Early Vent Rib
"I have never seen a vent rib with the wide spacing of the rib supports shown in the 1910 catalog." - Dave Noreen
Great eye for detail Dave, I had never picked up on that though I have looked at it many times.
I have the earliest Vent Rib that I have run across on a RAS No. 3 (Trap Grade) SN 99,258 which puts it at the end of 1910 production by Jim Tipton's tabulations.
It has the same alternating cuts side to side as the later guns. It may have been there earliest attempts at the vent that did not have the alternating more supported milling.
Probably didn't take long for one to fall in a duck blind somewhere and break a section out like Vic Render's 31!
Or it could have been artistic license to highlight the ventilation early on by some slick Remington Advertising Manager! Lol
Back on Task CL!
Will
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