SHOTGUN SERIAL # 130642 - IS SIDE BY SIDE HAS AUTO EJECTORS, 12GA, PUSH BUTTON FOREARM RELEASE. BARREL HAS STAMPING ONE SIDE ILION, NY, USA ORDANCE OTHER SIDE HAS REMINGTON ARMS CO. BOTTOM OF BARREL HAS STAMPING 2 3/4 AND D 130642 ALSO OTHER MARKINGS _73_ / 276
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RECEIVER ALSO HAS STAMPINGS - D 130642 - NICKLE OVAL INBEDDED INTO BUTT STOCK WITH NOTHING ETCHED IN IT, LOTS OF ENGRAVING ON ALL METAL PARTS, ONE SIDE OF RECEIVER HAS DOG POINTER AND OPPOSITE IS POINTER, ALSO ON BOTH SIDES OF RECEIVER IS ALSO ENGRAVED "REMINGTON ARMS CO"... LOOKING FOR SOME HISTORY ON THIS!
REMINGTON MODEL 1894
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Re: REMINGTON MODEL 1894
From the description you give it sounds like you have DEO-Grade, and from the serial number it was made about 1904.
The Remington Arms Co. hammerless doubles, essentially an Anson & Deeley design boxlock, were built on two U.S. Patents -- No. 528,507 granted to Rimmon C. Fay, and No. 528,508 granted to Rimmon C. Fay and George E. Humphreys. Both Patents granted on Oct. 30, 1894 and in turn assigned to Remington Arms Co. When introduced Model 1894 doubles were made in five grades -- A to E. If they had automatic ejectors an E was added to the written grade designation -- AE-, BE-, CE-, DE-, or EE-Grade. Damascus barrels of increasing fine figure were standard. Steel barrels were added to the mix in 1897.
"Remington Steel" which sold for the same price as the ordinary Damascus barrels on A-grade guns was described in the catalogue thusly -- ""Remington" blued steel barrels are manufactured in our own works, and sold at the same price as ordinary Damascus barrels."
""Ordnance Steel" is of the highest grade, and is especially recommended for heavy charges of nitro powder. The tensile strength of this steel is 110,000 lbs., and elastic limit 60,000 lbs., this being greatly in excess of any strain to which shotgun barrels are subjected with reasonable loads of nitro powders."
"Ordnance Steel" barrels were offered at the same price as the fancier Damascus barrels on grades C and above, but cost a $10 premium on A- and B-Grades when introduced in 1897, and climbed to $15 by the 1899 catalogue and remained so through the 1909 catalogue.
Model 1894 doubles with steel barrels were designated AR-, AER-, AO-, AEO-, BO-, BEO-, CO-, CEO-, DO-, DEO-, EO-, or EEO-Grade. The higher grade Remington doubles were all made to order and could be had with straight, half-pistol or capped full-pistol grips. In the 1904-05 Remington Arms Co. catalogue the D- or DO-Grade had a list price of $150 and the DE- or DEO-Grades with ehjectors were $155.
While they are all somewhat different, in that they were all custom ordered, here are a couple of pictures of a 1905 DEO-Grade --
The Remington Arms Co. hammerless doubles, essentially an Anson & Deeley design boxlock, were built on two U.S. Patents -- No. 528,507 granted to Rimmon C. Fay, and No. 528,508 granted to Rimmon C. Fay and George E. Humphreys. Both Patents granted on Oct. 30, 1894 and in turn assigned to Remington Arms Co. When introduced Model 1894 doubles were made in five grades -- A to E. If they had automatic ejectors an E was added to the written grade designation -- AE-, BE-, CE-, DE-, or EE-Grade. Damascus barrels of increasing fine figure were standard. Steel barrels were added to the mix in 1897.
"Remington Steel" which sold for the same price as the ordinary Damascus barrels on A-grade guns was described in the catalogue thusly -- ""Remington" blued steel barrels are manufactured in our own works, and sold at the same price as ordinary Damascus barrels."
""Ordnance Steel" is of the highest grade, and is especially recommended for heavy charges of nitro powder. The tensile strength of this steel is 110,000 lbs., and elastic limit 60,000 lbs., this being greatly in excess of any strain to which shotgun barrels are subjected with reasonable loads of nitro powders."
"Ordnance Steel" barrels were offered at the same price as the fancier Damascus barrels on grades C and above, but cost a $10 premium on A- and B-Grades when introduced in 1897, and climbed to $15 by the 1899 catalogue and remained so through the 1909 catalogue.
Model 1894 doubles with steel barrels were designated AR-, AER-, AO-, AEO-, BO-, BEO-, CO-, CEO-, DO-, DEO-, EO-, or EEO-Grade. The higher grade Remington doubles were all made to order and could be had with straight, half-pistol or capped full-pistol grips. In the 1904-05 Remington Arms Co. catalogue the D- or DO-Grade had a list price of $150 and the DE- or DEO-Grades with ehjectors were $155.
While they are all somewhat different, in that they were all custom ordered, here are a couple of pictures of a 1905 DEO-Grade --