Just thumbing thru Semmer again, the dished safety slides seem to begin appearing in the high 135xxx range, and there seem to be plenty on C, D, and E quality guns. My Father had a 16-gauge AE-Grade, P136036, that had the dished safety and he never liked it as well as the raised safety on his old 1896 AE-Grade 12-gauge. P136036 was stolen out of his house in Seattle along with two Winchester Model 67 .22s in the early 1980s, in case anyone runs into it.
Semmer shows some early 1900s that have flat ribs and the raised safety.
Looking thru my Remington Arms Co. catalogues, from 1894 thru the 1904-5 catalogues the text always states "flat matted rib." But, up thru 1901 a "hollow rib" is available to order on BE-grade and above. From 1902 thru the 1904-5 the "hollow rib" is only offered to order on C- and above. From 1906 on the text states "concave rib, matted." Anyone have one of these 1894 to 1905 "hollow ribs"? Is a hollow rib the same as a concave rib?
Last edited by Researcher; 05/14/07 07:44 PM.
