Remington 1894 CEO
 

I was fortunate to win this at a recent auction. It’s my first Remington double. I don’t know much about Remingtons but from what I’ve been able to find, it seems to be a C grade but with checkered flats and engraving I haven’t seen yet in pics of other Remingtons. It has a straight grip and could be a CEO trap, but chokes are Cyl/Mod. Serial number is in P125K range. I would love to learn more about it. Can’t wait to get it and take it afield on pheasant!

No better to start off with. Graded 1894s are beautiful. Any graded guns that Remington built were proof positive that they could really put together a nicely finished gun.

has an English look to the box

very nice

Great looking gun! Congrats!

That gun was discussed over on Doublegunshop.com

Most agreed that it started life with a pistol grip and was converted to straight. I also noted a couple of anomalies. Here is my post from there.

Couple of out of period things for that CEO-Grade Remington. That is far and away the lowest serial number I've seen with the "P" inventory code prefix to the serial number. Normally I haven't recorded that until into the 132xxx range --

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Also, haven't recorded a one-screw trigger guard that low. Normally the front screw which is also the rear tang screw, is present into the low 132xxx range when the new-style action was introduced changing the sear pin location. Also, don't normally see that style safety slide until much later, and with the concave (Remington called them hollow) rib.

That is some of the nicest engraving on the sides of a C-quality Remington I've seen. The bottom is quite standard.

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Thanks, all! Dave, that is great information. I will check out the discussion on Doublegunshop. I really love unique guns like this. The auction started very low and the bids moved quickly. But, that gun just spoke to me and I had to take it home. Whenever I feel that way about a gun, it usually works out well. Once I have it in hand, I’ll post more info. Here’s a few more pics.

Not all guns are candidates for straight grip conversions.

Through the first 11 years of the Remington Hammerless Double there is quite a bit of variation in the C-quality engraving. For comparison, here are some pics of the nearest C-quality gun I have on file, 124712 --

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With the introduction of the new style action, most notably the relocated sear pin, they pretty much settled into the "banner" style engraving on the sides of C-quality guns.

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One in the 135xxx range --

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and one in the 139xxx range --

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Did Remington ever make a SBT?