Engraved Sportsman 48 20 ga

Topics related to Post - 1898 Remington Shotguns
Post Reply
tocayo750
Posts: 3
Joined: Wed Jul 08, 2020 4:27 am

Engraved Sportsman 48 20 ga

Post by tocayo750 »

From my dad's estate. I have Sportsman 48 20 ga. Skeet grade that is highly engraved. Remington tells me they have no record of it being engraved by their custom shop. Anyone know who might have done the engraving? TIA
Attachments
DSC02610.JPG
DSC02610.JPG (2.61 MiB) Viewed 2025 times
DSC02608.JPG
DSC02608.JPG (2.26 MiB) Viewed 2025 times
DSC02607.JPG
DSC02607.JPG (2.33 MiB) Viewed 2025 times
DSC02606.JPG
DSC02606.JPG (2.34 MiB) Viewed 2025 times
DSC02605.JPG
DSC02605.JPG (2.24 MiB) Viewed 2025 times
DSC02604.JPG
DSC02604.JPG (2.32 MiB) Viewed 2025 times
DSC02603.JPG
DSC02603.JPG (2.11 MiB) Viewed 2025 times
DSC02602.JPG
DSC02602.JPG (2.19 MiB) Viewed 2025 times
Wulfman
Posts: 719
Joined: Mon Dec 29, 2008 6:04 pm
Location: N.W. Wyoming

Re: Engraved Sportsman 48 20 ga

Post by Wulfman »

You didn't include much of the images of the wood.
If the wood is essentially "standard" grade (which it appears to be in that one partial picture of the fore end) and your father was in the military around the time of the Japanese occupation after WWII, it may have been a shotgun he bought at the PX and had a local engraver do the engraving.
This was a very common thing that was done back then. There have been a number of those circumstances described in the pages of this forum.

Den

.
tocayo750
Posts: 3
Joined: Wed Jul 08, 2020 4:27 am

Re: Engraved Sportsman 48 20 ga

Post by tocayo750 »

I'll take some pics of the wood and post. My Dad was stationed in England during the war. He loved trading and collecting guns. He most likely traded for this 20 ga.
Researcher
Posts: 1080
Joined: Sat Mar 22, 2003 11:06 pm
Location: Washington and Alaska

Re: Engraved Sportsman 48 20 ga

Post by Researcher »

That engraving pattern is very much taken from the Winchester 12-5 pattern for their Model 12 --
Model 12 12-5 Engraving, 1953.jpg
Model 12 12-5 Engraving, 1953.jpg (111.36 KiB) Viewed 1990 times
tocayo750
Posts: 3
Joined: Wed Jul 08, 2020 4:27 am

Re: Engraved Sportsman 48 20 ga

Post by tocayo750 »

Thank you for the reply and photos of the Winchester engraving.
Post Reply