When the Remington Hammerless Double Barrel Shotgun was introduced in the Remington Arms Co. October, 1894 catalog, the list prices of the five grades A to E were $45.00, $60.00, $90.00, $150.00 and $225.00. The AE- to EE-Grades with ejectors were $67.50, $82.50, $112.50, $172.50 and $247.50. Or, $22.50 extra for ejectors. Prices were the same in the November 1895 catalog.
By the April, 1897, Remington Arms Co. catalog, which introduced the option of the Remington Steel and Ordnance Steel barrels, the price of ejectors dropped to $5 and stayed there through the last Remington Arms Co. catalog in 1909 showing the Remington Hammerless Gun. Those $5 ejectors are likely the reason we see such a higher percentage of Remingtons with ejectors.
Not being a fan of them, only one L.C. Smith catalog repro is in my library, and I've always been amused by the pricing of their entry-level No. 00. The basic gun was $25 and with ejectors it was $50. The optional Hunter One Trigger was $25 extra
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