According to the serial number chronology compiled by Charles Semmer and published in his book Remington Double Shotguns, your gun would be from late 1905. As for those markings down the bottoms of the barrel tubes, there is no one left alive who really knows what they all mean. Sometimes it appears that the grade and barrel material of the gun appears there, but just as often not. Charles published a page of different barrel markings in his book, but didn't come up with an answer. I've posted this information before, add these to what you have and what is in Charles' book, maybe a pattern will emerge.
1906 12-gauge KE-Grade has /// K E Y
1907 12-gauge KE-Grade has L K E Y
1909 16-gauge KE-Grade has X K E A1
1896 12-gauge AE-Grade has P A
1906 12-gauge FE Trap has /// F E G 13
1895 12-gauge BE-Grade has B J and a poorly struck E or an F
1907 CEO-Grade 12-gauge has /// M
1905 DEO-Grade 16-gauge has X O
In some cases you can get the grade as in the KE and FE. My BE-Grade has Chain Damascus barrels, and on the Remington Damascus salesman sample the Chain Damascus is labeled CHAIN J. So, B for the grade, J for the barrel material and E for ejectors?!? Hmmm....
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