Remington Model 10
{{Infobox weapon
|name=Remington Model 10
|image= 270px
|caption=
|origin=United States
|type=Shotgun
|is_ranged=yes
|service=
|used_by=United States Army
United States Marine Corps
Viet Cong{{cite book|title=Small Arms of the Vietnam War: A Photographic Study|first1=Dale A. |last1=Dye|first2=Tom |last2=Laemlein|isbn=9780986195518|publisher=Warriors Publishing Group|date=18 Aug 2015 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KR5ZCgAAQBAJ}}
|wars=World War I, World War II, Vietnam War
|designer=John Pedersen
|design_date=
|manufacturer=Remington Arms
|unit_cost=
|number= 275,600 (+38,000 Model 29){{cite web |url=http://www.remington.com/products/archived/shotguns/pump-action/model-29.aspx |title=Model 29 Pump Shotgun |publisher=Remington Arms |access-date=7 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223014241/http://www.remington.com/products/archived/shotguns/pump-action/model-29.aspx |archive-date=23 February 2014 |df=dmy-all }}
|variants=
|weight={{convert|7.75|lb|kg|abbr=on}}{{cite book|last=Wood|first=J.B.|title=The Gun digest book of firearms assembly/disassembly.|year=2002|publisher=Krause Pub.|location=Iola, WI|isbn=0873494008|edition=2nd}}
|length={{convert|48|in|cm|abbr=on}}
|part_length={{convert|30|in|cm|abbr=on}}
|cartridge=
|caliber=12-gauge
|action=Pump-action
|feed=6-round tubular magazine
|sights=
}}
The Remington Model 10 is a pump-action shotgun designed in 1908 by John Pedersen for Remington Arms. 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.Bruce N. Canfield "Give Us More Shotguns!" American Rifleman May 2004 pp.58-63 An updated version, the Model 29, was introduced in 1930 with improvements made by C.C. Loomis.
Military use
The United States military used a short-barreled version known variously as the "trench" or "riot" shotgun.Bruce N. Canfield "Remington's Model 10: The Other Trench Gun" American Rifleman November 2009 pp.74-107 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. 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. 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. 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.{{cite web |title=America’s Prototype 'Trench Guns' Of World War I |url=https://www.americanrifleman.org/content/america-s-prototype-trench-guns-of-world-war-i/ |website=American Rifleman |accessdate=26 September 2024}} 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. The Model 10-A was used in limited numbers by the Marine Corps through the 1930s.
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Category:Remington Arms firearms
Category:World War I infantry weapons of the United States
Category:World War II firearms of the United States
Category:United States Marine Corps equipment
Category:Shotguns of the United States
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