doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion DoubleGun BBS @ doublegunshop.com Dating a pre-1921 Remington?

Well....maybe. The gun's wear overall is consistent, and it appears to have been well cared for. It needs a good cleaning to get the action to smooth out, but the barrel is clean and pit free. I can't see where it's ever been fully disassembled (no wrecked or out of place screw heads). I'm planning on a good tear-down and cleaning in the next few days and I'll look for that serial number. You're right about needing to drop the hammer to get the gun reassembled. It caused some concern at the shop where I bought it after I had dissembled it. This is the first one of these I've seen that wasn't pretty used up. Even in good shape, they don't bring very much. I've paid more for dinner and drinks.

Mine has this marking: "Remington Arms - Union Metallic Cartridge Co." so apparently it's from 1911 into 1916. I know it's pre-1918 because years ago I found my grandfather's 1918 Minnesota hunting license under the buttplate. (My dad was born a week after the date on the license.)

This gun has matching serial numbers (144614) on the underside of the barrel and the frame, near their joint. As the picture also shows, it has the letter "U" above the serial number on the frame. Anyone know what that indicates?

I've read that these guns with full chokes have been popular for turkey shoot competition. Never could understand the safety inside the trigger guard, couldn't tell you how many times my dad failed to get it off when wearing gloves.

Jay

What a neat artifact from your granddad and what beautiful cursive writing! Not something you see much anymore. I have read that most of these guns have the "U" in the serial number, this one doesn't. I have also read about the "turkey shoot" popularity of these guns (must be a mighty tight choke!). Because of the trigger guard safety, it's unlikely that I'll use it much. Seems to be begging for an accident with that set-up. The Model 29s used a more conventional location.

This one has the U only on the frame above the serial number, not with the matching number on the barrel.

I wouldn't normally go out of my way to drag one of these home, but this one was in a shop not 5-miles from my front door, surrounded by black plastic and tactical stuff. A simple cash transaction w/no transport or security issues. I couldn't help myself. Is there a support group for such afflictions?

Plain gun, but looks to have been well cared for (or, at least benign neglect in a dry climate).

The U was a model code used by Remington.

The 1894 was P, the 1900 was Q, the Autoloading Shotgun was V, and the Repeating Shotgun was U.

Will

Fowlgunner: This is the very first time I've heard that explanation, thank you!

Yea, there's a support group for when you take the action apart - it's called a mental intuition when you try to put it back together. You have to hold your head just so, twist your jaw,and use lots of swear words. Same with dropping the hammer when the barrel is removed - had trouble with that also. Mine is for sale over at Bachelders if anyone is interested. The Remington web site for post 1899 shotguns has a full break down for the 10 - if you do a search.

It took a while, but I figured it out way back when I was 16 years old. Here are two videos of M-10 takedown and assembly.

Jay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32k6K36vvtc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep5BEsIVU4s