Sirs, would a '1' below the serial# imply it was orderd as a 2 barrel set?

That would be my take on it. A CEO-Grade with these being the number 1 set of barrels and that they were chambered for 2 3/4 inch shells. Does the forearm iron have a 1 under the serial number? Only two-barrel set barrel flat photo I have on this computer is for this 16-gauge KED-Grade --

Thanks sir. It was for sale at the local gun shop. More pictures.

And you know, before the lady took it to the back, I flat out forgot to take pictures of the forend iron. My bad.

You can tell it was a CEO by the 1st set of pictures? Thanks. I really need to buy Semmer's book now.

Am I seeing right? A "no safety" Pigeon Gun? Your title said C-Grade. The pictures showed ejectors. Charles Semmer did an article on CEO-Grade 132037 in The Double Gun Journal, Volume Five, Issue 2, and on page 140 there is a picture of the barrel flats and bottom of the barrel tubes with the same ///O. The O I'm thinking means "Ordnance" as there are Os on the bottom of the tubes of my DEO-Grade in the 132000 range. Also, on 132037 there is a C to the left of the serial number on the barrel flat, and it has the 2 3/4 markings just forward of the barrel flats. Charles also covered 132037 on pages 222 and 223 of his book. I spotted something in his pictures today that he doesn't mention in either DGJ or his book, a May 1923 Remington repair code (KP3) on the web between the barrels.

My CEO 12-gauge, 135944, has no C on the barrel flats and is marked ///M on the bottoms of the tubes?!?

The Remington repair code that Researcher spotted on CEO 132037 may help answer Semmer's contention that it was possibly Remington who restocked the gun with a pistol grip. He did not note the repair code but speculated it was probably done in the 1920's. The code puts the gun back in the factory in May, 1923. Semmer relates the gold initials on the replaced trigger guard to a trap shooter from Lubbock, Texas named Woodward or Woodard. Guess he preferred a pistol grip.

I saw the gun at a recent auction and remembered it from Semmer's article and book. Well bad things do happen to good guns and a lot of bad happened to this one in the 23 years since Semmer photographed it. There was corrosion on the barrels, a broken trigger guard and shrinkage cracks. I decided to pass on it but then had pity on the poor orphan and took it home. I like it better for trap than the Ithaca Knick I have been using for 20 years. Nice feel to it.

Hello snapcap

WELCOME on your first posting

Mike