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by The Old Man
Sun Mar 15, 2026 6:30 pm
Forum: RS / Pre - 1899
Topic: Remington 1894 Damascus Barrel w/ Smokeless
Replies: 3
Views: 845

Re: Remington 1894 Damascus Barrel w/ Smokeless

I grew up hearing and believing that you could not shoot smokeless shells in a damascus barrel. It would blow up. I never knew anyone who had had it happen and had never even seen one hanging in a gunshop that had had that happen. It was just what everyone “knew”. Then I saw something by Larry ...
by The Old Man
Wed Feb 25, 2026 10:59 am
Forum: RS / Post - 1898
Topic: 1900 lever return spring
Replies: 0
Views: 584

1900 lever return spring

New here and my first post so please forgive me if a commit a faux pas.

I recently acquired a Rem. 1900 with very nice damascus barrels. I striped it down to clean out all the rock-hard 100-year-old grease and during re-assembly some dumb-ass (me) broke the top lever return spring.

I have been ...