In the spring of 1963, the manager of Shooting Promotion, Curt Clair, recruited Dick Baldwin, Earl Larson. The Model 1100 was officially introduced to the trade, in January 1963, in 12 gauge 2″ standard and 3″ magnum shotshells. I soon switch my allegiance from the Model 878 to the new Model 1100 and started shooting even more trap at Lordship. Wow! The newly introduced Model 1100 autoloader was born. In December 1962, at Remington’s National Sales Meeting, with salesmen from all over the country, we learned about a new shotgun that was said to reduce recoil up to 55%.
Needless to say, I soon became an avid skeet and trap shooter. I started with skeet, using a Remington Model 878, with earplugs and shooting glasses. If one didn’t know how to shoot,Įxcellent instructors were available for the asking. A great place to learn to shoot skeet and trap. The Lordship Gun Club had been around since the 1920s and, at that time, was open to the public. Never having had a shotgun to my shoulder before, I went out to Remington’s gun club, located in Stratford. Kelly) would soon produce in a new autoloader which combined the best features of all three, including appearance, balance, low recoil, durability and dependability under all field and target conditions. Years of research and development by Wayne Leek’s Firearms Research Program team (also consisting of James Martin, Charles Morse, Clark Workman and R. The Sportsman ’58 and the Model 878 were gas-operated and had a piston, that was inside the magazine tube, that was forced to the rear by the gasses from the burning powder, which made it more difficult to keep clean. These were the gas-operated Sportsman ’58 (introduced in 1956), the Model 878 (introduced 1959) and the Model 11-48 (introduced in 1948, and which had a recoil operating systems similar to the venerable Browning designed Model 11). In 1962, Remington was producing three different autoloading shotguns. I eventually become a member of the highly respected Remington sales force. I was soon to learn all about the manufactured products, including firearms and ammunition, and all related goods. In 1962, I joined Remington Arms Company, as a trainee, in its Shooting Promotion Department a part of Remington’s sales and marketing division.
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