Remington 1894 guns are near the top of American made guns. The fit and finish are outstanding.
The 1900 is not near as well made (fit and finish wise).
The guns researcher pictured are a C grade gun and a F grade trap gun. The F grades all had steel barrels and usually higher comb stocks, often straight grips. There are not many steel barreled guns other than the trap guns.
There are nice light 12ga guns built on scaled 16ga frames out there. You can easily tell by the floorplate (how close the edges come to the frame sides)I will try and post pics of the difference later.
If you dont get a trap gun you will most likely find stocks with a lot of drop. You can learn to shoot low stocks, you just have to get used to mounting the gun a little differently, its definetly worth your time.
Nice 1894s are hard to find but if you can live with damascus the search will be a little easier. Ive bought 90-95% A grade damascus ejector guns in the 500-600 dollar range before but you may have to watch for a year or so to find one. I bought a 80% F grade trap gun in the $800 range and felt like I got a good deal.
Ross
Last edited by reb87; 03/14/07 08:02 AM.
