To answer Steve Huffmans question regarding when the first beavertail forend was made I had to consult TPS. Page 145 tells us the term "beavertail" was one Remington used. Parker Brothers always referred to it as a "trap model forend". The first one made was in 1915 (A1S 171598) but it did not appear in their catalogs until 1926. The reinforced forend loop started around 1918.
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