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The famed Remington Model 11 was America’s first autoloading shotgun and was offered in 12-gauge, 16-gauge and 20-gauge models. It had good ergonomics, was hammerless, recoil operated, used side ejection and had a tube magazine. Its profile was fairly classic except its slightly tall raised receiver profile.

The Model 11 enjoyed a popular 42 year production run from 1905 to 1947 that accounted for 850,000 built. The Model 11 was designed by none other than legendary John F. Browning, and, interestingly,

The Remington 11 was first produced under the name Remington Autoloading Shotgun, but in 1911, it was renamed to the Model 11. The gun’s early years were 12-gauge only all the way until 1930. That year saw the 20-gauge introduced and the next year, Remington added the 16-gauge. Over the course of its history, the gun had various “grades” that included Standard, Riot, Police, Special, Trap, Tournament, Expert and Premier. There was also a three-shot Sportsman model added in 1931.

Remington made 65,000 Remington 11s for Browning to help the Allies fight the Axis during World War II. The United States Navy trained with the Remington 11 during World War II. But other branches also received at least some examples of the shotgun. However, all the guns supplied to the US armed forces were olive drab and had a Government property marking. The 11 was followed by the improved Remington Model 11-48 with nearly another half million built.

The gun has a safety by the trigger. The gun could be taken down to separate the barrel from the rest of the gun, increasing ease of portability for travel, etc.

The steadfast continuity and how little superficial change across all these decades of Remington 11 and Remington Model 11-48 production is, in a word, amazing! Compare this to the much more extensive changes in form and functionality of other piece of primarily mechanical technology such as in airplanes or vehicle. Imagine flying in a Wright Brothers Flier III to Paris or taking a Ford Model F cross-country.

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