Back in the 40's ? my dad bought this Remington double 12 from a guy for $50.00... He shot a lot of deer with it, along with ducks, pheasants and other small game. It had 30" bbls and was choked quite tight.

I have 4 brothers, and every one of us used this shotgun when we were kids, man we harvested a PILE of meat for the freezer with it!! Over the years the stock became cracked, nails put in it, taped and glued with screws in it!! Then one day my brother fired it with some snow in the end of one bbl, and buldged that bbl badly!!! Dad took a hacksaw and sawed "that" bbl off, leaving the other one long. For many years after that we fired the shorter bbl that had less choke for close shots, and used the longer "choked bbl" for longer shots!

By the time the 80's rolled around, i got the double from dad, and after a time i decided to "fix it all up"... I cut the bbls even, at 27-5/8", blued the gun, and even put a nice piece of Claro walnut on it!! One sear had sheared off the hammer, so i fixed that and also replaced all the springs in it, as one was broken and another had been repaired.

Trust me, it looks MUCH better than these picts are showing it here!!!

I saw this checkering on a shotgun, and i really liked it, so it went on my "old" Rem. too...

The last time i hunted phesants with this double, my dog flushed two roosters, and i made a double, a right and a left.... I picked them up, and went about 100 yards and my dog flushed another set of roosters, and i made another double, a right and a left....

Man, i love this old shotgun!!!

DM