My new (to me) trap gun

[bdft]

Saw a Remington Model 10 listed in the EE for a very reasonable price and jumped on it sight unseen. I thought, for the price, I could always dump it again if it was a piece of junk. What I get is a complete, unmolested Model 10 Trap Grade shotgun needing only some oil and cleaning to make it shoot and eject. One mismatched screw in the buttplate which I replaced and a beatup bead. As you can see it is completely devoid of blueing. I patterned it and it shoots a perfect 50/50 circle at 16 yards.

The Model 10 was designed by John Pederson and patented in 1908. This one is a low five digit serial number which puts it pre WW1. Bottom load and bottom eject using a complicated timed gate that essentially catches the shell from the loading tube and lifts it up in front of the bolt. Of course all parts are machined and full of grooves and tracks with tiny screws and springs everywhere. The bolt moves back into the stock as the action is opened. Kind of like a Win 97 only internal.One of these guns would cost a small fortune to build today.

Note the engraved "trap rib" along the top of the barrel.

Did I mention its a takedown.

 

[madtrapper143]

Last one of those I saw that actually worked was owned by an old farmer in South Dakota about 25 years ago. With Super X #6's he did a lot of damage to the ditch chicken population. His gun was not a trap grade but it had the matted rolled "rib" on the barrel top. I remember that he told me that my "modern gun" (it was an Ithaca 37) was not as good as his old gun. Nice find enjoy the gun.

Darryl

 

[Cintax]

Wow. That's a nice shotgun. Remington sure made nice guns back then. I have a Model 31 from 1934 and it is a fantastic shotgun. If you are considering a parts gun, Epps has one on their website for $199.