Remington Sportsman or Model 11 ???????

Sportsman S

I don't mean to throw another question into the mix, but I am relatively inexperienced with fire arms and my late grandfather left me a Remington "The Sportsman" with the # S2743 across the side. I have been unsuccessful finding any information on it via the web, until this post. Is there somewhere specific that I should be looking for another serial #?

The barrel is engraved with the letters PZ and in addition to the REP and anchor symbol there is a heart engraved on the belly of the barrel, can anyone tell me anything about this gun?
 
Welcome to TFL, Phil20.

You didn't say if your gun was a 12 gauge, 16, or 20 but 16's seem to cause some ID problems. This hyperlink is from the Remington website.

http://www.remington.com/products/archived/shotguns/autoloading/sportsman.aspx

Having once owned a 12 gauge Sportsman and now being the owner of a 12 gauge Model 11, I can tell you that both are good, solid, reliable guns. They're great hunters, but neither one is a gun that you'd want to shoot a whole lot at a time because the recoil from the 12 gauge models of either one, particularly with buckshot loads and slugs, but even with moderate shot loads will give you quite a jolt - and a nasty bruise too if you stay at it too long. Anyway, as I recall, the following are the most easily discernable differences between a 12 gauge Remington Model 11 and a 12 gauge Sportsman variation of that gun:

1. An unplugged Model 11 will hold four 2 3/4 inch shells in its magazine and one in its chamber, vs. The Sportsman, which will hold two in the magazine and one in the chamber.

2. The model identification rollmarks on the breechbolt are different. Model 11's say MODEL 11. The Sportsman says THE SPORTSMAN.

3. I'm not absolutely certain of this but I think this is right - I believe the "pheasant scene" rollmarks are different. I believe that on the Model 11 there are pheasants flying, while on The Sportsman there's a pheasant on the ground.

4.The forearms of the guns are different. The Sportsman forearm is a beavertail type forearm, flatter and wider than a Remington Model 11.

5. The magazine end caps are different.

6. I can't remember now but the Sportsman may have been a tad lighter than the Model 11 too; Sorry, can't remember for sure.
 
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Remington Sportsman

I have a 12ga Remington marked Sportsman on the receiver, serial 509XXX, barrel code DC. It does not have an "S" stamp, nor does the bolt have any stamp on it. It has the sitting pheasant on the right side and the flying duck on the left. It hold two rounds in the tube.
 
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