Browning auto shotgun made by Remington sn 25935 How old is it?

Answer 1

A clarification is needed as to what you have. Is it an early Remington shotgun made on the Browning Patent, or is it a Browning A-5 made for Browning by Remington in the 1940's? If the latter, then the serial number would have an alpha character before the number; Therefore I'll assume you have a Remington Autoloading Shotgun made from 1905 thru 1910. When John Browning sold his ( right to manufacture ) Autoloading Shotgun to Fabrique Nationale in March of 1902, he reserved the right to sell in the United States. FN could only sell outside of the US. In order to show his trust in the new gun, John Browning made an agreement to purchase 10,000 guns. These guns were to be marked "BROWNING AUTOMATIC ARMS Co", and he would distribute through the Browning Bros. Company in Ogden Utah. Not all 10,000 guns were actually delivered due to contract disputes later on with Remington (another story) In 1903, after John Browning returned from Belgium, he sold the manufacturing rights to Remington for sales in the US only. Remington started manufacturing in 1905, it was an instant success in the US. One of the agreements with Remington was to start the serial numbers of these guns at 10,000. He didn't want FN guns with the same serial numbers as the Remingtons. (Remington historians are still trying to figure out why they started at 10K) Production continued at Remington until 1910 when the change was made in the model number and the gun became the Remington Model 11. The serial number in question # 25935 was actually made in 1906. Coincidently, I have a Remington Automatic made in 1906 with serial number 26012, made only 77 guns after yours on the assembly lines. I would like to discuss more with you and compare our Remingtons. Perhaps you can go to my message board and leave contact information. Thanks