Remington Model 10

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Remington Model 10
Remington Model 10-A Slide Action Shotgun transparent.png
Type Shotgun
Place of originUnited States
Service history
Used by United States Army
United States Marine Corps
Viet Cong [1]
Wars World War I, World War II, Vietnam War
Production history
Designer John Pedersen [2]
Manufacturer Remington Arms
Produced1908–1929 [2]
No. built275,600 [2] (+38,000 Model 29) [3]
Variants
  • Model 10 Trench
  • Model 10 Target
  • Model 29 (1930 to 1933) [3]
Specifications
Mass7.75 lb (3.52 kg) [4]
Length48 in (120 cm) [4]
Barrel  length30 in (76 cm) [4]
Caliber 12-gauge
Action Pump-action
Feed system6-round tubular magazine [4]

The Remington Model 10 is a pump-action shotgun designed in 1908 by John Pedersen for Remington Arms. [2] It has an internal striker within the bolt and a tube magazine which loaded and ejected from a port in the bottom of the receiver. [5] An updated version, the Model 29, was introduced in 1930 with improvements made by C.C. Loomis. [3]

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Military use

The United States military used a short-barreled version known variously as the "trench" or "riot" shotgun. [6] The Winchester Model 1897 was the major production, but Remington made 3,500 of the Model 10-A version for issue to U.S. troops during World War I. [6] The Model 10 was modified by reducing the barrel length to 23 inches (58 cm) and adding sling swivels, a wooden heat shield over the barrel, and an adapter with bayonet lug for affixing a M1917 bayonet. [6] These trench guns with serial numbers between 128000 and 166000 were stamped with US and the flaming bomb insignia on the left side of the receiver. [5] Remington also developed a "trench gun" variant for the Russian army, which existed in both long-barreled and short-barreled versions, and featured a rifle-style wooden barrel shroud and a mount for a Mosin-Nagant bayonet. But, after fall of the Imperial government, the new government was not interested in such a highly-specialized weapon and the Model 10 was not adopted by the armed forces. [7] The United States military also purchased a number of Remington Model 10 with 20-inch (51-cm) barrels for guarding prisoners and 26 to 30-inch (66 to 76-cm) barrels for training aerial gunners. [6] The Model 10-A was used in limited numbers by the Marine Corps through the 1930s. [6]

References

  1. ↑ Dye, Dale A.; Laemlein, Tom (18 August 2015). Small Arms of the Vietnam War: A Photographic Study. Warriors Publishing Group. ISBN   9780986195518.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Model 10 Pump Shotgun". Remington Arms. Archived from the original on 21 November 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 "Model 29 Pump Shotgun". Remington Arms. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Wood, J.B. (2002). The Gun digest book of firearms assembly/disassembly (2nd ed.). Iola, WI: Krause Pub. ISBN   0873494008.
  5. 1 2 Bruce N. Canfield "Give Us More Shotguns!" American Rifleman May 2004 pp.58-63
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Bruce N. Canfield "Remington's Model 10: The Other Trench Gun" American Rifleman November 2009 pp.74-107
  7. ↑ "America's Prototype 'Trench Guns' Of World War I". American Rifleman. Retrieved 26 September 2024.

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