This 1960s film advertises the Model-1100 shotgun and shows it in use for recreational water fowl hunting at following places (in order): Long Island Sound, James Bay, British Columbia, Lake Mattamuskeet, Sacramento Valley, Arkansas, Long Island Sound. The Remington 1100 shown a gas-operated semi-automatic shotgun introduced by Remington Arms in 1963, and the film probably dates from that time.

“The Oldest Gunmakers in America present the Newest Guns” (0:06). Two men shooting Model 1100 shotgun outdoors. Main title. Shotgun barrel while firing, reloading. Man throws shotgun in brook, picks it back up, loads, fires again. Closeups: hands, gunmakers moving manual computer controls (design phase) (0:52). Man operates gun-making machine on desk (1:13). High-speed photography: Model-1100 in action (fired shell ejected, new shell fed) (1:30). “Sopping wet” gun fired in lab to test (1:40). Man operates kick meter oscilloscope, compares gun recoil patterns during testing, graphs (2:01). Frozen gun fires in lab (2:20). White businessmen knock down stocks (bowling) (2:25). Closeup showing stock, grip cap, receiver, inlays, custom work (2:30). People shoot sheet with Model-1100 (closeups, including woman) (3:01). Shooting trap by water (doubles) (3:19). Spaniel panting (3:34). Remington express bullets (box) (3:36). Two men (hunters) on boat near Stratford towing duck boats (outdoorsy gear: flannel, caps, heavy coats). Ducks taking off over water (3:52). Hunters throw out decoys (4:20). Two men on duck boats near decoys (4:58). Broad-billed shooters. Man throws anchor line. Hunters row / hitch pulley system between anchor lines (cork floats). Guns, shell boxes (6:00). Closeup: Peter High Velocity shell box (6:12). Duck hunters load shotguns, lie back in wait (6:30). Birds fly over decoys (6:55). Several birds hit, fall. Hunters in wait, pours coffee from thermos (8:09). Canoe on shore (8:24). Winter at James Bay. Blue geese. Outfitters on canoe by water plane (8:56). Blue geese flock flying (9:15). Indigenous Cree man chops dwarf willows in field with axe (9:29). Man plants goose wings (on sticks). Local guides build blinds for hunters using vegetation (9:53). Closeups: visiting hunters. More goose wings planted (10:40). Geese flying high (10:58). Local Cree men look up, make bird noises (11:03). White male hunters wait, brace against cold. Geese fly low over field. Hunters stand, shoot (12:28). Geese being hit, falling from sky. Cree men smile. Hunters pick up shot geese (12:48). Hunting group walking, Cree men carrying heavy load (kill) (13:10). Ducks in British Columbia (13:20). Two hunters and dog row boat on river, get out (13:25). Hunters walking (14:10). Hunters set up vantage points in valley, collapsible goose decoys (14:15). Closeups: man, dogs, guns (14:50). Hunters load guns. Birds fly over hunters. Shooting, hit (15:20). Retriever dog in action. Canadian geese flying (16:09). Geese land (16:40). Lake Mattamuskeet, North Carolina. Hunters set up blinds (17:07). Hunters load (17:35). Geese on lake (17:40). Hunters, dog looking (17:50). Geese flying (18:08). Hunters use walkie talkies, stand, shoot, hit (18:45). Chesapeake dog goes to get bird (19:09). Hunters takes goose from retriever. Flock of Pintails flying (19:54). Sacramento Valley. Gunner in sunken concrete barrel with Labrador by flooded fields, makes bird calls (20:05). Pintails. Man stands, shoots, bird falls, Labrador retrieves from water, man blows whistle, puts towel on dog, repeat (20:36). Man signals to dog (whistle, hand signals, shouts, directs) (21:45). Dog finds bird & retrieves (22:30). Man gets back in hole (22:58). Horse-drawn wagon approaches hunter (23:08). Closeup: dead ducks (23:20). Hunter packs up, boards wagon, departs (flooded field). Mallard hunters by boat / decoys in flooded stand of pin oaks (Stuttgart rice country, Arkansas) (24:24). Hunters walk with boat, guns through water. Hunters load guns (25:15). Hunters by oaks. Birds on the wing (26:06). Hunter calls using handheld whistle (26:10). Hunters shoot, hit, birds fall (26:45). More calls, shooting, birds falling through trees into water. (27:58). Birds flying low over decoys (28:30). Gunners lie back, birds flying over water, landing (28:50). Hunters pack up (30:08). Shooters silhouetted against sunset (30:15). The End (30:48).

The Model 1100 was designed by Wayne Leek and Robert Kelley as a successor to the Model 58 and Model 878 gas operated shotguns. Over 4 million have been produced to this day.

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