I agree, it seems logical that 16 bore Remington 1894 and 1900 guns would have been targeted using 1-ounce loads of # 8c shot by count in the 40 yard/30" circle.
Then we look at the Remington 1900 barrels pictured on page 51 of the DGJ, Volume 28/Issue 2. Note the pellet count of 228 for the right barrel and accompanying comment by the respected Remington double-gun author, Terry Deem, that 228 indicates an original "Improved Cylinder" aka 1/4 choke. He also states that a pellet count of 268 would be correct for "Modified" choke.
But we remember that IC is defined as 45% efficiency in the 30" circle at 40 yards. Now then, if 1-ounce loads had been used for targeting ..... 228/409 = 55.7% or almost Improved-Modified (3/4 choke).
Mr Deen ciphered using 460 pellets in 1-1/8 of # 8c shot to ID that 228 right barrel choke but that still doesn't work out. 228/460 = 49.6% or actually about "Modified" or what was called 1/2 choke.
All this math is confusing. To further our knowledge of these great Remington double-guns it would be nice if 16-gauge 1894/1900 owners would post the pellet counts AND the actual constrictions for each choke. That in turn would allow us to correlate and with a large enough sample size, to work backwards to the pellet size and maybe even that a different distance was used when these 16 bore guns were targeted and stamped for pellet count.
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