Not to get off thread here but I have a question. If as O. H. Osthaus said, "The book has been wrong.", and it is really a 16 gauge but the book says it is a 12 gauge, what would a factory letter say? Would the factory letter also say the gun is a 12 gauge or does the information come from 2 different sources. I am just curious.

Dennis

the best way to tell is to get a letter.

the letter may well confirm it was originally a 12, or show it was a 16 and the book had a translation error.

i do not know if there are records of guns having been rebarreled by Remington. but I think that can best be determined by the repair codes on the barrel flats.

Remington codes do not indicate what repair was done - only the date.

Your gun's original work order is in the PGCA research files. Go to the Home Page and click on the link of work order numbers to learn what this is all about. Matching a gun up with its original work order is an uncommon event. You can even purchase the original work order card from PGCA. Let us know how your search progresses.