Is this a repair code ?
 

This gun is advertised as a GH 20 but the Serial # 115581 shows to be a 1902 GH 16 Ga with 26" barrels in the serialization book but the gun actually has 28" 20 Ga Vulcan Steel barrels on it and has the correct serial number matching the rest of the gun.

Is the number stamped on the bottom of the left barrel flat possibly a repair code that would possibly explain how this gun ended up with 20 Ga barrels ?

I had an interest in it and would appreciate any information you might have to offer.

Thanks

Not sure about the stamps in the last photo as it is too hard to see what it is.
But I can tell you that the serial number on the side of the lug is not original.

In the third picture that is not a Remington repair or service code.

If it were it would be two upper case letters designating the month and year, followed by a 3





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The best I can see it is a three-digit number 179. Certainly not a Remington era repair code. I have an 1889 vintage, heavy, Damascus barrel, 2-frame, 12-gauge, GH-Grade that was fitted with a second set of Vulcan Steel barrels in 3-inch 20-gauge, probably some time in the 1918 to 1926 time frame. My barrels have a 153 in that location on the left barrel flat.

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I was hoping that maybe the 20 ga barrels were added at the factory but from Brian's comment about the serial number not being factory original I guess that's not the case.

Thanks for the feedback before I made the 7 hour road trip .... The search continues

What does the top rib say?





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I haven't personally seen it but he said it says Vulcan Steel

IMHO the condition of the barrel flats and the action flats appear as though from guns of separate life histories.

Have you seen pictures of the gun assembled? The wood? The checkering? A research letter?

Depending on those things and the asking price, it might be a perfectly good shooter.





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Dean, It's been on GI for a long time with a short LOP and repair on the butt stock.

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