Ordnance Steel barrels were a higher quality steel barrel and cost extra over the standard Damacus barrels on the A and B quality guns, and they were called AO-Grade, AEO-Grade, BO-Grade and BEO-Grade. Remington Steel barrels were a lower priced barrel and were offered on the entry level gun at the same price as the standard Two-Stripe Damascus barrels, and the guns were known as the AR-Grade or AER-Grade.
catalogue steel barrels were added to the line up. These early Remington Hammerless Double Barrel Shotguns were all fitted with varying qualities of Damascus Barrels. catalogue in Grades A to E with extractors and AE to EE with ejectors. The gun known as the Model 1894 is the original Remington Hammerless Double Barrel Shotgun, introduced in 10- and 12-gauges in the October 1894 Remington Arms Co. Remingtons last hammer double was the Model 1889.
