Both plain and vent rib barrels were available. The Field gun came with mahogany stock and fore-end, and Skeet guns came in American walnut. Later in the year, Remington began offering the Model in. Stocks and fore-ends were made of lightweight mahogany, and either gauge was available with plain or vent rib barrel.
In only nine years of production the Model exceeded that of the venerable Model 11 autoloading shotgun, which was in production for more than 45 years. That historic shotgun is serial numbered LM. Also in January, Remington introduced a reversed, mirror-image, Left-Hand. Remington Model Matched Pairs.
This shotgun was available only in , and was dedicated to the Ducks Unlimited organization. The right side of the receiver was roll-stamped with a simple gold-colored scroll pattern. Centered on the left side of the receiver panel is a multi-colored bronze medallion depicting a canvasback duck, the Ducks Unlimited mallard head logo, flanked by decorative scroll work. At the lower left, stamped in gold-colored script is Remington ModelTM and on the lower right is the serial number preceded by DU.
Six hundred of these guns were sold directly to DU Chapters for fund raising dinners in , and 10, sold conventionally. This gun featured a figured and checkered stock and fore-end, and had a rubber recoil pad. A Monte Carlo style stock was optional. Due to a shortage of American walnut, in mid-year Remington began fitting some Model and Model Field Grade shotguns with lightweight mahogany stocks and forends.
Advertising stated that this gun gives the shooter the All-Events competitive edge. Centered on the left side of the receiver panel is a gold-colored roll-engraved Bicentennial American Eagle and Shield with the dates and and scroll pattern. At the lower left stamped in script is Remington Model and on the lower right is the serial number.
The right side of the receiver has simple scroll roll-markings in gold-color. Approximately 5, Bicentennial Model shotguns were sold. These guns are visually distinguishable from previous 20 gauge models by the contoured ejection port long barrel extension. Formerly, this gun was built on a larger 12 gauge frame.
Concurrently, the Model 20 gauge left-hand version was dropped, and was not available in LT versions. Stocks on all Model LT Field guns now were being made of walnut instead of mahogany. New guns featured select walnut stocks with the new cut-checkering pattern. Remington also introduced Model TA Trap Remington Company Catalog guns with regular grade stocks, as distinguished from Tournament Grade Trap guns , are introduced in both left and righthand versions.
Model TB Trap guns were discontinued in this year. A new scroll stamping on the receiver and cut-checkering patterns on the stock and forend were placed on Model receivers in This year Remington also introduced special Skeet weight-equalizer kits for Model bore, 28 gauge and LT 20 Skeet guns. The weightequalizer kits were intended to give the three smaller gauge Model s nearly identical balance and point-ability of the larger and heavier 12 gauge version.
Trap shooters finally had a dependable, light-recoil autoloader that reduced fatigue and flinching during long gauge tournaments. When the Model ultimately became available in all four competitive skeet bores in , it literally took over the sport.
During the s and '80s, Model s often accounted for sixty to seventy percent of shotguns in use at major skeet shoots. The shotgun was setting records, in both sales and in competition.
By , just nine years after its introduction, the one-millionth Model was produced. Five years later, in , the figure reached two million. In , at the famous Remington Great Eastern Skeet Championships, Patricia Malinosky, the wife of a Remington employee, became the first woman to score straight in registered.
She did it with a Model Interestingly, her husband, Carl, also ran a perfect in the same event and lost the ensuing shootoff to his wife. During the same shoot, in the industry competition, Remington's Jimmy Prall, using four Model s, set a new skeet and world record of a perfect x in four different gauges. Throughout the country, countless other new skeet records were being set with Model s. In the new Remington Model seemed to replace the Model as a gauge autoloader.
That's only partially so. The Model would not have been born without many of the basic Model design features to build on. Over the years, Remington has introduced a continuously expanded variety of Model shotguns. The following list is a brief chronological summary:. Also, the Model Deer Gun in 12 gauge with twenty-two-inch plain barrel housing a ramp front sight and adjustable rifle-type rear sight choked for rifled slugs and buckshot loads was introduced.
This year marked Remington's th Anniversary, and two commemorative versions of the Model Trap and Skeet configurations were produced. A total of 2, were sold in and early For this year the two smallbore skeet guns were available only together as Model Matched Pairs, supplied in a hard carrying case, with matching serial numbers gilded in gold. A total of 5, Matched Pairs were sold in and , with sales of remaining stock in and Remington began offering the Model Field in.
Also in , Remington introduced a gauge Model Deer Gun with a twenty-two-inch Improved Cylinder barrel and rifle sights. They were built on a smaller gauge frame and wore lightweight mahogany stocks. Remington also began marketing. In just nine years of production, the Model exceeded that of the venerable Model 11 autoloading shotgun, which had been in production for more than forty-five years.
Other new additions included a reversed, mirror-image, left-hand version of the Model in and gauge Field and SA Skeet grades. Also new were a gauge only Magnum with three-inch chamber and thirty-inch Full choke baarel and the TB Trap with thirty-inch barrels and regular or Monte Carlo stocks. The right side of the receiver was roll stamped with a simple gold-colored scroll pattern. Centered on the left receiver panel was a multi-colored bronze medallion and the Ducks Unlimited mallard head logo.
On the lower right was the serial number preceded by DU. A quantity of of these guns were sold directly to DU Chapters for fundraising dinners in , and 10, were sold conventionally. These guns are visually distinguishable from previous gauge models by the contoured ejection port and longer barrel extension. Formerly, this gun was built on a larger gauge frame. Concurrently, the Model gauge left-hand version was dropped and was not available in LT versions.
The new gun had a twenty-inch Improved Cylinder barrel with rifle sights. Stocks on all Model LT Field guns now were made of walnut instead of mahogany. The new guns featured select walnut stocks with a new cut-checkered pattern. The is a popular gun used in trap shooting , skeet shooting , and sporting clays ; special versions with high ribs and Monte Carlo stocks are available.
As with other semi-automatic shotguns, a shell catcher can be used to avoid spent shells hitting others on the squad when shooting trap. Modified versions of the are popular in tactical three-gun shooting as well.
Through the years there have been numerous limited editions and Commemorative models, such as the Ducks Unlimited guns. Nighthawk Custom offers a customized version of the Remington for police use, home defense, and competition shooting.
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