Remington 1894 FE on the course

[Researcher]

Sweet!! I'm very fond of my FE-Grade Trap even thought it has an after market beavertail. The story I got from Jerry Smith when I bought it was it had been the gun of an old Pennsylvania live bird shooter for whatever that is worth.

133596 01 FE-Grade Trap.JPG

The grip on my gun is quite thick, as is the comb, but everything about the stock looks 100% Remington.

133596 05.JPG

Overall heavier stock than my other Remington Hammerless Doubles.

From the 1909 Remington Arms Co. catalog --

1909 Catalog pg 18 Trap Guns pictures.jpg

1909 Catalog pg 19 Trap Guns text.jpg

I first start seeing the FE Trap Guns in the 1329xx range and quite a few in the 133xxx & 134xxx range then another bunch in the 138xxx & 139xxx range. The "Grade F.E. for Trap Shooting" first appears in the 1905-06 Remington Arms Co. catalog.

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Dave Noreen

I first start seeing the FE Trap Guns in the 1329xx range and quite a few in the 133xxx & 134xxx range then another bunch in the 138xxx & 139xxx range. The "Grade F.E. for Trap Shooting" first appears in the 1905-06 Remington Arms Co. catalog.

My Remington friend claims they made a gun similar to the FE called a pigeon gun before they coined the F Trap term . He also claimed they changed from Pigeon to F Trap because even in the very early 1900’s the animal rights folks were getting started . This gun he just got has no safety and had 32” fluid steel barrels .

[Researcher]

In the first 1902 Remington Arms Co. catalog they listed straight grip CEO-, DEO- and EEO-Grade 12-gauges as Pigeon Guns, except they list CE-, DE- and EE-grades.

Pigeon Gun, 1902 Remington Arms Co. catalog.jpg

By the second 1902 Remington Arms Co. catalog they cleaned up the listing --

1902 Pigeon Gun 2nd 1902 catalog.jpeg

By the 1903-04 Remington Arms Co. catalog the same guns are Trap Guns --

Trap Gun, 1903-04 Remington Arms Co. catalog.jpg

Same in the 1904-05 catalog. By the 1905-06 catalog the we have that listing --

1905-06 Trap Gun page 11.jpg

and the new lower priced gun --

1905-06 Trap Gun page 19.jpg

For 1906 Remington was on a Trap Gun roll with their man William Heer posting the high average for the year --

The Gun Behind the Man, The American Field, Mar. 2, 1907.jpg

Also in 1905 Remington Arms Co. introduced another Trap Gun --

1905 Trap Gun.jpeg

which will win the GAH in both 1907 and 1908.