old remington 12 ga double barrell

i am trying to identify the age of my shotgun it is a remington 12ga side by side barrels the ser # is 128549 it also has has some kind of scroll type design on the barrels,is this demascus ,and will it shoot mordern ammo?

is this a hammergun or hammerless? and are there any patent dates on the barrels,,remember rule #1 when in doubt about damascus barrels have it looked at by a compentant gunsmith before you fire any shells in it!!! ,,better to be safe than sorry and ruin a good valuable shotgun..
bigcurt

Hi bigcurt,the gun in question is hammerless,I can't see any patent dates

With that serial number it has to be an 1894.
They made 42,000 of them from 1894-1910 other then a swag I can't date it better. You might try the Remington Society of America someone will know them better there. Also NO do NOT use modern ammo.

oh I should have mentioned, the serial numbers started at 100,000

We have a Old Remington 12 Ga Double Barrell and on the barrells it has engraved on one, 30 and the other 33. what does this mean?