Looks like a great Crow gun. A 1907 vintage gun according to the serial number chronology in Charles Semmer's book Remington Double Shotguns.
I've never see one stamped MOD on the barrel lug like that. Usually there was the pellet count for each barrel's test pattern on the lug. Remington Arms Co. stamped the actual pellet counts of their test patterns on the rear barrel lug of their Model 1889 hammer doubles and their Model 1894 and 1900 hammerless doubles. If the number is three digits, that is the count, if the number is two digits a leading 3 is implied. From surviving hang-tags we know the standard load they used to target 12-gauge guns was 1 1/4 ounces of #8 going 511 pellets to the load. My 12-gauge KE-Grade Model 1900 is stamped 33 on the left and 24 on the right. That would be 333/511 = 65% left and 324/511 = 64% right, or about improved modified in both barrels. The chokes measure .027" in both barrels of that gun. Looks like your gun is 369 for the left barrel 369/511 = 72% or full choke, and MOD for the right.
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