I noticed that the top gun in the top picture had the wrongly shaped operating handle, a rounded slot on the receiver for it to reciprocate in, and a notched ejection port. The second picture shows the wrong forearm on that gun. I was about to check Martin’s guide when I saw Fowlgunner’s astute post. I like to think that I’d have gotten there eventually! Great quiz, Biz! Keep ‘em coming!
Amazing how close they are to bad the later remington brownings didn’t stay true to the Fn browning gun design.
Some where in my reference material I have the time frame/year when FN switched from the squared off milled corners on the rear of the ejection port as opposed to the rounded corners. In 1906 the bottom of the cartridge stop was rounded, but the smaller screw on the front trigger assembly screw wouldn't be there. (Not in 1906.) But since it does have the second smaller screw, the meat under that screw would a "bump" in the straight milling cut along the bottom edge. Interesting. I'm going to have to pull out some of my reference stuff now..... And, as a retired machinist, I would have loved to have been able to see he complete machining process of an Auto 5 receiver!!!
The R.A.S. (Remington Autoloading Shotgun) as they call it in the early 1900s were offered in different grades that showed the Nimschke style engraving which in my taste is extraordinary. Our friend Fowlgunner is the Remington specialist. You can see on these Model 11 and 10 how generous they were with the engraving and note the depth of the engraving compared to the auto 5.
Thanks for the kind words Biz, but just when you think you know something about these older guns there is a twist that has you scratching you head. The Remington Autoloading Shotgun (Gun) in the initial photo is a Grade No.3 (Trap/Later C grade when it became the Model 11 with the merger of Rem and UMC in 1910/11) and it is absolutley period correct if my memory serves me. The bottom gun only became the Model 10 after the merger, prior to that it was the Model of 1908 Pump Gun or the Remington Repeating Shotgun and is a Grade No.4 (Tournamnet or after merger a D grade). As for the early Regular Gun Auto 5, I don't see anything particularly out of place on it either! Thanks for making us look! Will
