1894 DEO
 

Phil,

Glad to see this fine old gun in committed hands to bring her back.

I spoke with Mr. Semmer on many occasions and the last correspondence that I had from him shortly before his passing was that he had catalogued 44 E Grades and 41 D Grades.

I am sure that you have someone in mind to undertake your stock work, however, you might do a search on the 1894 Remington Pigeon Gun that the American Custom Gunmaker's Guild commissioned a few years ago. The stock although a straight grip has the Arrow Points and cheek checkering of the classic D Grade. The Stockwork was crafted by a friend Doug Mann of St, Anne, IL.

Good Luck and keep us posted.

Will

Phil,

I only know of one article and that is on the Remington 16 gauge EEO that I own which is the only Ordnance barreled E grade 16 gauge that I have ever seen, I believe it is one of a kind. Engraved by the best, in my opinion, Joseph Loy.

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Bill

I've got two EEO-Grade 16-gauges on my list -- your 112429 from The Double Gun Journal, Volume Thirteen, Issue 3, page 59 - 63; and 110475 which was in the Bonham's June 2003 auction and pictured of pages 190 & 191 of Charles' book. They both have the "spearhead" drop points.

I wonder how many of the D Grades had ejectors, I am thinking most. Also how may had the Ordnance steel barrels?

I have not recorded a D or E quality gun without ejectors, and only two C qualities. I've found the D & E quality Remingtons pretty evenly divided between Ordnance and Damascus barrels.

Just a little update on this project. Last year Chris Dawe came down to Tucson for some quail hunting and while here started the stocking of my Remington. The wood then went back with him. This month I went for a visit to Newfoundland and Chris completed the project thanks to calling in some special favors so I could shoot it while there.
I have a few pictures and was able to hunt with it and shoot a Ptarmigan as well as a snipe with it before Chris put the finishing touches to it. I will post more pictures when it returns which I hope will be in the next month or so. I will also post my experience with the export process, the company I used and cost.
Chris is a true artist which is reflected in his dedication to details and professionalism.
Since each of these guns were customized to the customers request and since the gun had replacement wood when I purchaed it.
Chris worked with me to not only stock the gun to my dimensions with a fair amount of cast on but to lay out a checkering pattern using some references from Charles Semmers book.

More and better pictures to follow when it returns.