I agree with the post quoted from Terry (Ithaca16) that this gun has always been an extractor gun. That is just the way Remington did it, using the same forearm iron for both extractor and ejector guns.
By a few years into the production of the Remington Hammerless Double Barrel Shotgun, the extra cost for ejectors was down to $5. When the guns were introduced in the October 1894 Remington Arms Co. catalogue, ejectors were $22.50 extra, and were still that in the November 1895 catalogue. I don't have a catalogue for 1896, but by the April 1897, Remington Arms Co. catalogue, that introduces Ordnance Steel and Remington Steel barrels, the price of ejectors is dropped to $5. The catalogue in the fall of 1897 adds the 16-gauge guns to the offerings. From beginning to end, the Remington Arms Co. catalogues state that the B-/BE-Grade came with "Fine three-stripe Damascus barrels". But, here we have B-/BE-Grades with "Etoile 3 B.P." and "Boston 2 S.J.", while my BE-Grade 12-gauge of 1895-vintage has "Chain J." barrels --
