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Posted: 8/25/2026 8:55:32 PM EDT
I got this Model 11 for $300 today and I am trying to get information related to the date of manufacture. The serial is in the 129,XXX area (marked on the bottom of the receiver), but the barrel has an EA code on it that puts it at 1932 (if my understanding of the date code info is correct). The serial number on the barrel matches the serial on the receiver, but online reading leads me to believe the receiver dates to 1911-1912. Any ideas? I find it far fetched that someone would have sent it in to Remington in the 1930s to have a barrel fitted. Maybe the "date code" on the barrel isn't really a date code, given the receiver serial number date? The lower tang and barrel are both marked as Remington UMC. Obviously, the recoil pad is poorly fitted and not original. |
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I have seen and owned a lot of Rem 11...NEVER seen one that beautiful, Those have to be after market or Browning stocks, every stock I've seen have been pretty utilitarian |
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Wild ass guess but it looks too good for a gun that age. Refinished?? Custom stock?? I would post those pictures on Shotgunworld.com and get some expert answers. An older family friend told me when he passed his Model 11 in 12 and 16 would go to me. Youngest son balked at his passing. They are rusting in a leaky basement as we speak. |
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Originally Posted By VaFish: I saw the thread title and I thought OOH a cheap Model 11, time to make a whippet. Then I saw the wood on that thing. No whippet today. Same exact thought. Wood is great. |
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| Reading online indicates that an Auto 5 stock will not fit a type I Remington Model 11 stock (pre-1920), but I found that out after I ordered an original Browning Auto 5 buttplate. I ordered a reproduction Remington UMC buttplate yesterday on eBay. Maybe one of these will fit. If not maybe I can find a typical orange recoil pad and attempt to fit it. |
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Originally Posted By EagleArmsHBAR: Maybe one of these will fit. If not maybe I can find a typical orange recoil pad and attempt to fit it. It is money well spent to hire a gunsmith (read: an old, experienced gunsmith) to fit a pad or plate. I owned a recoil fitting gig and have done at least a half dozen of them but it took me a few tries before I ever got results that didn't look like a kid did the work. Probably won't cost much to have a pad/plate fitted. You don't even have to surrender your man card. A smart man knows his limitations and isn't afraid to hire expertise. |
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Op's gun has the "suicide" safety in the trigger guard used from 1905-1928. Serial numbers 33xxxx and above feature the crossbolt safety. Also the lack of carrier lock screws indicate it's an older model. Lock screws on the carrier screws were part of the 1923 update. |
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Originally Posted By Buffman_LT1: That seems to be lacking the smaller lock screw for the carrier screw. Weren't those added some time in like 1911? They were part of the 1923 update. The front trigger plate screw and stock screw appear to have lock screws early on. |
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Originally Posted By EagleArmsHBAR: I received the Auto 5 and reproduction Remington UMC buttplates today. Neither will work with the existing screw holes in the stock.  The Savage 720 is also a member of the humpback Browning family. Numrich has blown-up diagrams of each model. I bought a replacement mainspring through them. https://www.gunpartscorp.com/ Another place to search is Art's Gun Shop. I bought a safety ball detent from them. https://artsgunshop.com/store/ |
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