Remington Arms Co. catalogue in October 1894, which introduced the Remington Hammerless Double Barrel Shotgun stated “The Remington Guns, both Hammer and Hammerless, are especially adapted to all nitro powders, and every gun is thoroughly proved, tested and targetted, before leaving the armory.”
(Courtesy of David Noreen)
The Remington (hammer) Model of 1889 No. 1 with “Decarbonized Steel” was offered until 1908.
The Remington No. 3 Model of 1893 single was listed with “Blue Steel” and No. 9 Model of 1902 with “Special Steel”.
The No. 9 hang tag (courtesy of David Noreen) states: “The barrels of this gun have been THOROUGHLY TESTED and are guaranteed for all standard brands of Smokeless and Black powder, when properly - but not excessively, loaded.” The maximum load was 3 1/4 Dr. Eq. of Bulk or Dense Smokeless powders.
It is assumed the Remington Steel used on the A Grade Hammerless Model of 1894 starting in 1897, K Grade (Model 1900) Hammerless, and Model of 1894 Hammerless Grade “F.E.” Trap Gun (introduced in 1906) is similar to Marlin “Special Rolled Steel” and Winchester “Rolled Steel”. The April 1897 Remington catalog stated “Remington blued steel barrels are manufactured in our own works” and the Sears catalog No. 112 c. 1902 states the K Grade has “fine Decarbonized steel barrels”.
The 20g Model 17 introduced in the 1920 Remington Arms - Union Metallic Cartridge Co. catalog was listed with “Remington Steel” barrels. Later Remington Arms Co., Inc. catalogs did not specify the barrel steel.
Remington introduced Ordnance Steel for the (Model 1894) Hammerless Double in the April 1897 catalog.
The 1902 catalog stated the Remington Ordnance Steel tensile strength was 110,000 psi. “Ordnance” was stamped on the top of the barrel tubes on the AO-/AEO-Grade and BO-/BEO-Grade guns. On the CO-/CEO-Grades and higher the words “Remington Arms Co.” were engraved on top of the right barrel and “Ilion, N.Y. U.S.A.” with “Ordnance” below on the left barrel.
In 1909 Remington offered an Ordnance Steel barrel in place of the regular Remington Steel barrel on the “Pump Action Repeating Shotgun” (later No. 10) and “Autoloading Shotgun” (No. 11) for an extra $6.75.
(Courtesy of David Noreen)
Tensile strength:
Twist and Crolle Damascus - 55,000 psi
"Cold Rolled" Decarbonized Steel - 65,000
Remington Ordnance Steel, introduced in 1897 for the 1894 Hammerless Double - 110,000 psi with an elastic limit of 60,000 psi
