E. · Shotgun
Remington Model 10
Pump action · 12 Gauge · introduced 1908
Also known as M10, Model 10-A, Model 10 Trench Gun
About the Remington Model 10
The Remington Model 10 is an American hammerless pump-action (slide-action) 12-gauge shotgun with a distinctive single bottom port that both loads and ejects, leaving the receiver sides solid. Designed by John Pedersen and produced 1908-1929, it was issued in a short trench/riot configuration (Model 10-A) to U.S. forces in World War I.
John Pedersen - whom John M. Browning reportedly called 'the greatest gun designer in the world' - created the Model 10 as a hammerless, bottom-ejecting rival to Browning's Winchester 1897. Its short-barreled Model 10-A trench gun saw U.S. combat in WWI, where Germany formally protested American combat shotguns as inhumane.
Remington Model 10 specifications
General
- Type
- Shotgun
- Action
- Pump action
- Firing mechanism
- Hammer-fired
- Trigger
- Single stage
- Calibres
- 12 Gauge
- Magazine capacity
- 5 rounds
- Magazine
- Tubular magazine
Dimensions
- Barrel length
- 762 mm (30.0 in)
- Overall length
- 1219 mm (48.0 in)
- Weight (empty)
- 3.60 kg (7.94 lb)
Barrel
- Rifling
- None
Materials
- Barrel
- Steel
- Receiver / frame
- Steel
- Stock
- Wood
- Finish
- blued
Performance
- Effective range
- 40 m
History
- Introduced
- 1908
- Discontinued
- 1929
- Production status
- Discontinued
- Country of origin
- US
- Designer
- John Pedersen
Features
- Bottom eject
- Bottom load
- Hammerless
- Takedown
- Tubular magazine
Safety
- Cross bolt safety
Bottom-ejection kept the receiver sides solid - favored by left-handed shooters and for keeping debris out. The Model 10-A trench gun added a ventilated metal handguard/heat shield, bayonet lug and sling swivels. Magazine capacity reported as 5 (in magazine) or 6 (with one chambered) across sources.
