The Remington Model 878 "Automaster" was introduced in the 1959 Remington catalog. For 1959 and 1960 only the plain A Grade was offered. In the 1961 and 62 catalogs, higher grades and SA and SC Skeet Guns were offered.
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For 1963 the Model 878 was gone and the Model 1100 was in.