Remington Mowhawk 48 (1973)

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This is a cool variant of the Remington Model 11-48 which was a groundbreaking shotgun of it's day taking Remington into the post war sleek looking shotgun designs that continued into the 1100 and the 870. This one, however, is neither a pump action nor gas operated but uses the Long Recoil Principal like it's father, the Remington Model 11 (Browning A5). The model breakdown looks like this......

Model 11-48: This model was the first of the "New Generation" semi-auto shotgun produced after the war & is considered a recoil operated firearm.
It's model number was derived from the older model 11 that the recoil system was copied from & the newer stamped out internal parts that have become so popular since, developed in 1948, but not introduced until 1949. It was discontinued in 1968.

Model 48 Sportsman: The 48 Sportsman was the same gun except it was made so that it would only accept 2 rounds in the magazine, conforming to the Federal Migratory bird regulations. It was introduced in 1949 & discontinued in 1959.

Model 48 Mohawk: This gun was apparently a final clean up of the 11-48 & the 48 Sportsman parts. They appeared a few years after the previous models were discontinued. They were usually found with walnut stained birch wood. Generally distributed thru some of the mass merchandisers.

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