There were some differences in the lines. Remington never offered one of their Remington Hammerless Doubles with Twist barrels. From the lowest grade they started with two-stripe Damascus barrels. Remington also didn't go in for the variety of fanciful names for their steel barrels. Remington only made some 41194 of their "graded guns" A- to EEO-Grade (aka Model 1894) but they made 98508 of their K-quality guns (aka Model 1900), their Trojan equivalent, and it was offered with ejectors and a choice of barrel material. In the first three years of production the Remington ejector guns were much more expensive, $22.50 extra. By 1897 Remington must have devised the right jigs and fixtures to drop the price of ejectors to $5 extra. 1897 was a pivotal year, by the April catalog Remington introduced their steel barrels and by the October catalog they added the 16-gauge to the previously offered 10- and 12-gauges.
When Parker Bros. introduced their hammerless double, the lowest grade it was offered in was Grade 2, the $80 Quality GH or $85 Quality EH in 10-gauge. Remington didn't charge extra for a 10-gauge in their lower grades as the Brothers P did.
In their 17 years of hammerless double gun production Remington Arms Co. produced 139702 hammerless doubles and during that time they also produced 105382 hammer doubles, or more guns than Parker produced from 1866 to 1942.
The gun in the middle picture above is an EEO-Grade, not mine sad to say.
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