Help I.D. an old shotgun model and is a stock available?

I couldn't see the pic but I'm pretty sure you will not find a stock unless you find a used one. Even then chances are great that it will require a fair amount of fitting . And usually it is quite expensive to have someone make a proper, decent looking and fitting stock for a sidelock. Although I coudn't see the pic, I'm sure the original stock could be repaired by a competent stock man. They can do some fascinating things. I had a badly cracked stock repaired for a vintage english gun that had been all nailed together. Many vintage gun enthusiasts would rather have a repaired original stock as opposed to a replacement stock. And it's cheaper than making one.
 
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It's not a high value gun, it was originally destined to just be cleaned up enough to be a wall hanger. I may yet just do what it takes to get it all screwed back together.

Any idea what model this gun is? I can take more pics later.
 
Here is a little blurb from shotgun world.


Remington made hammer double barrels from 1874 to 1910. The quick way to different between year models is by hammer shape and serial numbers. The serial numbers run as follows:
Mode 1874 (Hammer Lifter) 001 to 1,500. Model 1874 (Lifter Action) 1,501 to 4.125+. Model 1882/1883 001 to 15,000


Shotguns were evolving fairly quickly during the years E. Remington & Sons were building them with new models appearing every year or two. The early E. Remington & Sons hammer guns were based on the Whitmore designed "lifter action" to open the guns. The first model was the 1873 also known as the "hammer lifter" as the locks didn't automatically rebound and protrusions on the side of the slide that moved back between the hammers when the lifter was raised engaged flanges on the sides of the hammers and moved them to half-####. The next model the 1875 did away with this and featured Hepburn's designed rebounding locks, as did all the later Remington hammer doubles. More variations of the basic Whitworth design were the Models 1876, 1878 and 1879. The 1879 is the only lifter action Remington that got the new Deeley lever forearm. The next E. Remington & Sons hammer double was the 1882 with a conventional top lever that pushed to the right. These evolved through the 1883, 1885 and 1887. We will need some pictures to tell what you actually have.


You can also go by the hammers.
 
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