Post by twomoons on Jun 26, 2013 10:04:35 GMT -5
The Remington Model 11 was Brownings revenge on Winchester. They refused to pay what he wanted for the patents and Winchester had been buying his work for years weather they needed the patents or not, but ties changed and so the Auto 5/ Model 11 went to FN in Belgium and then to Remington when a change in import duties made the Belgian Browning too expensive to import.
Now to the meat of the matter... Jack was kind enough to send me a coule parts guns and when I opened the package there was most of a model 11 inside, but what a model 11... The gun was a 12 gauge made in June of 1932 and was properly numbered. There was some damage to the magazine tube but I have new ones on hand so that wasn't a big deal.
The major damage? was to the stock and the frame of the gun. The frame was bent through the tan about 8 degrees and the lower tang was bent down to give the stock more drop. The buttstock itself was bent about another 10 degrees , the comb lowered and the pull cut off at 12" instead of the normal 14" on a model 11. All these modifications were done by a professional gunsmith aas there were no gaps in the inletting and the stock had been steam bent shortened and the buttplate properly fitted. From the work that was done I am guessing this stock was modified for a lady or a child with a dominant left eye. By the condition of the gun I would guess that the work was done sometime shortly after the gun was made. Now according to Sear Catalog 1927/28 this gun was selling for $56.75 just before the depression and a Model 12 was selling for $32.50 and a Winchester 97 new sold for $28.50. So sometime during the depression someone bought a gun that sold for 2 months wages and then spent more money having it modified for somone they must have thought a lot of.
Oh and we have one more piece of information... The last owner was Robert Tulley of Webster NY... He left a tag with his information under the buttstock.
The upshot of this is that in my parts bin I have a frame and triggerguard and a replacment buttstock and a cuple spare barrels so shortly we will have a Model 11 with interchangable barrels in full and open choke.
Pictures will be coming....
Now to the meat of the matter... Jack was kind enough to send me a coule parts guns and when I opened the package there was most of a model 11 inside, but what a model 11... The gun was a 12 gauge made in June of 1932 and was properly numbered. There was some damage to the magazine tube but I have new ones on hand so that wasn't a big deal.
The major damage? was to the stock and the frame of the gun. The frame was bent through the tan about 8 degrees and the lower tang was bent down to give the stock more drop. The buttstock itself was bent about another 10 degrees , the comb lowered and the pull cut off at 12" instead of the normal 14" on a model 11. All these modifications were done by a professional gunsmith aas there were no gaps in the inletting and the stock had been steam bent shortened and the buttplate properly fitted. From the work that was done I am guessing this stock was modified for a lady or a child with a dominant left eye. By the condition of the gun I would guess that the work was done sometime shortly after the gun was made. Now according to Sear Catalog 1927/28 this gun was selling for $56.75 just before the depression and a Model 12 was selling for $32.50 and a Winchester 97 new sold for $28.50. So sometime during the depression someone bought a gun that sold for 2 months wages and then spent more money having it modified for somone they must have thought a lot of.
Oh and we have one more piece of information... The last owner was Robert Tulley of Webster NY... He left a tag with his information under the buttstock.
The upshot of this is that in my parts bin I have a frame and triggerguard and a replacment buttstock and a cuple spare barrels so shortly we will have a Model 11 with interchangable barrels in full and open choke.
Pictures will be coming....