[thunderduck2004]

looking for some help i have a remington model 10t its kinda neet it loads from the bottom like an ithca 37 its a long gun with a thirty inch brl looking for info on age and what ever i can find tnx happy shooting

[Fred Fuller]

The Remington Model 10 was designed by John D. Pederson. His initial patent filing was on 12 June 1901 and the final patent (#719,955) was issued 3 February 1903. Pederson finalized his drawings and negotiated a production contract with Remington, and the first Model 1910s started coming off the line in late 1907. They were referred to as the Remington Repeating Shotgun, Model 1908.

In 1910 the designation of the gun was changed to Model 1910, and in 1913 or thereabouts the name was changed again to Model 10.

The design's most significant innovation is its tipping bolt, which locks into the top of the receiver. This was incorporated into the later Winchester Model 12 as well as several other designs. It is however expensive to produce and requires a strong receiver.

A number of Model 10s were produced as riot or trench guns as well as for commercial sales. The gun was popular as a sporting gun as well. Your Model 10T is I suspect a 'trap' variation.

The Model 10 saw continued production for several years. In 1915 Remington bought John M. Browning's last patent for a magazine shotgun, a pumpgun which improved on several features of the Model 10. The new design's main attraction was that it would be cheaper to produce. But before the newly designated Model 1917 could be produced World War One broke out. This monopolized Remington's production lines until the war was over. The Model 10R was the first riot shotgun purchased by the New York Police Department's new Emergency Service Units in 1925. Production of the Model 10 continued until 1929.

It was 1921 before new Model 1917s were produced. When the patents expired on the Model 1917, and were not renewed, a desperate former double barrel shotgun manufacturing company by the name of Ithaca, suffering in the face of the rising popularity of pumpguns, started producing a slightly modified variation of the Model 1917 design. Thus the Model 1917, a variation of the Model 10, evolved into the Ithaca Model 37.

Thus the similarity...

lpl/nc (based on info in Swearengen's _The World's Fighting Shotguns_, pp. 227- 233)

[thunderduck2004]

tnx for the info lee this gun was one that my father shot trap with for a lot of years

[Grayrock]

I ran across a Model 10(A, I think) at a local pawn shop. What do I look out for with this model? Does anyone make parts for it anymore? I can get it pretty cheap- but you get what you pay for, right? Pass? Jump on it? What's the concensus? If warranted, will delve deeper into its condition. It looked worn, but not abused. Rounded pistol grip. Where can I find info on this model?

[Gordon]

A wall hanger for occasional use only IMHO

[Preacherman]

Gun Parts Corp. lists some parts for the Model 10 as still available, but others are marked as out of stock. I suspect that finding anything "finicky" would be a difficult task.

[Brian Williams]

Finiky gun tends to break the stock near the grip because so much wood is removed for the bolt to go back thru. Nice gun but the ithaca 37 is a much better version.
I also have a 10T and it has no finish left and I go a replacement stock from Boyds I am trying to get it fit and some day I might shoot it.