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funny how a little elbow grease makes a gun look better... charlie
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I have a pretty nice 12ga Remington mod 1887 twist bbl hammer gun that is choked tight and breaks clays wayyy out there. I've had no issues with it other than one hammer screw keeps backing out. I have to make a special little punch to get in there and make the square end of the shaft fit the square hole in the hammer a bit tighter. It's a well made gun as far as I can tell. Vintage is 1895.
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I think you're right. Mine was made in 1895 if I remember correctly. I'm not home to check that. It was quite the rusty mess inside when I got it but cleaned up rather nicely. I posted a set of pictures on the forum of the cleaning operation and of the repair I did on one of the main springs.
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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. |
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Crow season is pretty much over, the birds have moved through and the 2nd half of waterfowl season is now open. The Remington knockabout did turn out to be a real good crow killer as I took 372 of them with 592 shots on the days when it got it's turn to go in the field. Remington made some nice functional double guns.
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