My Uncle who is very ill stopped by my parents house while I was at work the other day. He dropped off a shot gun that was his fathers (my grandfather, mothers side) and wanted me to keep it in the family. I felt honored to be given this family heirloom.
I don't know anything about this gun other than it is a Single Shot Remington (12GA). I looked up on Remingtons Website about gun history and it appears to be a Model 1893 No.3, but I am not sure. They were made between 1893 & 1903, 86,000 produced. Serial Number Blocks 1,001 - 90,000, also it was produced in NY.
What can you tell me about this old peice, is it a M1893 No.3? Year produced? Value? etc,
etc?
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Re: Looking for info on this Remington Shotgun - pics
The Model 1893 Single Barrel Shotgun (or No. 3) took down by removing the forearm with a Purdey-style push button on the end of the forearm. In 1902 Remington introduced a new gun the Model 1902 Single Barrel Shotgun (or No. 9) that took down by means of the removable hinge-pin, and featured an automatic ejector. Your gun is a No. 9. In 1902 the No. 9 was offered in 12- and 16-gauges while the No. 3 was still being offered in 10-, 20-, 24-, and 28-gauges. By the 1903-04 catalogue the No. 9 was being offered in 10-, 12-, 16-, and 20-gauges while Remington was still trying to move out the No. 3 in 24- and 28-gauges. By the 1904-5 catalogue the No. 9 was offered in all six gauges. In early 1910, Remington decided to get out of the break-open shotgun business and concentrate their efforts on their new autoloaders and pump guns. They sold their entire inventory of single and double-barrel shot guns to Norvell-Shapleigh Hardware in StLouis in February.
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Researcher,
Thank you for the quick reply and the information, it was very helpful!
Thanks,
Mark Griffis
Thank you for the quick reply and the information, it was very helpful!
Thanks,
Mark Griffis
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Researcher,
One more question concerning the serial #. On Remingtons Web site the serial # block for the Model 9 is stated as:
43990 looks like it would be a Model 3 serial #. On Remingtons web site it talks about the automatic ejector on the Model 9 but never mentions the hinge pin on either models description. Weird. I guess I can check the ejector.
One more question concerning the serial #. On Remingtons Web site the serial # block for the Model 9 is stated as:
The serial # on this gun appears to be OL43990. Unless that L is a 1??Serial Number Blocks: Approximately 90,000 – 451,000 - There were several blocks used during production of this model.
43990 looks like it would be a Model 3 serial #. On Remingtons web site it talks about the automatic ejector on the Model 9 but never mentions the hinge pin on either models description. Weird. I guess I can check the ejector.
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The O is a stock letter for the Remington single-barrel guns like the P and Q were used ahead of the serial number on the doubles. In my mind I can make a case for part of the crosslets being broken off the left side of the 1 stamp making it look like an L.
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Good observation. Do you think that 143990 would put it around the 1903-04 production year then? Since they went from 90,000 to 451,000, (using several blocks).