KY Jon....You are so correct about the addictive qualities of the Rem 1894. My first one is a 10 ga AE made in 1910. It has 32" barrels and the pellet count #'s are both in the 340 range, tight and tight. Although all the case color is gone from the exterior of the action, the action is dead tight. I bought this gun at Albright's in Easton Md a couple of years ago, with the intention of using it on late season divers here on Champlain. Thanks to all I've read here and in the Double Gun Journal, I have loaded many low pressure non toxic loads for this gun, and it has accounted for many goldeneyes over the last couple of seasons.
As luck would have it, a friend's father told me he had "an old 10 ga" also. When he showed it too me and I remarked that it was the same model I had, he started campaigning to have me buy his 1894. Make me an offer he said. I didn't feel like insulting him, but I didn't want to pay what I paid for the first one either. Eventually we came to an agreement and I would up paying half of what the first gun cost me. It is an A model with 28" barrels and when I weighed them both, the shorter gun came in 2 pounds lighter. You can guess which one I'll be carrying around the turkey woods...
Both stocks are too short for me, so I added a slip on pad to each. I also put one of the Beretta gel cheek pieces 1/4" thick on each.
Neither gun is in the same league condition wise as what you guys have shown here (love that 16 ga), but they're tight, and I have great faith in them. All I need now is a 20 ga for jump shooting wood ducks.
Mergus
