I agree about the Remington doubles being under rated. I own two 1900's one is a trap gun (ejectors and no safety), an 1882, and I just picked up an 1889 that looks like it just came out of the factory and is not restored. I bought the 1889 for $450.00 proving you can still get a deal on a good side by side.

I was aware that Remington made a model 1894 straight grip trap gun (F grade) but I was not aware of the Model 1900 version. If you could post some pictures I would love to see it.

i have 2 rem 94's both grade A damascus, one ejector one extractor, both are excellent field guns, one i have is first yr production, the other is 1901 vintage according to charles semners book, they are very under rated guns, i hunt with english and american made guns, i consider the remingtons equals to the english guns,

i too have a remington 1894 its a b grade with factory ordance steel barrels that are 26 inch factory length with ejectors..its just a good shooter but i too would put a remington 94 with the best of shotguns.... charlie

It's not a crow killer but it's a nice M1900 16ga. w/ejectors, 28" nice original finish. She's choked M/F so I don't know what she can kill but it will be fun trying. Really nice quality for a modest price.

I am sure you will enjoy it Daryl, have fun.

Here is an interesting article on the Remington Doubles.

http://www.bigfivehq.com/wolves3.htm

I have an 1889 Rem damascus hammer gun with tight chokes that is great long range killer. Very nicely made also. I like it a lot. It was quite the cleanup job when I got it. There's a series of pics in an old post of mine. I've had no mechanical issues with it at all except that one hammer screw keeps backing out. I have to make a custom punch that will allow me to peen the square shaft back out to get the hammer to fit tighter to remedy that.

How about you wrap the screw with a little plumber's tape? Might work. I have shimmed loose hammers to tighten them up. Works okay.

Mr. Books

My Remington trap gun may be a 1894, I've always had a hard time telling the difference between them. My camera is down right now, but I'll list the info on the water table and barrels, maybe you or someone could help me figure this out.Serial #331632 on all parts, Water table is also marked 177, 8, a double stamped patent date of Oct 30 1894. The lug is stamped at the front with 10 over 83 over P7. The rear of the lug is stamped with a 7 and 323, 321 which I assume is shot size and pellet count. Each barrel is marked with three diagonal lines over K, over A. Any help with this would be appreciated, thanks in advance.

A serial number in the 300,000 range would make it a model 1900, model 1894's had serial numbers in the 100,000 range. The biggest difference between the two models is the '94 has a Purdey style forend latch and the 1900 uses a Baker style snap on latch similiar to the Trojan. Dave Noreen knows quite a bit about Remington doubles hopefully he will come along soon and give some more insight.

Some information Dave posted awhile ago on the Remington forums:

http://www.remingtonsociety.com/foru...php?f=7&t=2491