Remington "Sportsman" 12 ga.

[DarylC]

I just picked up a Remington Sportsman 12ga and it's nothing fancy just a neat old gun. The reason I wanted it , it has a Cutts compensator on a skeet barrel and with it came the 5 tube set still in the wooden case with wrench. This is my question and it's probably aimed at Dave N. I tried to decipher the date code which is on the side of the barrel, CK 3 KG, and the S/N on the side of the receiver, 397927. Ventilated rib, cross bolt safety and Remington hard buttplate.

[Researcher]

The Receiver with that serial number was put in work during July 1937. That is right in the time frame Remington quit the separate serial number sequence for 12-gauge The Sportsman in the 5xxxxx range and started using the Model 11 sequence for both. The only difference is the magazine tube and the forearm wood. My 12-gauge The Sportsman 507664 has a 30-inch solid rib IMP MOD barrel with a date code PE (P = June E = 1936) and the receiver was put in work sometime in 1936. The 12-gauge The Sportsman ledger page shows that by Jan 24, 1936, they had reached 505939 and then the next entry is Feb 12, 1937, when they had reached 510525. The last The Sportsman serial number receiver was 515506 by Aug 24, 1937.

KG (K = May G = 1938) is likely the date code for the barrel and CK3 (C = April K = 1941) is a repair code for when it went back to Ilion for some unknown service.

Sounds great!! Think of Bobby Stack when you shoot it --

Bobby Stack 1936.jpeg (62.68 KiB) Viewed 94132 times

[fox-admin]

I just picked up a Remington Sportsman 12ga and it's nothing fancy just a neat old gun. The reason I wanted it , it has a Cutts compensator on a skeet barrel and with it came the 5 tube set still in the wooden case with wrench. This is my question and it's probably aimed at Dave N. I tried to decipher the date code which is on the side of the barrel, CK 3 KG, and the S/N on the side of the receiver, 397927. Ventilated rib, cross bolt safety and Remington hard buttplate.

Daryl if you bring your new Sportsman to Mike's I will bring a M-11 and we can shoot the vintage auto event together. Let me know Craig

[DarylC]

I just picked up a Remington Sportsman 12ga and it's nothing fancy just a neat old gun. The reason I wanted it , it has a Cutts compensator on a skeet barrel and with it came the 5 tube set still in the wooden case with wrench. This is my question and it's probably aimed at Dave N. I tried to decipher the date code which is on the side of the barrel, CK 3 KG, and the S/N on the side of the receiver, 397927. Ventilated rib, cross bolt safety and Remington hard buttplate.

Daryl if you bring your new Sportsman to Mike's I will bring a M-11 and we can shoot the vintage auto event together. Let me know Craig

Sounds good Craig. I'll bring it and we can shoot the vintage auto event. I wonder if my 3/4oz loads will work in it???

[DarylC]

The Receiver with that serial number was put in work during July 1937. That is right in the time frame Remington quit the separate serial number sequence for 12-gauge The Sportsman in the 5xxxxx range and started using the Model 11 sequence for both. The only difference is the magazine tube and the forearm wood. My 12-gauge The Sportsman 507664 has a 30-inch solid rib IMP MOD barrel with a date code PE (P = June E = 1936) and the receiver was put in work sometime in 1936. The 12-gauge The Sportsman ledger page shows that by Jan 24, 1936, they had reached 505939 and then the next entry is Feb 12, 1937, when they had reached 510525. The last The Sportsman serial number receiver was 515506 by Aug 24, 1937.

KG (K = May G = 1938) is likely the date code for the barrel and CK3 (C = April K = 1941) is a repair code for when it went back to Ilion for some unknown service.

Sounds great!! Think of Bobby Stack when you shoot it --

Bobby Stack 1936.jpeg

Bob Stack with Remington The Sportsman.jpg

Thanks Dave. This is better than a Parker factory letter. My barrel is marked skeet and it looks like Bobby's gun could be mine complete with the Cutts.

[fox-admin]

I just picked up a Remington Sportsman 12ga and it's nothing fancy just a neat old gun. The reason I wanted it , it has a Cutts compensator on a skeet barrel and with it came the 5 tube set still in the wooden case with wrench. This is my question and it's probably aimed at Dave N. I tried to decipher the date code which is on the side of the barrel, CK 3 KG, and the S/N on the side of the receiver, 397927. Ventilated rib, cross bolt safety and Remington hard buttplate.

Daryl if you bring your new Sportsman to Mike's I will bring a M-11 and we can shoot the vintage auto event together. Let me know Craig

Sounds good Craig. I'll bring it and we can shoot the vintage auto event. I wonder if my 3/4oz loads will work in it???

3/4 oz will not cycle. I only use 1 1/8oz target loads.

[DarylC]

I figured as much. Thanks for the heads up. See you Thurs.

[eightbore]

Robert Stack's World Champion Model 11 was a 20 gauge. I'm not sure what he shot in the All Bore events.

[Jeff S]

I just picked up a Remington Sportsman 12ga and it's nothing fancy just a neat old gun. The reason I wanted it , it has a Cutts compensator on a skeet barrel and with it came the 5 tube set still in the wooden case with wrench. This is my question and it's probably aimed at Dave N. I tried to decipher the date code which is on the side of the barrel, CK 3 KG, and the S/N on the side of the receiver, 397927. Ventilated rib, cross bolt safety and Remington hard buttplate.

Hey Daryl. I saw this article and thought of you.

[ROMAC]

Good classic article, I enjoyed reading it.

[DarylC]

Thanks Jeff. As I said before back when I first started shooting we only had skeet and trap and just about all the famous shooters at my club were using them. One of the founding members of my club was a shooter named Harry Wright. Google him and Loch Raven Skeet and Trap club. The history of Col. Cutts is an interesting read too.

[Jeff S]

Sounds like Harry was quite a shooter.

[DarylC]

As Harry would tell the story of him coming across the Chesapeake Bay in a ferry before the bay bridge was built with a few dollars in his pocket and went on to become a multi-millionaire in the liquor distribution business.

[Foxnut]

Great article Jeff. I still can’t get used to seeing them on a gun but appreciate the historical significance of them.

[eightbore]

When Bob Stack's World Champion 20 gauge Model 11 went up for auction, no one realized what it was and it went into the wind.