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Adam Lee

Another interesting observation is the "tidiness" of how these stamps were applied. If you look at the earliest of guns, like 1906 guns, the stamps were applied symmetrically, stamped deeply and even, and organized in a way very pleasing to the eye. Compare those with later Model 8 guns, and especi...

Adam Lee

Makes one wonder if they used the same inspectors for all the lines of production. That is exactly what I'm curious about - when Remington was mass-producing the 4, 6, 8, 10,11,12,14, etc rifles and shotguns were these guns all streaming down the same aisle, so to speak? I've seen the "comma" fitte...

Adam Lee

OK Cam - you gave me permission, here is a screen grab of one version I cobbled together. It is by no means what I want it to finally look like, but you can get a feel for what I'm thinking.

Adam Lee

Thanks for the kudos, Carl! Actually I typed that all up in draft form over about a half hour. Later on, I pasted it into a post here on the forum. Carl, since you are the first to respond, let me tell you something I find interesting: many of the same assembly and fitting marks you find on the 8's ...

Adam Lee

One particularly distracting means of turning my mental energies away from recovering following a large rotator cuff and biceps tenodesis surgery has been my recent obsession with the arcane and quite possibly meaningless subject of manufacturing markings associated with Remington firearms from 1900...

Adam Lee

thanks for the reality check, carl!

by the way, i'm typing with one finger really slowly - for a reason!

day one post-op is almost over. tomorrow's gotta be better!

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Adam Lee

Great thread - keep up those nice detail photos.

When my shoulder allows, I will post a much "better" post than this!

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ok i'm typing one handed today. let's just say, i started my summer vacation with a complete rotator cuff surgical solution yesterday, and i'm not feeling like moving my left arm! make this short for everyone: here's a direct copy & paste from a note I had, an idea been going thru my brain..... thin...

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Bandersnatch wrote: ↑
Mon Jun 11, 2018 10:12 pm
Buy the Savage and run, don't walk, before he can change his mind.

I thank you for your input!

Will see if this deal goes down. I'll inform as I can.

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Adam Lee

Hey guys. I'm unfortunately being tempted once more on a couple of guns at the same time - from the same collection which I recently obtained my 1950 Marlin 336! :!: The main temptation is a 1917-date code Savage 99, a take-down model, in 250 Savage. Somewhat dirty, and a little worn, but bet it wil...

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My gunsmith is building me a custom 7mm Mauser. Should be ready in six months or so. @Bandersnatch - would you be posting anything about this in the future, on this board, or any other? I'd be very interested in following once you have the gun on hand. What receiver is the basis? New or old? I thin...

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You've got a few Mauser projects in the works, sounds like! :D I'm about to get myself back into the "Mauser mode" in the near future as well, with my eyes on a 7mm project. I have no idea if my Mauser project will be ground-up, sourcing a new barrel and a receiver, or if I'm just going to look for ...

Adam Lee

Nice setup, Joe - looks great! Hope you have fun with your "new" scoped 81 in Florida. My mom would have you use it to great effect on some 'gators that spook her on her walks near her house in Fort Meade. :roll: She is near the Peace River, I believe. Did that 81 come with the checkering? Is it a B...

Adam Lee

Carl,

thank you for offering your thoughts and ideas on my Model 10 project question. I will try and follow up with your recommendations, and once I get back into the old gun I will let you know how it goes!

Thanks.
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Hi guys - just a bump on my old post!

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First shooting report with my new/old 1950 336 Marlin, after tossing 200-grain pills downrange! She shoots GREAT. The bore is amazingly new-looking. She broke her ejector spring - or maybe it was "almost broken" and it went ahead and snapped. No matter! She knows how to fire single-shot style. Consi...

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It ,unlike yours, had been drilled for a scope mount and had a recoil pad installed with both being detractors. My interest in it was that it was an ADL or at least the wood was. Seller advised only marked "A" which leads me to believe that was the case. Regardless I prevailed upon him to make a ru...

Adam Lee

Thanks for the tip on Big 45 - I actually did clean this up pretty easily with my own cocktail of stuff. Turned out pretty cool!

Here are some pics.

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Adam Lee

@Sarge - Joe, do you know whether or not my 1950 G-dated 336A could have come fitted with a sight hood? The front sight is slotted for a hood, but did not come with one. I was wondering if it would be "correct" to have one, especially since this waffle-top is not and will not be drilled & tapped for...

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Joe, thanks so much for your thoughtful reply! I never thought I would find a "vintage" 336 in any caliber for what I paid - considering where I live. Everything is always massively overpriced most often at the gun shops in Northern Virginia - least, when I happen to visit! Plus, this is indeed a ri...

Adam Lee

Thanks -

this is a 24" barreled .35 Rem, with "waffle top" receiver and nothing else.

Adam Lee

Guys - happy birthday to me! On my day-off venture to my local gun shop, I managed to walk out the door with a "needs TLC" 1950 G-dated 336 A Marlin, in .35 Remington. Surface rust, mild to me for the work it will take to clean up, and it is not D&T'd for a scope! Wood is original and nice, only oth...

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What did you get, Carl? Just curious!

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Carl - thanks for looking in! The base receiver/bolt half for my .300/.35 convertible happens to be a standard .300 Savage bolt. Basically, I just thought "hey everything seems to indicate this will work" if I just swap the .35Rem barrel front end onto the .300 Sav back end. I remembered the very mi...

Adam Lee

Hey guys! I've got a pair of "convertibles" I'm getting together. Already having fun with a Model 81 with "big bolt" that I take to the WMA with .300 Sav/.35 Rem front ends. Have another Model 81 I have set up with a "small bolt" and one .30Rem barrel/jacket assembly. Since I made a trade with Carl ...

Adam Lee

For those of us poor chaps with Krieger rifles that are missing their custom-milled magazines, with or without riveted side springs, it would be nice to hear from folks who've taken the plunge and made a stock mag work. I'm sorry to have been absent without leave for so long - but that's what "worki...

Adam Lee

that Model 14 is a beat, never owned one or shot one...yet Cam - I'm sure you meant to say "a beaut" - but I got a brief chuckle for a second! :lol: Wasn't sure if you meant "beast" or "beaut" but both cool comments! And yes - that is a nice looking 14 - and they are fun Remingtons, too! Got one in...

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Cam, I just made a comment on your Youtube channel for this video - nice work!

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Just repeating my query - has anyone even seen or heard of a tool that will unthread a Model 10 shotgun barrel adjuster bushing? I bet they look like a choke tool.

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Well, I'm no rocket scientist and certainly not a machinist - but I bet I can figure out a way to make or modify something to act as a removal tool to get the adjustment bushings out of my Model 10 receivers. Once I figure it out, I'll get back and report on my progress. Hope it's not in two years -...

Adam Lee

Guys, I've been keeping my Model 10 Remington on the far back burner with it being stripped down to a nice pile of parts in the "tool shed", so to speak. The major issue for the shotgun is its barrel adjustment bushing - I believe that's the right name - which is a critical part for Model 10's/29's/...

Adam Lee

Time for a long-delayed follow up to this epic story! First off: the Stevens 20 gauge had been working just fine, it was "user confusion" that caused my troubles. I did not understand that when these Stevens 620's are loaded, the shell rests underneath the lifter instead of remaining completely with...

Adam Lee

I had built some loads for my trusty model 8 in .25. I used the Hornady 117 gr Spitzer bullet, which functioned excellently and grouped pretty well, and so, figured I, these ought to work in the model 14 I just picked up from Gunbroker. Imagine, if you will, my chagrin when not the first one would ...

Adam Lee

Thanks for the funny note, Carl - hey it was a fun day!

Adam Lee

Sometimes, all the stars line up just right and weekend plans actually come together. I learned to appreciate the journey - and the process - of getting out to my “local” WMA for a brief yet rewarding bit of trigger time this weekend. I think the reason it felt like a great day at the range was beca...

Adam Lee

I've got to do this very same "trick" to my 1939 Model 81 - it also is almost impossible to replace the stock tang screw and I bet the recoil spring tube isn't given enough "room" in the buttstock channel either.

Thanks for the tip!

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what's it look like?

thanks for saving another .32 Model 14, by the way!

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Hey 'yall -

No big deal, just had a fun afternoon assembling my first AR-15 lower kit from Anderson. The parts kit and the lower are both Anderson. Went together nice, now I am that much closer to my 6.5 Grendel LOL!
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Carl, thanks again for your quick and relevant comments. I just got some luck on web surfing for a RN .321 bullet at the Hawk Bullets website. They make a .321 RN bullet specific to the Remington Model 14! Just scroll down the page a bit. I am looking into this for sure! http://hawkbullets.com/maste...

Adam Lee

Thanks for the "reality check" Carl - figured that the bolt face would be different once I looked at it and measured, but wasn't sure about it. So, the bolt extension or bolt itself - not the entire bolt carrier assembly - is one of three unique bolt face dimensions. Got it! There's a .35 bolt/anoth...

Adam Lee

Afternoon gents! While waiting for my dawgz to settle down, (they are now asleep :D ) I had a moment to think about a project 8/81 idea I have brewing. I'd like to make my .300 Savage-barreled Model 81 Krieger "convertible" to a .35 Remington front half. IIRC, the springs/bolt bodies are the same - ...

Adam Lee

Hey guys. I have posted before that I own a Model 14 chambered in .32 Rem, and also managed to swing a trade deal with a friend here for an early/unmarked .32 Rem Model 8 barrel. That barrel is now sort of a convertible for my .30 Rem chambered Model 81. So here's my reloading-related question for '...

Adam Lee

Nice 81 in .30Rem!

Looks good!

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I'm waitin' for Carl to process the replies. Maybe he'll get a word in....to show some love for the .32!

(BTW I am in agreement with Carl about the "false" assumption that .32 Rem is just not an accurate round. Why? Because Carl is the Man!)

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...what Joe said! one thing I wondered though - is there any further load development that might take place with the cast boolits which could increase the velocity a bit - enough to possibly "cure" the extreme windage adjustment? Is there a different grain/powder combo that ups the fps and maybe mak...

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I've just got to get a .25 Remington, now I'm envious!

Adam Lee

Really, what caliber is your Remington chambered for? That makes a big difference as far as availability.

Nice gun to have - good luck!

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Einar, I like the close-ups of the proof marks/assembly markings on your rifle. It is a very serendipitous find - Norway or anywhere! As the other guys have said, you will find everything you want answered right here on this forum about your FN 1900 "aka" John Browning's "sneaks" rifles. I don't kno...

Adam Lee

Boy, those were well-taken pictures.

The gun was nice too!

Adam Lee

Thanks again for sharing those sites for everyone. Saves us time from hunting around for this ammo!

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