Remington MODEL 300

Guns Magazine, May, 2001 by Charles E. Petty

Atop the safety is a lever for barrel selection. More commonly, the whole safety moves left or right to pick the first barrel, but Remington's is mounted on the safety itself. It is positive and snug -- unlikely to be inadvertently changed. While we have come to expect being able to select barrels and would surely scream if we couldn't, we suspect that, in this day of interchangeable chokes, the option is not used all that much.

The finish is a very nicely polished blue -- something we don't see much anymore -- with a small amount of machine-engraved scrollwork on both sides and on the bottom of the receiver.

Stock and forend are American walnut with 20 1pi checkering. The wood is a nice straight-grain walnut, finished with a satin synthetic material. We've seen a number of these guns, and the quality of the wood is very consistent from one to the next. In short, the Remington Ideal 300 is an ideal O/U indeed.