The new crow killer - Remington 1900

[J.B. Books]

Thanks for the info Dave. I think it will be a nice gun in the field for me given the fit. Somebody got the idea to cover all the wood and the receiver in lacquer. I am hoping it will clean up with some lacquer thinner. The checkering looks strong underneath it. The ejectors are binding on each other so when a single barrel is fired the empty is poorly ejected. With a little work they will operate just fine too. The gun didn't really see a lot of use but didn't see much care either.

[StubTwist]

Looks like you have there Pete a nice honest Remington in great shape and you can't beat the price either from KTP. What loads are you going to use?

Question for Dave: There are two numbers stamped on the watertable. One is the serial number on one side but what is the # for on the other? Great information on the earlier post by the way.

[J.B. Books]

Originally Posted by Frank Cronin

Looks like you have there Pete a nice honest Remington in great shape and you can't beat the price either from KTP. What loads are you going to use?

Scott and I shot a few trap targets with it and it broke them with authority using 7/8 of 8's. For shooting crows I like 1 1/8 of #6 and about 1145 fps or 1 ounce of #6 at 1200 fps reloads using Green Dot powder.

[Stepmac]

Originally Posted by Pete Lester

Scott and I shot a few trap targets with it and it broke them with authority using 7/8 of 8's. For shooting crows I like 1 1/8 of #6 and about 1145 fps or 1 ounce of #6 at 1200 fps reloads using Green Dot powder.

Are you going to clean up the wood? I don't always do that, but if it is bad enough, I strip the stock and forearm, restain the put on some Murphy's oil.

I don't know if that hurts the value or not, but I don't like really rough wood.

That is a very nice gun. You can see it's Parker heritage.

Oh, as for shooting crows. They are smarter than mere humans. I can never get close enough to pop then with a shotgun. I lay off at 300 to even 400 yds and bang away with a 222.