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cbass

For birds, Remington 1100. I don't know if it qualifies as a classic but they sure do shoot sweet.

RIKA

For classic, the Browning Auto-5 followed by the Remington 1100 20ga and the Remington 870 12ga. Why? Cuz thats what I have and think they are just fine.

Gunners762

1963 was the inaugural year for the gas-operated Remington 1100. Unlike the very slow start of the eventually wildly successful 870 pump action (1950), the Remington 1100 came out at what seems to have been the right time. Shotgun aficionados initially scoffed at the stamped-part "tin-can" 870 vs. its handcrafted predecessor, the "ball-bearing" Model 31.

There was no such outcry directed at the Model 1100. Its streamlined receiver and recoil-reducing gas operated action found immediate acceptance with North American shooters. Remington got it right the first time with the Model 1100. Note the long parade of Beretta, Browning, and Winchester autoloading shotgun models that have come and gone during the Model 1100's long reign.

By 1983 over 3,000,000 Model 1100's had been produced, http://www.chuckhawks.com/look_remington_1100.htm

cbass

I bought an 1100 Field Grade 16 gauge w/26" bbl Wed. night. I'd been wanting one for a year or so when a friend took me to shoot a round of sporting clays Wednesday. I came home to look online at the gun I'd been wanting to buy and it wasn't on Remington's site anymore. They've dropped it, so I searched and bought one NIB for a pretty good price on gunsamerica. Can't wait to shoot it. Great timing, I'd hated myself if I'd missed the opportunity.

T. Daves

I've never owned one, but have hunted with one, and for nostalgic purposes I picked the winchester 1897.

cbass

Ithaca Model 37 Featherweight. My stepfather had two 20's and two 12's. He made me learn on the twenty when my testosterone was wanting to shoot one of the 12's. A truly great gun. One of the twenty's is his only, he's had it since college and that was in the late 1950's. As you'd expect, doves don't stand a chance near him.

brass hammer

I hear ya, C-BASS !, as I'VE a couple of 'feather-weight'#37's[left-hand mis-fit],,,yet, I "VOTED" winchester#21 DOUBLE !!!,,,go-figure.

neolithic hunter

being also wrong handed i've had to make due with a model 37 in 12 and 20 gage, along with my O/U's .

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Garand

Only have 3

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brass hammer

[THIS IS 'GREAT'!]

so, ?,,,'GUN .30 CAL" what's thet .357 lever doing on the end of the PARADE!!!![I ****in'luv-you dude!!!,,,,ER,,,AH,,,ALTHOUGH, NOT IN THE SAME
'luv' SENSE THAT MY 'on a string girlfriends' MOAN into my right[THE DEAF-ONE!] EAR!, mind you, of COURSE.


as 'iffin' I become "****-faced" ENOUGH!!!,,,,[WELL-HELL/LET-HER-RIP]

I might start thinkin' YOUR stashin' a "J.C. HIGGINS",,,in a UPCOMIN'-PHOTO!!! [i.e. the early ones were kinda'-cool/well-made]

brother/FRIEND,,,I have had my E-MAIL crashed, for about a month and a half/ain't "mailed-"MOMMA NO E-LUV" IN ABOUT 18 MONTHS!!!,,,and we want 'posted-pic's' from DE' B-HAMMER?,,,HA!,,,,I RECALL 'offerin' my "zonia-bro's" a pretty much "free-ride fer' the week-end" to help me/bring me UP TO SPEED with the INTERNET!!!![as, IT AIN'T GONNA' GO-AWAY ANY TIME SOON!,,,,and/or,,,TILL 'CHINA' BREAKS-BAD/and starts snapping/killing satillites.]

cbass

Time is short, at least if you want one blued with walnut wood. I picked up mine today and it's an accident I was able to purchase the gun. Had I not gone shooting sporting clays with a bud earlier this week I'd never have come home and looked on Remington's website and noticed they dropped the Field Grade 1100.

Mine's Sweet Sixteen, 26" bbl. I'm happy.

Gunners762

Congrats on the shotgun , cbass. You enjoy that new "Remmy 1100" and post us some pics if you can.

cbass

Thanks, Gunners762. I've been wanting one - literally - for ten years. I moved from my hometown of peanut fields where the doves flew thick to the land of plenty deer. So this purchase has been on the back burner a long time. I'm just happy I scored one.

Pics are coming this weekend. I believe my Kimber problems are cured, I'm headed to the range this weekend to verify and I'll snap a few while I'm there.

Rshooter

My girls,

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Rshooter

The second is an all original "law enforcement only" model made by Remington during the assault weapons ban. It sat for sale on Auction Arms for a while and I sold one of my Government model Colts to get it, it has everything I think a shotgun does not need in a single package. I kinda sorta feel in love with the ugly thing. It shoots a two inch group offhand with slugs at 50 yards.

Rshooter

That is an awesome collection you have there yourself Gunners762. Some really nice exposed hammer guns there.

Kpdpipes

I Voted for the 1897..but my REAL All-time Favorite is the 1887

soutdere

Family of 7 brothers [only 5 of us over 18]. UNITED WE STAND. God help the little bastards that come on our land to take these away.

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soutdere

BTW, I vote for the Remington 870.

heliophobic1

C'mon, seriously? No love for the H&R Topper? I know you've all owned one...

Skypilot

I voted for the 870 remington.

Sundancekid

Some fine pump guns indeed- the one Model 12 at the bottom of the five shotgun foto looks-by shape of pistol grip- to be the "earlier" perch belly pre-l934-35 style- also one of the two Model 97's on the three ills. the top one has a different pistol grip style that the bottom one does-great shotguns- And I believe Winchester made the M97 until about 1957-58- heard someone found a M97 prototype in 20 gauge-would sure like to see that one. SD

Bryan

The first gun I ever purchased: Ithica model 37 featherweight 12ga. (26 years ago)
It was the only shotgun I owned until this year.

My dad only owns one shotgun, a four digit serial numbered Ithica 12ga that my grandfather bought new for 26 bucks. That gun is ugly from all the years of heavy use, but still works great.

tuna

Gunner, what are those hump-backed pump guns? I don't think I ever remember seeing one like that. I think I've found a companion to my A5 (which I voted for - as long as it's a sweet sixteen).

Gunners762

Stevens Model 520 trench gun. The Stevens Model 520 is a classic
John Moses Browning design. The Stevens Model 520 entered the marketplace early in 1904. It would stay in production until the similarly-designed but more streamlined Model 620 completely supplanted it in 1932.

The Model 520 has a long history as a fighting shotgun. The history of Stevens fighting shotguns goes back at least to the days when a Stevens-manufactured Wells Fargo 'messenger gun' The early 520s featured the 'humpback' receiver typical of the Browning Auto 5 shotgun, plus an additional "step" machined into the top of the receiver profile. Later 520s had a straight profile to the top of the receiver. Also, the early 520s had the old style Browning 'suicide safety,' a sliding safety bar set into the front of the trigger guard and protuding inside, that had to be pushed forward to fire and slid back to safe.

The military version of the Model 520 made a good impression on the War Department, but it arrived on the scene too late to really compete with designs from Remington and Winchester. Still, it is believed that a small number of Model 520 Trench Guns were delivered to the War Department before the Armistice was signed. With the Armistice, all military contracts were cancelled.In the frantic era of rearming after Pearl Harbor, all of Stevens' warehuse repeaters- including the Model 520s- were purchased by the War Deprtment. They were considered standard military shotguns until 1943, despite the shortage of spare parts available from the factory. Some of these shotguns were equipped with the trench gun bayonet adapters. About 35,000 Model 520s wore the US and flaming bomb ordnance marks during WW2.

After WWII ended, many of these guns went back to the arsenals. Some of them later found their way to participation in the conflict in Southeast Asia.

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tuna

Thanks for the info. In the picture, I would have guessed it was a M37 at first based on the curve in front of the magazine. I really like the A5 type receiver, I've definitely found my new quest.

And thanks for the history lesson.

tuna

Gunner, thanks for the lead on my new quest!

I just found a 520 (marked Ranger, not Stevens, but same thing) and walked home with it for $100! The gun is in fantastic shape, I'd say at least 80%, not bad for a gun that's about 100 years old. Great bluing, good trigger and very tight action, polychoke and it has the old model suicide safety.

Funny thing is that I've been trying to find a "trunk gun" in 12 gauge, since most of my hunting guns are 16s - I figured a 12 ga would make more sense as a spare, since I can't always find 16ga ammo, and would be SOL if something happened on a hunting trip (or I just forgot to bring my ammo). My favorite gun store is now LOUSY with 16 gauges, including a 520 and a decent priced 745 (the copy of the A5) - but he had no "cool" 12 gauges. All they had was tacticool stuff that I can get anywhere. I like my gun to stand out in the rack as different, and I think I've succeded.

Now to find disassembly instructions.

money30

When a candidate is asked a question about their Second Amendment position,
and the response is 'I will protect hunters' rights and guns,' translate that to mean;
'Every firearm other than a shotgun or bolt action rifle is on the table to be restricted.' Timidi mater non flet !

Gunners762

10-26-2007 wow ! Still hanging in after all this time