In 1888, Remington Arms Co. was purchased by Marcus Hartley and Partners which owned the Union Metallic Cartridge Co. U.M.C. heavily promoted its ammunition to Live Bird and Inanimate Target shooters and had an impressive number of G.A.H. wins: 1893 - R. A. Welch, 1894 - T. W. Morfey, 1895 – J. G. Messner, 1897 - T.A. Marshall, 1898. E.D. Fulford, 1899 - T.A. Marshall, 1900 - H.D. Bates, 1900 at Targets - R.O. Heikes, 1903 - M. Diefenderfer, 1904 - R.D. Guptill,
Col. A.G. Courtney represented Lefever for 12 years before joining Hartley & Graham as a Remington Rep in 1897
http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1897/VOL_29_NO_06/SL2906026.pdfIn 1899, Harvey McMurchy (Hunter Arms) likely traveled through the West with both Col. Courtney and S.A. Tucker (Parker)
http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1899/VOL_32_NO_25/SL3225014.pdfHarvey McMurchy and Col. A.G. Courtney, two popular gun salesmen, attended a holiday shoot at Kansas City Feb. 22. In a live-bird sweep each killed 14 out of 15. Both did well in the target events.
http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1899/VOL_33_NO_01/SL3301014.pdfH. McMurchy, of the Hunter Arms Co., and S.A. Tucker, of Parker Bros., are now in San Francisco working the trade in the interests of their respective firms. They took part in the club shoot of the Olympic Gun Club on March 12; McMurchy killing 12 straight and Tucker 10 out of 12. In a six-bird sweep McMurchy again made a clean score.
For more information see “Trapshooting Trade”
https://docs.google.com/a/damascusknowle...OqRamm0/preview The Remington Hammerless Shotgun (Model of 1894) was introduced the same year as the Parker AAH Pigeon Gun, a year after the L.C. Smith Pigeon Gun.
An extensive discussion of Remington 1894 Hammerless can be found
http://www.doublegunshop.com/forums/ubbt...d0ddaf743c433a0 (All catalog images courtesy of David Noreen)In
1902 the Remington Arms catalog listed the "Pigeon Gun" in C.E., D.E. & E.E.
Price comparisons from the 1902 Pacific Hardware & Steel Co., San Francisco, CA catalog
................Parker..................L.C. Smith..............Remington
$70..............VH.........................No. 0E ($60)...........BO ($75)
$80..............GH.........................No. 2...................BEO
$100.............DH.........................No. 3...................CE ($95)
$150.............CH.........................No. 4...................D
$200.............BH.........................No. 5...................E ($225)
(AE on Smith guns add $15)
1903-1905 "Trap Gun" in C.E.O., D.E.O. & E.E.O.
1906 “Hammerless Trap Gun” in C.E.O. & F.E.
The first GAH win for a Remington Hammerless was in the hands of E.D. Fulford in 1898
http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1898/VOL_31_NO_02/SL3102017.pdf http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1898/VOL_31_NO_02/SL3102019.pdfGuns used: Parker- 56, Smith- 42, Greener- 20, Francotte- 17,
Remington- 11, Cashmore- 9, Lefever- 8, Scott- 8, Daly- 6, Winchester- 5, Colt- 4, Purdey- 2, Richards- 2, Churchill, Baker, Hollenbeck, Forehand and Stannard- 1 each.
1899 Grand American Handicap at Live Birds
http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1899/VOL_33_NO_05/SL3305013.pdfhttp://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1899/VOL_33_NO_05/SL3305014.pdfhttp://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1899/VOL_33_NO_05/SL3305016.pdfGuns used: Parker- 78, Smith- 56, Greener- 31, Francotte- 24, Winchester- 12,
Remington- 11, Cashmore- 10, Lefever- 6, Purdey- 5, Scott- 6, Colt- 4, Daly- 3, Stannard- 3, Boss- 2, Richards- 2, Baker- 2, Forehand, Syracuse, Clabrough, Renette, Abbey, Spencer & Webley- 1 each.
Remington Shooters: R.O. Heikes, Col. A.G. Courtney, Frank Parmelee, B. Le Roy (Remington, DuPont and U.M.C.) E.D. Fulford, George Roll, Captain J. A. H. Dressel (U.M.C. and president of the Interstate Association)
In 1899, Rolla Heikes used his Remington Hammerless to defeat E.D. Fulford for the “E.C.” Cup in January and won the Sportsmen’s Association Championship Trophy in the trapshooting tournament held on the roof of the Madison Square Garden in March.
http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1899/VOL_33_NO_05/SL3305015.pdf 
He used a Parker at the 1900 GAH at Live Birds, then went back to his Remington to win the first Grand American at Clay Targets held at Interstate Park in New York City June 12-15, 1900.
http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1900/VOL_35_NO_14/SL3514013.pdfGuns used: Parker- 27, Smith- 13,
Remington- 7, Winchester- 9, Greener- 4, Lefever- 3, Scott, Purdey, Marlin- 2 each, Young Repeater, Cashmore, Baker, Richards, Daly, Francotte- 1 each.
Heikes was part of the victorious American team in the June 1901 Anglo-American Clay Bird Match using a Parker. He started 1902 shooting a new Remington single trigger hammerless. In 1905 he began shooting a Remington Autoloading Shotgun (later the Model 11) was first cataloged in 1906.
W.H. Heer used a Remington C.E.O. hammerless but switched to a Remington Pump prior to the 1912 GAH.
The 1904 Touring U.M.C. Squad included R.O. Heikes, C.W. Budd, J.L. Head. T.E Hubby, W.H. Heer, J.T. Anthony, F.C. Riehl and E.D. Fulford. T.A. Marshall, Captain, was assisted by Frank Butler and they shot in 65 Southern Cities.
The first five, all using Remington CEO hammerless shotguns, broke the five-man squad world's record by a score of 488X500 at Palestine, Texas.
http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1904/VOL_42_NO_23/SL4223018.pdfhttp://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1904/VOL_42_NO_25/SL4225019.pdf
U.M.C. and Remington Companies Trade Representatives at the 1907 GAH
http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1907/VOL_49_NO_16/SL4916031.pdfA.C. Barrell, Rolla Heikes, F.C. Riehl, J.L.D. Morrison, C.B. Adams, George Maxwell. H.H. Stevens, Marshall Sharpe, Frank Butler, W.H. Heer, Colonel Anthony, Tom Marshall, H.J. Jackson and J.A. Anderson.
Remington abandoned the double gun market in February 1910 when the company’s entire inventory of breech loading shotguns was sold to Norvell-Shapleigh Hardware Co. (St. Louis), successor to Shapleigh Hardware. The Company continued to promote its ammunition, Remington Pump Shotgun, and Remington Autoloading Shotgun which was used by Jeff Blanks to win the 1907 GAH and Fred Harlow the 1908 GAH.
In 1912 a Remington Pump was used by W.E. Phillips to win the GAH and Jay Graham to take Gold at the 1912 Olympic games. That year Remington and U.M.C. were combined into a single entity, called Remington UMC.
