below the surface of the upper and lower tangs. The wood should stand about 1/32 inch above the metal. As far as the date your gun was made, I have no opinion, and I certainly didn't make it up. The Remington Arms Co., Inc. you spoke to today is five companies removed from when this gun was made. They are interested in selling new guns. I went by the serial number chronology in James Tipton's definitive article on these guns, published in The Remington Society of America Journal, 2nd Quarter 2000.
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Re: Early Model 11

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Thanks for all your help. I really appreciate it.
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