Well, after 5 years of solely collecting military arms, "predominantly examples used in the Great War", I believe I've accidently found myself in the atomic era, collecting commercial arms no less!
This morning my wife and I took a trip to one of our local big box stores "Scheels" to pick up some 12g shotgun shells and skeet clays for an upcoming range trip and I noticed this fine example of a Remington 870 Wingmaster sitting on the trade in rack, with a very appealing price tag.
Needless to say, I wound up taking it home with me, with my wife's encouragement of course. 246.99 OTD, usually that kind of money won't buy you much these days.
From my research this example was manufactured in July of 1951 "close to a first year production!" Based on the OXX date code on the barrel and lack of s/n suffix. Outside of that it is a very well taken care of example, I doubt it was ran much during its 72 year life time. I'll admit I'm an absolute sucker for firearms of this vintage, the quality is unmatched and I don't feel as guilty about taking them out to the range!
I figured I'd pull my Winchester Model 25 out of the safe for a comparison, also manufactured in 1951. I traded a cheap Turkish 20g and a Heritage .22 revolver for this one just a few weeks ago.
My Remington 870 Wingmaster for review.
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"If anyone has insight as to what the proof to the left of the date code indicates I would greatly appreciate it."
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This morning my wife and I took a trip to one of our local big box stores "Scheels" to pick up some 12g shotgun shells and skeet clays for an upcoming range trip and I noticed this fine example of a Remington 870 Wingmaster sitting on the trade in rack, with a very appealing price tag.
Needless to say, I wound up taking it home with me, with my wife's encouragement of course. 246.99 OTD, usually that kind of money won't buy you much these days.
From my research this example was manufactured in July of 1951 "close to a first year production!" Based on the OXX date code on the barrel and lack of s/n suffix. Outside of that it is a very well taken care of example, I doubt it was ran much during its 72 year life time. I'll admit I'm an absolute sucker for firearms of this vintage, the quality is unmatched and I don't feel as guilty about taking them out to the range!
I figured I'd pull my Winchester Model 25 out of the safe for a comparison, also manufactured in 1951. I traded a cheap Turkish 20g and a Heritage .22 revolver for this one just a few weeks ago.
My Remington 870 Wingmaster for review.
"If anyone has insight as to what the proof to the left of the date code indicates I would greatly appreciate it."
