What is your "Go-To" favorite "old" Remington shotgun for sporting, trap/skeet or bird hunting?
SxS's, pumps or autos?
Success stories?
Your Remington "Shooter"?
Re: Your Remington "Shooter"?
I have a 1910 1900 KED I bought from a friend about 1970 or so. For the first couple years all I had to do was point it skyward, pull the trigger and something would fall out of the sky. Many, many birds with that double. BTW - I've always loaded BP for this gun.
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Re: Your Remington "Shooter"?
I have to admit most of my Remington doubles are gunroom queens, but I have shot quite a few Mourning Doves & Eurasians with my 1909 vintage 16-gauge KE-Grade --
and shoot skeet with several of my Model 31s and Sportsman.
My father had Winchester rifles, but Remington shotguns. When my parents married and headed west in October 1935 Dad had a 12-gauge KED-Grade. In 1938 he bought a 12-gauge, 30-inch, Sportsman with his employee discount at Seattle Hardware. During WW-II he bought a near mint 1896 vintage AE-Grade 12-gauge which became his go to gun from then until he quit hunting after the 1987/8 season. It is far from mint as it sits in my gunroom now. He picked up a 16-gauge AE-Grade in the 1950s, but never used it much and it was stolen along with two Winchester .22s from his house in 1978 -- serial number 136036. The KED-Grade went to his youngest brother when he returned from adventures with General Patton. My cousins in Minnesota bulged the chokes and popped the ribs on the KED-Grade in the early days of steel shot.
and shoot skeet with several of my Model 31s and Sportsman.
My father had Winchester rifles, but Remington shotguns. When my parents married and headed west in October 1935 Dad had a 12-gauge KED-Grade. In 1938 he bought a 12-gauge, 30-inch, Sportsman with his employee discount at Seattle Hardware. During WW-II he bought a near mint 1896 vintage AE-Grade 12-gauge which became his go to gun from then until he quit hunting after the 1987/8 season. It is far from mint as it sits in my gunroom now. He picked up a 16-gauge AE-Grade in the 1950s, but never used it much and it was stolen along with two Winchester .22s from his house in 1978 -- serial number 136036. The KED-Grade went to his youngest brother when he returned from adventures with General Patton. My cousins in Minnesota bulged the chokes and popped the ribs on the KED-Grade in the early days of steel shot.
Re: Your Remington "Shooter"?
I know for me and shooting sporting clays I have 3 favorites
1878 grade 1 Heavy Duck 10 gauge 32" barrels for the American made hammer gun class
1882 grade 1 12 gauge 30" barrels for the American made hammer gun class
1894 F trap live pigeon 12 gauge 32" barrels for the hammerless class
Mike Alsop
Vice President & Seminar Coordinator
Remington Society of America
1878 grade 1 Heavy Duck 10 gauge 32" barrels for the American made hammer gun class
1882 grade 1 12 gauge 30" barrels for the American made hammer gun class
1894 F trap live pigeon 12 gauge 32" barrels for the hammerless class
Mike Alsop
Vice President & Seminar Coordinator
Remington Society of America
Re: Your Remington "Shooter"?
My trap gun shooters are either of my 1894 F grade trap guns. For skeet either my B or C grade Remingtons. For 5-stand my 1889 32" barrel hammergun. Actually in our 5-stand where the birds aren't that far out my B or C grade would work or my one F grade with .015 choke in both barrels. That's my 16 yard line and SCs gun.
Re: Your Remington "Shooter"?
Mine is an 1896 AE 12 30" with beautiful Damascus barrels. Solid gun, still holding good case color and the ejectors are strong.
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Re: Your Remington "Shooter"?
My father's favorite pheasant gun was the 1896 vintage AE-Grade 12-gauge he got at Osbourne & Uland Sporting Goods in Seattle during WW-II. Paid $27.50 for it in almost new condition. By the time he quit hunting after the 1887/8 season it was pretty well worn.
I bought a Winchester Model 101 20-gauge when my ship stopped in Japan and gave it to him for Christmas 1972. He used it a lot in his later years, but on the rare occasion he missed a bird he could usually be heard muttering under his breath "I'd a got that with my ole' Remington."
I bought a Winchester Model 101 20-gauge when my ship stopped in Japan and gave it to him for Christmas 1972. He used it a lot in his later years, but on the rare occasion he missed a bird he could usually be heard muttering under his breath "I'd a got that with my ole' Remington."