Interesting Late Remington Model 1900

[Researcher]

Interesting late Remington has popped up on GI.

https://www.gunsinternational.com/gu...n_id=101856383

A K quality gun with Twist barrels. Guess we'd call it a KT-Grade. When the K quality guns were introduced, Remington offered two versions, the K-Grade with plain extractor and Remington Steel barrels and the KED-Grade with ejectors and two-stripe Damascus barrels. By the 1903-04 Remington catalog they added a KD-Grade with plain extractor and the two-stripe Damascus barrels. By the 1906 Remington catalog they filled out the line with the KE-Grade with ejectors and Remington Steel barrels. Those remained the offerings through the last Remington Arms Co. catalog to offer the Remington Hammerless Doubles, 1909 --

1909 Catalog pg 24.jpg

1909 Catalog pg 25.jpg

Twist barrels were the standard offering on the No. 2 Remington Arms Co. hammer double, but they never catalogued twist barrels on any of their hammerless doubles.

[Bruce P Bruner]

Yes, I saw that one early this morning. It's about as new as a new one and priced fairly I suppose by today's standards. I've owned some similar ones, an 1889 and a 1894, but they just don't have that much appeal to me. I can't really say why either.

[Bill Murphy]

Dave, I think the Twist barrel 1900 has the scent of the Remington research collection. I believe guns are escaping from that collection at a pretty great rate. Not long ago, I found a Model 1882 in absolutely mint condition with no markings at all indicating Remington manufacture, or any other markings at all. Years ago, I found an absolutely mint Model 1889 that appeared to have been in a museum all its life. When we were in Ilion in 1998 with the PGCA Research Committee, Dennis Sanita of Remington mentioned the existence of a computer printout of the Research Collection inventory. Unfortunately, we were too busy to pursue that information. I'm sure that inventory printout still exists, but I don't have any idea how to access it.

[Joe from MO]

That's a very attractive shotgun....

[Researcher]

A right gun at a right price moves. Already "Sale Pending"