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Those Remingtons are mechanically appealing guns to me. They have an understated rock solid quality to them.
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That is actually a model 1894. They are real workhorses.
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12-30-2020, 07:48 PM | #6 | ||||||
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Thanks gents, I sorta picked up the same info on another forum but not definitively as yet. A SxS enthusiast identified it as a 1900 and that's what Joe told me. I'll tell him it's a 1894 next time we shoot together.
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Mechanically they are the same. The later 1900 had a snap-on forend and was not as finely finished of a gun.
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I've read that the very last ones had 4 bites. Interesting engineering, one bolt is described as a split lock. Parkers inside are consistently nicely made, I kind of suspect Remingtons might be close or equal. I wonder if anyone knows how they compared in cost in 1909 to Parkers?
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Remington discontinued all their double guns in 1910, and their catalogue that year listed the Model 1900 (the lowest priced gun) starting at $30 and the better grade 1894 starting at $45. However, it was sometimes possible to find the Remingtons at a discount - for example, the 1908 Sears catalogue offered the Model 1900 for $23.50. Compare this with the initial price for a Parker Trojan of $25.50 in 1912 and the VH for $34.50 that same year. I've heard it said that Parker was losing money selling Trojans for $25.50 and they soon had to increase the price. The Remingtons were good guns, and I own several Model 1894s and 1900s, but I don't think the workmanship measures up to Parker standards. |
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Thanks, Jack! I've had a AE 1894 in hand but I returned it due to a oval/dented muzzle so I never got to look inside it. Parkers are Parkers and always have smooth triggers and nicely fitted parts, inside and out.
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