The new crow killer - Remington 1900

[Researcher]

Looks like you've pretty much covered what I know!! The only change may be that -- Charles G. Semmer's book Remington Double Shotguns is now available from Cote. As of publication of Volume Twenty-Three, Issue 3, of The Double Gun & Single Shot Journal, Autumn 2012, 248 copies of Remington Double Shotguns remain, $49 plus $10 S&H, 800-447-1658.

Only 16-gauge DEO-Grade to surface so far --

[J.B. Books]

Dave, did the Model 1900 come in a "trap" version?

[Researcher]

Not that I've ever heard of. When this lower priced hammerless double gun was introduced, it was offered as the K-Grade with plain extractors and Remington Steel barrels and the KED-Grade with ejectors and two-stripe Damascus barrels. By the 1903-04 Remington Arms Co. catalogue they added the KD-Grade, plain extractors and Two-stripe Damascus barrels. By the 1906 Remington Arms Co. catalogue they added the KE-Grade, with Remington steel barrels and ejectors. Up to this time the Model 1900s all had flat ribs and plain half-pistol grip stocks that were smooth around the head. In the 1906 catalogue some of the Model 1900s begin to be shown with profiled stock cheeks like the Model 1894s. Those four grades, K-, KE-, KD- and KED-Grade, all with half-pistol grip stocks and slim snap-on/off forearms were the Model 1900 offerings until Remington Arms Co. dumped their double gun business in early 1910.

Remington Arms Co. began to specifically tailor guns for competitve shooters with these Pigeon Gun offerings in their 1902 catalogues --



With 1902 being the last Grand American Handicap at live birds, they changed to this in the 1903-04 and 1904-05 catalogues --



By 1906 they added the lower priced FE Trap Gun and this was the offerings in both 1906 catalogues, the 1907, 1908, 1908-09 and 1909 catalogues --





From a March 1907 magaze ad --

[Mark Brady]

Thanks for all the input folks. From your answers it seems I do have a 1900 Remington trap gun. It's an ejector gun with the straight English style stock and no safety. The serial number puts it into the model 1900 range. I'll have to order Semmer's book now that I own 4 Remington doubles. I started with a Parker Trojan 16 gauge when I was 13 (I still have it) and 53 years later I've somehow accumulated about 60 side by sides. Parkers, Lefevers, Bakers, an L.C. Smith, a Fox, lots of Ithacas of various models and grades, as well as English, Belgian, German and French guns. It truly is an incurable disease.

[Stepmac]

Originally Posted by Mark Brady

Thanks for all the input folks. From your answers it seems I do have a 1900 Remington trap gun. It's an ejector gun with the straight English style stock and no safety. The serial number puts it into the model 1900 range. I'll have to order Semmer's book now that I own 4 Remington doubles. I started with a Parker Trojan 16 gauge when I was 13 (I still have it) and 53 years later I've somehow accumulated about 60 side by sides. Parkers, Lefevers, Bakers, an L.C. Smith, a Fox, lots of Ithacas of various models and grades, as well as English, Belgian, German and French guns. It truly is an incurable disease.

Fantastic! Now you have your work cut out for you. You've got to take out your camera and set up a little photo studio and snap pictures of each and every gun and write a bit about it and forward it here!

You've got a wonderful collection and something to be proud of.

Congratulations!

[Mark Brady]

As soon as business slacks off a bit I'll do that. I fix guns as a small business and this is my busy time of the year.

[ed good]

recently saw the nature channel program:

"the secret life of crows"

felt guilty and sad for the few crows ah killed when i was a young lad, dat new no better...

how olt are u?

[J.B. Books]

Originally Posted by ed good

recently saw the nature channel program:

"the secret life of crows"

felt guilty and sad for the few crows ah killed when i was a young lad, dat new no better...

how olt are u?

Would you have felt any better if had been the secret life of Bob White Quail or Canada Geese or maybe a Walt Disney film like Bambi?

How is your post germaine to qualities of the Remington 1900 and it's use in hunting? Do you believe your post brings value to the forum? Do you think it is a respectful post for a firearm site and a firearm site that occasionally deals with hunting? If you take issue with something I do use the PM feature please and we can discuss it, don't take it public.

[AmarilloMike]

ed you make off topic anti-hunting posts on others' threads and then talk about staying on topic here. Quite a contradiction.

Back to your anti-hunting feelings:

http://parkerguns.org/forums/showthr...ighlight=bleed

Originally Posted by ed good

charlie: may i suggest that you hunt less and shoot more. clay birds do not bleed.

Originally Posted by ed good

recently saw the nature channel program:

"the secret life of crows"

felt guilty and sad for the few crows ah killed when i was a young lad, dat new no better...

how olt are u?

So as an anti-hunting double gun dealer how do you reconcile your guilt over shooting crows in your youth with selling double guns, some of which you know will be used to hunt?

[10 bore]

Originally Posted by ed good

recently saw the nature channel program:

"the secret life of crows"

felt guilty and sad for the few crows ah killed when i was a young lad, dat new no better...

how olt are u?

WOW, this is sad, you don't like killing crows but you sold pete a VH 12 ga few years ago that he killed hundreds of crow with,sooo if you get money for selling crow killing tools thats ok. if you beleive in not killing crows, than why are you selling the tools to do it with? i am 52 "olt" now mybe when i get "older " i will see the light. i hope not i LOVE CROW HUNTING !! yes i do kill them too. killed 826 for 2012 season , next year i will try for a 1000 bird year. scott