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Old October 1, 2009, 12:01 PM   #3
carguychris
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Just for the entertainment value, may I present arguably the most famous photograph in American history featuring a Remington Model 11.



The folks in the photo are Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. The Model 11's barrel has been sawed off, and if anyone's wondering about the apparent lack of a shoulder stock, it has been cut off behind the wrist to make the gun into a "Whipit" that can be concealed beneath an overcoat. The user could "whip it" out during a holdup, hence the name. This was a common modification amongst Prohibition-era outlaws and gangsters.

I'm quite interested obtaining a C&R Model 11 and maybe some C&R non-military bolt-action rifles, but it seems that there's nowhere near as much documentation about these guns as compared to milsurps. I think that this fact, plus the lack of a connection to military or Old West history, has made these guns less popular than they should be.
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