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jcbrown23602
Mark christian has told me some info on a gun i am getting. It is a remington pump action shotgun with about a 30" barrel, it loads and ejects from the bottom. It is built just like a winchester model 12 shotgun. This gun is a 12 gauge. I would like to know if this gun is a good shooting gun. I dont have it yet! do any of you have any experience with this guN?

Dustin K. Griffin
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  • jcbrown23602
    i have a remington 12 ga. serial# 87781. built under brownings patents oct 8 1900, dec 17 1901, sept 30 1902, june 16 1903. can you tell me when it was made & where or who it was sold to?
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  • Hawk Carse
    That is a Remington Model 1893 single barrel shotgun, as made 1893-1903. They made them in about all gauges so you would need to check to see if it were 10, 12, or 16.
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  • steve45
    If you decide to shoot it make sure the chamber is 3 inches long so that it will shoot 23/4 inch shells.(need space for the case crimp)
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  • Hawk Carse
    Uh, no.
    The nominal length of a shotgun shell, 2 3/4" US standard, is the fired length with the crimp unfolded. So the chamber does not need to be 3" long to shoot 2 3/4" shells.
    The forcing cone makes it difficult to get an exact measurement, it would take a lot of care or a real shotgun chamber gauge to register the difference between a 2 9/16" and a 2 3/4" chamber.
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  • steve45
    Hawk Carse is correct. I guess my warning should be that there is a chance that older shotguns may be chambered for shells shorter than todays standard 2 3/4 inch and that you may get into a dangerous situation shooting 2 3/4 inch shells in a shorter chamber. quote:Originally posted by Hawk Carse
    Uh, no.
    The nominal length of a shotgun shell, 2 3/4" US standard, is the fired length with the crimp unfolded. So the chamber does not need to be 3" long to shoot 2 3/4" shells.
    The forcing cone makes it difficult to get an exact measurement, it would take a lot of care or a real shotgun chamber gauge to register the difference between a 2 9/16" and a 2 3/4" chamber.
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  • Ned Fall
    It's a Remington Model 3 or a Remington Model depending on whether is extracts a fired shell or ejects it. If it extracts only, it's a Model 3 and if it ejects it's a Model 9. Hammerless in either case, the lever on the left side is a cocking lever.
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  • Hawk Carse
    Flayderman says the button foreend latch is characteristic of the 1893/Model 3. A Model 9 has the more usual cheap gun snap latch.
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