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Local dealer has a nice M1900 12 ga. 28" M&T-Damascus barrels- no damage, they ring whenh hung= good dims, why are the 1894 Remingtons listed in the Blue Book as being worth somewhat more, conditions being equal. I believe this is a K--dt, ext. nice older gun..RWTF

The 1900 was a simplified version of the 1894 with a snap on for-end. Most I have seen were A and B grades.

Thanks- all I know about them is that the Edmund Osthaus shot quail with Remington double guns, just as Odgen Pleissner shot a Francotte..RWTF

Think Fox A grade and Fox Sterlingworth.

Ive had all four. The Remington's and the Foxes. Remington build quality is right up there with Parker. And it's a A&D boxlock design. Fox is an entirely different design and the build quality isn't quite as good.

42,000 Graded Remington 1894 made. Roughly 90,000 1900 made.

The reason you see mostly A and B grades is VERY Small numbers of the higher grades made. No hard records but the known E and D grades are both less than 100 including all gauges produced (10, 12 and 16). E grades number around 50 now and when I bought my first Remington, there were only about 33 known E grades.

I don't know the C grade numbers off the top of my head but it will be small as well.

The 1894 had some of the nicest case colors of any American made double. I had a BE grade with some of the nicest colors on any gun I ever owned. The blues were so subtle but vibrant at the same time. Hard to describe. Kind off like oil and water colors mixed in the same painting. I am not a big fan of the stock cracking but it is an easy repair if caught soon enough. The 1900's I have seen have mostly been driven hard and put up wet. Different group of owners and they mostly seemed to have been used much harder. Quality they were a lesser well made gun but still a very solid gun. Price point is a fair description.

The same dealer also had a Fox 12 A grade, with Krupp steel barrels, 28" DT, Ext. in the same good condition, which I bought--I thought I read that between the Fox (Phila mfg.) and the 18 pc. actioned Parkers, the Fox guns were somewhat simpler, and although they did not have rebounding hammers, their cocking system was fairly simple, and not as complicated as the 18 pc. Parker design. RWTF

Just wondering, if I buy this 12 Rem 1900 with 28" Damascus barrels, where can I buy factory black powder shot shells so that I can shoot it. Nice gun, well balanced, well cared for, the way all good guns should be..RWTF

From the introduction of the Remington Hammerless Double in the October 1894 Remington Arms Co. catalog They stated all their guns were suitable for nitro powders.



While no one can tell you over the internet what ammunition may or may not be safe in a given gun, the heaviest smokeless powder 12-gauge loads our North American ammunition manufacturers offered during the time the Remington Hammerless Doubles were being built were actually a bit higher pressure than today's SAAMI specs.

Fox locks are indeed very simple, which points towards the reason they so seldom are seen in gunsmith shops for repair. They contain only three moving parts per lock.

My only Remington double is a 1889 hammergun, and is exceptionally well made for the grade. Metal parts are excellently finished off, showing no tooling or file marks at all.