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Title:	SHOTGUN -  REMINGTON SHOTGUN MODEL 11-A 12 GAUGE SN# 190747
Maker/Manufacturer:	BROWNING, JOHN M.
Date of Manufacture:	1916
Eminent Figure:
Catalog Number:	SPAR 3226
Measurements:	OL:120CM 47 1/4" BL: 71.1CM 28"

Object Description:

REMINGTON SHOTGUN MODEL 11-A 12 GAUGE SN# 190747
Manufactured by Remington Arms, Ilion, N.Y. - Remington Model 11A "Standard" Grade shotgun. Hammerless. Takedown. Browning type. 5-shot with tubular magazine holding 4-rounds with 1 in chamber. Checkered pistol grip and forend. Weapon within serial number range for WWII. Stock badly charred from museum fire otherwise complete and in fair condition.

Markings:
Barrel: MODEL 11-A. REMINGTON ARMS-UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE CO. REMINGTON WORKS-ILION, N.Y. U.S.A./BROWNING'S PATENTS, OCT. 9, 1900+ FULL.
Frame: 190747.

Notes: The Remington Model 11 was a favorite of Bonnie & Clyde.

"Early in WWII, the U.S. Navy and U.S. Army realized an effective and economical way to teach aerial gunners 'wing shooting' was to train them to shoot skeet. Remington again came to the forefront by supplying 59,961 Model 11 autoloading shotguns ($36.34 EACH), and 8,992 Model 31 pump-action shotguns ($32.34 each), as well as 6,700 mechanical target throwers and more than 204,000,000 clay targets.
With nearly 9,000 Model 31 shotguns being supplied, I would consider them scarce and should be of interest to collectors of WWII firearms, as well as to Remington collectors…. The R.L.B. cartouche is the inspectors mark for Roy L. Bolin, circa 1941-42. You will find his inspector's mark on not only the Remington Model 31, but the Ithaca M37 and the Remington M1903." - Remington Society of American Journal, 1st Quarter, 2006.

References:
Thompson, Leroy. GREENHILL MILITARY MANUALS: COMBAT SHOTGUNS. Stackpole Books. Mechanicsburg, Pa. 2002.