Remington Steel Barrels

[Bill Anderson]

The first fluid steel barrels appeared on the Remington model 1894 in August, 1896 as special blued steel barrels, 1897 catalog lists them as Remington steel barrels.

Bill

[Researcher]

When introduced in the October 1894 Remington Arms Co. catalog, the Remington Hammerless Double Barrel Shotgun was offered in 10- and 12-gauge in five grades with various styles of Damascus barrels. Both "Remington Steel" and "Ordnance Steel" barrels were first offered in the April 1897 Remington Arms Co. catalog. Remington Steel was only offered on the A-quality guns and at the same price as the two-stripe Damascus barrels. Ordnance Steel was offered on all five qualities. Ordnance Steel was the same price as the Damascus barrels on C-quality and above. They were $5 extra on A- and B-quality extractor guns, and $10 extra on A- and B-quality ejector guns. The 16-gauge was added to the offerings in the October 1897 Remington Arms Co. catalog.

Right near the end of Remington double gun production a few were made with Krupp Fluid Steel barrels, but such barrels were never cataloged.

When Remington Arms Co. introduced their John M. Browning designed Remington Autoloading Shotgun in 1905 and their John D. Pedersen designed Remington Repeating Shotgun in 1908, they came standard with a Remington Steel barrel. For several years an Ordnance Steel barrel was an extra cost option for those shotguns.