Hello, I'm a new member, dealer, and the following are communications with Remington and a response from Mr. David Fagan. It all concerns the weapon described below. If any of you can help with this Model 10 trench gun question, it would be appreciated. Keith Wahlgren, Port Charlotte, FL FFL 01 dealer
Keith,
Please register on the forums and post this question there are a
lot of very knowledgeable members on the forums that can answer this
for you.
Best Regards,
David.
On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 5:59 PM, Keith Wahlgren <kswahlgren@earthlink.net> wrote:
> > Dear RS,
> > I was referred to your society by the people at the Remington Arms
> > records department. I have encountered what appears to be a 12 ga. Remington
> > Model 10 trench gun. It appears genuine but the serial number does not fall
> > into the expected range of 160,000 to 165,000. So, it is either a clever but
> > bogus weapon, or it may be a weapon used for testing or demonstration, etc.
> > The serial number is 128,499 with a 'U' above. Wood, metal and cartouches
> > seem in order. Can you help? The man that owns this weapon is an older
> > dealer, and I will forward any useful information to him. The people at
> > Remington could only say that the year of manufacture was 1913.
The current owner dealer says that he bought the weapon from an old prior Remington
employee who is now deceased, and that employee bought this weapon directly from his
employer.
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Keith Wahlgren
> > Port Charlotte, FL FFL (01), (03)
> >
> >