Pete, " bottom feeding " - it's not a term I'd use when describing buying a Remington 1894. As you noted latter you do like the Remington 94's. So do I, as I have a A, B, C, and F grade 94's. JB, as for 10ga guns, I have a Rem 1882, and a Parker lifter. I shoot Promo which is the same as Red Dot so I'll now give it a try in the 10 thanks to what you posted. I was shooting 700X. As you posted, it only makes sense that what can be used in a 12 can be loaded in a 10. Charlie, must be just your gun, because I've never noticed a problem with how tight the trigger screws are on my guns. Has anyone ever noticed how deep the chokes are on a Remington ? I have a short - 5" - adj inside mic and a cheap 18" long mic from Brownells. On the 10ga Rem I can't measure the choke because the short one won't go deep enough, and the long one isn't big enough - it only goes to .775. With the Parker 10 - it's over bored to .800 - so my long mic is useless in that also. Anyways, I have a couple of 10's that measure at least .030 choke - and more - just not sure how much more.

boy that was a good price for such a quality gun..50 dollars want buy much of a gun now... i love those chokes... charlie

Well given the price was below a solid Trojan 12ga it felt like I was in shallow water :). I do like the Remington double guns, I think they are are the most overlooked and some of the best buys out there when it comes to classic doubles. This is my second Remington 1894 10ga, the other is a high condition B grade. The B grade has large bores too and .045 and .048 a choke with a 5 inch taper. I am guessing long taper and a lot of constriction is the norm for Remington doubles.

I did get an estimate on getting the forend fixed, gouges filled and rechecked. I think I will have it done and have the gun ready for the field come this fall.

I would like to find a straight grip F grade some day. They look like a very nice trap gun to shoot.

Promo is a good powder, a little dirtier than Red Dot and you have weigh what you are going to throw from one jug to the next, but the good price on it is worth the little inconvenience to me.

Paul and all,

I have a dozen and a half Parker 10's in both Damascus and fluid steel and none measure more than .035" choke constriction with most being between .029" and .032". I do have a couple of LC Smith's with both barrels measuring .050"! That sounds good but I get a lot more dead geese even at 60 to 70 yards with chokes at .030".

Mark

mark what kind of shot are you useing... and your rite these old guns with proper loads will bring geese and large ducks down at long ranges...my dad use to kill duck at unreal ranges with a old spanish 10 ga double 3 1/2 inch gun...these guns should be called light 8 gauges... i will never tire of hearing about these great old guns and the stories they have made... charlie

Charlie,

I load Nice Shot #2 and BB for geese. I can only imagine what lead #2 of BB would do...

Mark

I put the big Remington on paper for a couple of patterning shots today. My load was a Federal hull cut to 2 7/8", Fiocchi 616 (209 type) primer, 22 grains of Green Dot, SP10 wad, 3/8" fiber filler wad, 1 1/8 ounce of Eagle brand magnum #6. I got an actual hand pellet count of 253 pellets. I was very pleased with the results.

First shot was from right barrel with .046 choke. I shot a little high but achieved 236 pellets in a 30" circle at 40 yards circle for 93.28%.

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Second shot was from left barrel with .045 choke. I pretty much centered the target and it put 234 pellets in a 30" circle at 40 yards for 92.49%.

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man oh man what a fine pattern this old gun is throwing..pete s gonna have to let them crows get away out yonder...man i m gona have to try to rent this thing to kill that old big gobbler with..ha pete im proud the old remy shoots and patterns so good for you that last shot sure has a tight pattern as ive seen one thing for sure a crow coulda said his last goodbye...whata gun.... charlie

I just got my forend for this gun back from gunsmith Keith Kearcher in Bend Oregon. What a difference in the before and after, to me it's a miracle in wood.

BEFORE
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AFTER
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Pete,

That was quite a transformation! That forend looks great.

Jack