Hey,
my dad gave me a older looking remington shotgun for my birthday last year and i was wondering if anybody knew about how old the thing was. Its an awesome gun!
Its a double-barreled 12 gauge
> The overall length is 42 in. The Barrel alone is 26in.
> The sides of the body are stamped with "Remington Arms Co." on both sides
> The top of the barrel also has the Remington inscription with its address
> The only numbers on the gun are located behind the trigger going toward the
> stock. The number is "333697"
thanks for any help!!
Tanner
Date for my shotgun?
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Jay Huber
Re: Date for my shotgun?
From the serial number you have a model 1900 double basrrel shotgun made in 1903. Jay Huber RSA
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Re: Date for my shotgun?
Remington Model 1900s are a simplified, cheaper, version of the Model 1894, built on the same patents -- No. 528,507 and No. 528,508 both granted Oct. 30, 1894. The Model 1900s were all K-Grades, with E added to the designation if the gun had ejectors and D if it had Damascus barrels -- K-, KE-, KD-, or KED-Grades. The K- and KE-Grades had Remington Steel barrels. The Model 1900s had a snap-on/off forearm and their serial numbers were in the 300,000 range, often preceded with a stock letter Q.
You need to check out Charles G. Semmer's book "Remington Double Shotguns." It is available from the author 7885 Cyd Drive, Denver, CO 80221, for $60 plus $5 shipping and handling. It is invaluable if you are going to shoot, invest, collect or play in the Remington double gun field. Remington supplied a number of different pattern Damascus barrels on these old doubles. A picture of their salesman’s sample of the various styles of Damascus available is shown on page 275 of Semmer's book.
Remington Arms Co. stamped the actual pellet counts of their test patterns on the rear barrel lug of their Model 1889 hammer doubles and their Model 1894 and 1900 hammerless doubles. If the number is three digits, that is the count, if the number is two digits a leading 3 is implied. From surviving hang-tags we know the standard load they used to target 12-gauge guns was 1 1/4 ounces of #8 going 511 pellets to the load. My 12-gauge KE-Grade Model 1900 is stamped 33 on the left and 24 on the right. That would be 333/511 = 65% left and 324/511 = 64% right, or about improved modified in both barrels. The chokes measure .027" in both barrels of that gun.
I'm on the road right now and away from my research materials, but I'm pretty sure Remington didn't catalogue 26-inch barrels until late in the Model 1900s production run, like about 1908 to 10, so if you have a gun from 1903 with 26-inch barrels there is a high probability they have been cut.
You need to check out Charles G. Semmer's book "Remington Double Shotguns." It is available from the author 7885 Cyd Drive, Denver, CO 80221, for $60 plus $5 shipping and handling. It is invaluable if you are going to shoot, invest, collect or play in the Remington double gun field. Remington supplied a number of different pattern Damascus barrels on these old doubles. A picture of their salesman’s sample of the various styles of Damascus available is shown on page 275 of Semmer's book.
Remington Arms Co. stamped the actual pellet counts of their test patterns on the rear barrel lug of their Model 1889 hammer doubles and their Model 1894 and 1900 hammerless doubles. If the number is three digits, that is the count, if the number is two digits a leading 3 is implied. From surviving hang-tags we know the standard load they used to target 12-gauge guns was 1 1/4 ounces of #8 going 511 pellets to the load. My 12-gauge KE-Grade Model 1900 is stamped 33 on the left and 24 on the right. That would be 333/511 = 65% left and 324/511 = 64% right, or about improved modified in both barrels. The chokes measure .027" in both barrels of that gun.
I'm on the road right now and away from my research materials, but I'm pretty sure Remington didn't catalogue 26-inch barrels until late in the Model 1900s production run, like about 1908 to 10, so if you have a gun from 1903 with 26-inch barrels there is a high probability they have been cut.