Robert,

It is all purely conjecture. I don't have any Remington Arms Co. board notes to prove anything! However, as early as 1905-06 Remington Arms Co. was publishing separate catalogues that just covered their autoloaders and/or repeaters, while I've neaver seen or heard of a separate catalogue just for the doubles! On February 3, 1910, M. Hartley Company, the owner of both Remington Arms Co. and UMC sold out their entire stock of break action guns on hand and in process to Norvell-Shapleigh Hardware Co. of StLouis, Missouri. The 1910 Remington Arms Co. catalogue doesn't show any doubles.