New (to me) Remington B Grade 10 gauge

[6pt-Sika]

That one needs to be amongst my accumulation of 10's

[10 bore]

Originally Posted by Bill Kekatos

My first 10 gauge, a Remington 1894, grade B, 10 gauge SS#117301is finally home.
The barrels are in excellent condition and the bottom of the lug is marked 68 and 34. I now there is number of devoted short 10-gauge shooters in this forum. I would appreciate any information, comments or advise you can offer me for the gun and shooting a short 10-gauge.
Thank you in advance, Bill K

the numbers stamped on lug 68 and 34 are the last 2 numbers of the load it was patterned with. {1 1/4 oz of 8 have 512 pellets so it would be 368 and 334}I think it was a 1 1/4 oz of 8's.?? full and mod?? Pete Lester could tell you for sure he knows the Remington's. Very NICE gun!!! scott

[Marc Retallack]

Very nice BE Bill. I wish mine had the condition yours has.

1906 BE 10ga with 32" Etoile 3 B. P. Damascus barrels

[Researcher]

According to Remington Arms Co. catalogues of the period 1 1/4 ounce of #8 chilled counted 511. So, 334/511 = 65.4% and 368/511 = 72.0%.

I need a 10-gauge Remington Hammerless Double. So far all that have come my way have been 12- and 16-gauges. In that I already have all the grades from K to D, I guess what I really need is an EE-/EEO-Grade 10-gauge. I may have quite a wait!! For casual shooting with old tens a set of Gauge Mates makes life a lot easier.

Congrats on a nice find.

[J.B. Books]

If I recall correctly no hang tags have been found for a 10ga Remington 1894. Although the 12ga Rem's were patterned with 1 1/4 ounce of #8 it is unknown if the 10ga's were patterned with the same load. That is a very high condition '94 and a nice B grade. Pattern it with your favorite loads and see what it does. The Remington's I have measured had long choke tapers, up to 6 inches and they will often shoot very tight patterns.

[Researcher]

As far as I know a hang tag for a Remington Arms Co. 10-gauge double has not come to light. However, the heaviest 10-gauge loads Union Metallic Cartridge Co. offered in 1900, the year the gun in question was probably made, was 3 3/4 drams of bulk smokeless powder pushing 1 1/4 ounces of shot out of their TRAP shell. A few years later UMC sped up the 10-gauge loads a bit with up to 4 1/4 drams of bulk smokeless powder or 34 grains of dense smokeless powder such as Infallible of Ballistite pushing that same 1 1/4 ounce of shot out of their ARROW shell.

[J.B. Books]

Originally Posted by Dave Noreen

As far as I know a hang tag for a Remington Arms Co. 10-gauge double has not come to light. However, the heaviest 10-gauge loads Union Metallic Cartridge Co. offered in 1900, the year the gun in question was probably made, was 3 3/4 drams of bulk smokeless powder pushing 1 1/4 ounces of shot out of their TRAP shell. A few years later UMC sped up the 10-gauge loads a bit with up to 4 1/4 drams of bulk smokeless powder or 34 grains of dense smokeless powder such as Infallible of Ballistite pushing that same 1 1/4 ounce of shot out of their ARROW shell.

I suspect it would have been 1 1/4 ounce for testing in the Remmy 10's, but what shot size? If they used 7.5's instead of 8's the numbers translate to a higher percentage i.e. a tighter choke.

[Richard Flanders]

Gorgeous gun! Can't have been used too much. What a beauty. Clean it up a bit and it will look like a million bucks.