My "New" Remington

[bushmaster1313]

Remington 17 from May 1931

 

[bannockburn]

bushmaster1313

Have you been using your time machine again? Another fine looking blued steel and wood stocked shotgun from days gone by!

 

[red rick]

Nice find .

 

[stoky]

looks like it's in great shape
congrats!

 

[kudu]

Got some amazing wood and nice blue. Good find sir. Hard to imagine that was a plain standard model compared to the polymer and parkerizing we have today. Real works of the gun makers art back then.

 

[Armored farmer]

Wow!
Im a gun nut and a Remington fan.......
I've never even seen a 17!?
Very nice. I like that slender fore end.

 

[entropy]

Nice Model 17!

 

[Panzerschwein]

Still not the equal of a '50s Wingmaster, at least that's what the guys'll tell ya!!

 

[bushmaster1313]

Nothing at all wrong with a Wingmaster.
But here is something very special about the following pre-WWII pumps:

Remington 17
Remington 31
Ithaca 37
Winchester 12
Winchester 97

 

[SwampWolf]

Still not the equal of a '50s Wingmaster, at least that's what the guys'll tell ya!!

Not this guy. I've yet to find a part on a Model 870 that wasn't stamped and have never seen a stamped part on a Model 17 (well, maybe the magazine)-if that means anything to anyone. One thing's for sure; as nice as Model 870s are, Remington could never make a Model 17 again that would be cheap enough for the "average" pump gun shooter to buy. Check out what the new Ithaca Model 37s are selling for and how many they're selling. Too bad but the market is geared for Remington 870s, Winchester 1300s and Mossberg 500s.

 

[Panzerschwein]

Not this guy. I've yet to find a part on a Model 870 that wasn't stamped and have never seen a stamped part on a Model 17 (well, maybe the magazine)-if that means anything to anyone. One thing's for sure; as nice as Model 870s are, Remington could never make a Model 17 again that would be cheap enough for the "average" pump gun shooter to buy. Check out what the new Ithaca Model 37s are selling for and how many they're selling. Too bad but the market is geared for Remington 870s, Winchester 1300s and Mossberg 500s.

Yep, same for my old Model 12 Winchester. Milled forged steel. But not as good as a WINGER according to the greeny boys!!!

 

[SwampWolf]

Yep, same for my old Model 12 Winchester. Milled forged steel. But not as good as a WINGER according to the greeny boys!!!

That's why they're green-with envy.

 

[Sistema1927]

Beautiful!

Classic shotguns such as this Remington, the Winchester Model 12 and and Ithaca 37 are, for lack of a better word, elegant.

 

[SwampWolf]

If pump guns can be "elegant" (a real stretch maybe when they are compared with some double-barrels ), I agree. Everything considered, I might even add the long discontinued Marlin Model 120 and the Browning BPS to the list of elegant pump shotguns.