Something For The Remington Collectors On Here

[polkey]

Recently acquired a a nice 1959 vintage 870 that's a little more special than the average 870. Gun itself is nothing special to look at, standard 30" barrel with a fixed full choke, 12ga x 2 3/4" with plain stocks.
Its not till you take a little closer look, in this case its a Remington Canada manufactured/assembled gun. Remington Canada was in business from the late 50's to the mid 80's and made 870's and nylon 66's, possibly more but thats all i know of at present.
The easiest way to spot a Remington Canada 870 is usually the barrel, they will be marked Remington Canada in place of the usual Remington Arms Ilion NY, and the REP proof mark is replaced with RCEP. If by chance the barrel has been replaced then another hint would be the serial number, they are usually quite low, highest i have seen was a little over 100k. Ilion 870's got to that serial number by 1951 and will have the Wingmaster logo between the trigger mech pins, sometime between 1952-1953 the logo was moved up a little higher. So if its a low serial number and a high Wingmaster logo, good chance its a Remington Canada.

And no post would be complete without some pictures. Oh and that it's consecutive serial numbers with another I have is just the cherry on top.

And an example of an early Ilion NY 870 (low Wingmaster stamp).

 

[28 gauge]

Cool old guns.Nice to see something with Made in Canada stamped on it.

 

[Falconflyer]

Amazing that you could get the consecutive serial number!

 

[Longstud]

Well its awesome and everything to have one. But OOOHH no. Thats not enough, Ive got two of them. Well apparently thats not enough either. OOOHH no, theyre sequential serial numbers. Just rub the salt in a little more man. All kidding aside. Great history and nice to see they are still on this side of the pond. Both in very nice condition as well!! Congrats, very very nice and thanks for sharing

 

[Butcherbill]

Nice ones, the sequential serial numbers is just icing on the cake.

 

[iron cat]

The wood for my older brother's Wingmaster that he built from parts came from the Ontario plant in the 60's.
The Remington Rep dropped into the shop one day and said " hey, look what fell off the truck!"
Gorgeous wood on that shotgun to this day.....
Cat

 

[Falconflyer]

Fell off the truck, huh.... perfect!

 

[polkey]

I have a bit of a soft spot for the Remington Canada marked 870's. Most people I've talked to didn't even now they exist, even seasoned Remington collectors. I don't know how much of the actual manufacturing was actually done in Canada but they definitely have their own characteristics.
Originally I didn't have the other consecutive numbered gun (1414), I had traded it away a year or 2 ago to someone who just wanted an example of a Remington Canada version. When I saw 1413 for sale, I offered to trade another Remington Canada 870 I had with a higher serial number to get back 1414 so I would end up with a consecutive pair.
I currently have 3 of them now, the third one being in like new condition with the original bilingual Remington Canada manual & hang tag.

 

[FLHTCUI]

Very interesting back story there polkey.
Not very often one finds consecutive numbers without some help from the inside.
Nice guns from a time gone by.
Rob