Rib history

[WDE91]

Discussing shotguns with a calgunner buddy of mine today and the topic of solid ribs came up.

I bought a Remington Model 11 that was made in 1945 and it has a solid rib on it.

When did solid ribs make their introduction?
When did they exit?

Thank you for your help

[ysr_racer]

I like my ribs BBQ-ed

[WDE91]

I like my ribs BBQ-ed

I also like ribs but am interested in the metal variety for this question

[WDE91]

Does anyone have an answer to this?

[ysr_racer]

Try asking here, these guys will know.

http://www.trapshooters.com/noframes/cfpages/main_sthreads.cfm

[otteray]

Wasn't it originally made to reduce miraging and to increase field of view?

[WDE91]

Wasn't it originally made to reduce miraging and to increase field of view?

Ya I understand the purpose but am wondering about years

Introduced in the _ _'s and left in the _ _'s

[ysr_racer]

Put some of this on your ribs, and you can't go wrong



Seriously, you're asking the wrong crowd. Ask these guys about a million jiga-watt flashlight on their Remy or Mossy shoty, and you'll get a thousand responses

[otteray]

From "Notable Gun Dates" in Edgar Howard Penrose, Descriptive Catalog of the Collection of Firearms in the Museum of Applied Science of Victoria [Australia], by, Museum of Applied Science of Victoria:
The top rib in double-barreled guns appeared about 1780
Source
LC Smith advertised a vent rib in their 1917 catalog.

“L. C. SMITH NEW SINGLE BARREL TRAP GUN-SPECIALTY
For a number of years we have been working on a single barrel gun designed especially for trap shooting…..It is equipped with the famous Smith Bolt that never shoot loose, the Smith cocking mechanism, the Smith Automatic Ejector and a quick action hammer that hits the firing pin dead on…..The Compensating Ventilated Top Rib is an exclusive feature.….Its linked construction automatically adjusts itself to the difference in temperature between the barrel and the rib in continuous shooting, and in that way maintains what all designers of single barrel guns have for years sought-the true alignment of the barrel under all degrees of temperature.

Marlin bought LC Smith in the 1940s, and in William Brophy's book "Marlin Firearms" no mention of vent ribs on the LC Smith line are shown or mentioned. Go figure.