![]() ![]() If the number is three digits, that is the count, if the number is two digits a leading 3 is implied. stamped the actual pellet counts of their test patterns on the rear barrel lug of their Model 1889 hammer doubles and their Model 18 hammerless doubles. ![]() A picture of their salesman’s sample of the various styles of Damascus available is shown on page 275 of Semmer's book. Remington supplied a number of different pattern Damascus barrels on these old doubles. It is invaluable if you are going to shoot, invest, collect or play in the Remington double gun field. It is available from the author 7885 Cyd Drive, Denver, CO 80221, for $60 plus $5 shipping and handling. The Model 1900s had a snap-on/off forearm and their serial numbers were in the 300,000 range, often preceded with a stock letter Q. ![]() The K- and KE-Grades had Remington Steel barrels. The Model 1900s were all K-Grades, with E added to the designation if the gun had ejectors and D if it had Damascus barrels - K-, KE-, KD-, or KED-Grades. Remington Model 1900s are a simplified, cheaper, version of the Model 1894, built on the same patents - No. Parker serial numbers only go up into the 242xxx range. In 1937 they moved the Parker gun works from Meriden, Connecticut, to the Remington factory in Ilion, New York. DuPont bought the Parker Gun works and the right to use the Parker name, not the Parker Bros. Somewhere along the line in the last 107 years it apparently got a Parker butt plate. ![]()
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