Tight shooting Remington doubles

[J.B. Books]

Originally Posted by Daryl Corona

Funny you should bring this up Pete. I have a Rem. 1900 GED, 16ga. with 28" barrels. The chokes mic out to .009/.015 or roughly IC/Mod but when I shot it the first time with 3/4oz. loads it just balled targets up. So, I took it to my gun club and put it on paper. I don't remember the exact pellet count but in my notes the results were 67% and 76% with the 3/4oz. load of 7 1/2's, pushed along by 15.5gr. of 20/28 and a Dr16 wad at 30yds. That's more like a tight Mod/Imp.Mod. Must be something to your theory of those guys in Ilion and their barrel work.

Wow, that is surprising as well with so little constriction. What is the barrel lug stamped i.e. what were the patterns it achieved before leaving the factory?

The gun I tested last night is stamped 69 and "Mod" (Dave Noreen told me it is the first Remington he has seen without a number). Remington tested a 12ga with 1 1/4 ounce of 8 so the 369 would be a 72+%. Not what I would expect from .024 of choke. In Charles Semmer's Remington book he stated that due to lack of having any hang tags for reference it is unknown what weight and shot size Remington used for pattern testing 10 and 16 gauge guns.