date this remington catalog

bobski

im guessing 51 or 52. it doesn't have any markings anywhere. pg 2 has the sensational 870, so it has to be in the 50's.
care to try?

bobski

can you pm me the link?
what year was the rem 870 introduced? that would help some.

bobski

inside first page shows the 870, but the way its worded made me think it was later. tell me what this sounds like. remember, if its new, how can it be Americas most wanted shotgun? no one saw it yet. (follow me?)

"the 870 shotgun is new and different. it has special features found in no other gun. that's why it is (present tense) Americas most wanted pump shotgun."

was Americas....past tense

promises to be Americas....
will be Americas..............future tense

see how it was confusing?

babun

The 870 came out in 1949. Here is the manual for it.
https://www.cornellpubs.com/old-guns/item_desc.php?item_id=4899

BY the by,, Cornell Publications has every one as reprints EXCEPT your 1950 catalog. :shock:

https://www.cornellpubs.com/old-guns/historic-remington.php

ADDED INFO...
I looked into this 1949 vs 1950 thing and found this:

Seems Remington after making the 11-48 semi to replace their expensive to build semi-auto copy of the Browning A5, Had 2 engineers look to make a pump using the new pieces of the semi-auto.
This was in 1948.
In 1949, Remington sent out a lot of the new 870 pumps, but NOT to retail dealers.
They wanted feed back on the new 870.
The feedback was over welling great, with many, "wish lists". "make a 16 gauge",
" want it in a longer barrel for ducks, ect ect.

So in 1950 Remington released 16, that's right, 16 versions of the 870.
So, in reality the 870 had 2 birthdays.....1949 and 1950.

bobski

1949. that would make more sense. thanks.

bobski

we got 2 more posts before its locked, so lets try this one.....
im thinking 63.

babun

!963


https://www.cornellpubs.com/old-guns/item_desc.php?item_id=2066

bobski

bingo. thanks.