M10 Remington Trench

Well boys, I finished my newest project. What do you think. I used a Winchester 1200 trench gun for a time while I was in the army, and since then the trench shotguns have always held a special place with me.

I am a full time gunsmith and I like to make re-creations of historic pieces for living history people, or for collectors to fill a void in the collection, till the proper piece is purchased.

I "DO NOT" stamp these arms and will not sell or even attempt to pass them off as originals. I like to sell to folks I know that will not stamp them and try to sell them as originals and make money off of un-suspecting buyers.

I make historic flintlock pieces for 18th century living history folks, but these modern guns are fun to make.

I have made WIN. '97, 12, along with both savage models. They are very easy to reproduce, but this was a bit more tricky. It will stay in my collection along with all my WWI army gear.

I love the look of the thing, and how very rare they are. I have only seen about 4-5 of these originals, and 2 were missing handguards and one was missing the lug. The one on the Rock Island sale last year, I believe had a replacement handguard, as it was very bulky looking.

Just thought you fellows would like to see this, or comment.

Mark

Mark, nice looking example. did you make that lug looks to be made of steel not cast like some repros i've seen.
I take it the guard is repro alot of work on that one.

Yes,

Milling machine and hand filing for the bayo lug. The hand guard and keeper for the receiver are all my work also. There is nothing available that I know of as far as reproduction pieces for this model.

Just lots of labor. Also the sling assy. for the mag tube is a little bit of work too.

It was fun and I like the looks of it. It's a hoot to shoot also.

Mark

Great job, Mark.

Did you have a real one to use as a model, or just do it from photos?

Tom,

No such luck on the real one.

I went off of photos from books and aution catalogs. Some really nice photo work from some of the major auction houses these day, and they are great to keep for reference.

As far as "winging" it on the repro, there are known measurements on most of the parts. The handguard is only so long, and the bayo lug uses the 1917 model bayonet , so those measurements are a given.

I mix up dyes for staining the stock, and it is really close to what you see on military arms of the period.

I'm sure it is not the best repro, and I may have some things incorrect but, it is as close as I can come without an actual specimen to measure etc.

That is ok though, as I surely don't want to make a blatant forgery!

It is what I wanted to do for my WWI Army display, and just for fun. It works on the cow birds that try to rob the nests of our nice birds around the house!:dancingbanana:

Mark

I wouldn't let the DNR know about what your doin to the Cowbirds, but Thank God someone is killin them off, They are about rampant around here because of the open tree lines. Rather have a crow over the parasites....