i have a 1984 i believe may be very rare plz help

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Doublegunfun
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i have a 1984 i believe may be very rare plz help

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So i have a rem 1894 serial number dates to 1907 i believe ,its a grade c with ordnance steel barrels and ejectors it has a raised matt rib and i believe is chocked tightly along with a silver initial ovel and a pistol grip stock thats fiddle figure barrel marked ordnance i read there was only a hand full of c e o traps made in 1907 and that somone docemented two was wondering if anyone had any documwntation on this one thanks for any help and god bless!
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Re: i have a 1984 i believe may be very rare plz help

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Why would a circa 1907 CEO-Grade Remington Hammerless Double be "rare"? The CEO-Grade Trap Gun had a straight stock. Trap guns from the 1907 Remington Arms Co. catalog --
1907 Catalog pg 12 Trap Gun pictures.jpeg
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1907 Catalog pg 13 Trap Gun texts.jpeg
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The regular C quality guns from the 1907 Remington Arms Co. catalog --
1907 Catalog pg 16, C & D quality Pictures.jpeg
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1907 Catalog pg 17, C & D quality Text.jpeg
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Remington's pro William Heer shooting a pair of Remington Trap Guns carried the high average for 1906 and featured heavily in the Remington Arms Co. magazine ads for the first half of 1907 --
The Gun Behind the Man, The American Field, Mar. 2, 1907.jpg
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Doublegunfun
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Re: i have a 1984 i believe may be very rare plz help

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I believe its rare as they were only produced during 1907 from wat iv gathered the 1907 c e o trap is really rare and there is somone who banks these serial numbers that person stated that theres only two recorded serials for c e o traps and both date 1907, second ik they were straight but could have been optioned with a pistol evrything else lines up with the c e o trap ad, wondering wat those known recorded serial numbers are if somone can get them also wondering if anyone has documentation on this specific serial as only a handfull were made in that year and likly owne by profesional shooters or a close friend or family of the dodges who owned rem at this time obviously a stretch on whos it is but i do beliwve it to be a rare c e o trap can anyone help verify rarity and wat it is and origins thanks god bless!
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Re: i have a 1984 i believe may be very rare plz help

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The gun you pictured has a half-pistol grip of a regular CEO-Grade. The CEO Trap Gun is listed with a straight grip in every Remington Arms Co. catalog from the 1903-04 --
1903-04 Catalog pg 18 CEO Trap Gun.jpeg
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through the 1909 --
1909 Catalog pg 18 Trap Guns pictures.jpeg
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1909 Catalog pg 19 Trap Guns text.jpeg
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My CEO-Grade, which falls in the 1907 range in the serial number chronology the late Charles Semmer produced for his book Remington Double Shotguns, has 30-inch barrels with .034" right and .036" left choke. The pellet counts on the barrel lug shows it patterned 70% right and 71.2% left.
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No production records for Remington Arms Co. doubles have been found. Charles created his serial number chronologies interpolating from surviving shipping records, so it is a best guesstimate.
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