Old and weird .22's, show what you have!
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Remington Rarity
AMERICAN BOY SCOUT is branded into the left flank of this old maverick. Remington started out from 1911 to 1912 calling their Mdl. S 4 The CADET. From 1913 to 1914 its name was changed to AMERICAN BOY SCOUT at the the request of one of the THREE boy scout organizations operating just after the turn of the century. From 1914 to 1924 Remington named it the MILITARY. A total of 15,000 are thought to have been produced. Only 1500 of those are thought to be marked with the Boy Scout designation.
My rifle, pictured above, has been very mistreated and is wearing what appears to be a 1903 Savage buttstock. Along with other boo-boos it suffered, I'm attempting to repair, rebuild and restore the old fellow into some semblence of its original glory.
Presently I'm concentrating on trying to find any Remington No. 4 rifle buttstock with metal buttplate. If you have an extra one kicking around, please let me know.
Here's a close-up of its stamping. As can be seen here, it also needs to have its hammer replaced.
I'm a sucker for ANY .22rf single-shot rifle wearing a Mannlicher, or a military musket-style, stock. To find such a beast, WITH ORIGINAL WOOD, is nigh onto impossible. Not many manufacturers made one.
In a .22rf single-shot, other than this Boy Scout, I've only been able to obtain a Winchester 85 Low Wall Winder Musket in .22short (1918 govt. trainer); an H&R Sahara; and a couple of old Savage 63s.
Best regards ~ ~ ~ mauser
AMERICAN BOY SCOUT is branded into the left flank of this old maverick. Remington started out from 1911 to 1912 calling their Mdl. S 4 The CADET. From 1913 to 1914 its name was changed to AMERICAN BOY SCOUT at the the request of one of the THREE boy scout organizations operating just after the turn of the century. From 1914 to 1924 Remington named it the MILITARY. A total of 15,000 are thought to have been produced. Only 1500 of those are thought to be marked with the Boy Scout designation.
My rifle, pictured above, has been very mistreated and is wearing what appears to be a 1903 Savage buttstock. Along with other boo-boos it suffered, I'm attempting to repair, rebuild and restore the old fellow into some semblence of its original glory.
Presently I'm concentrating on trying to find any Remington No. 4 rifle buttstock with metal buttplate. If you have an extra one kicking around, please let me know.
Here's a close-up of its stamping. As can be seen here, it also needs to have its hammer replaced.
I'm a sucker for ANY .22rf single-shot rifle wearing a Mannlicher, or a military musket-style, stock. To find such a beast, WITH ORIGINAL WOOD, is nigh onto impossible. Not many manufacturers made one.
In a .22rf single-shot, other than this Boy Scout, I've only been able to obtain a Winchester 85 Low Wall Winder Musket in .22short (1918 govt. trainer); an H&R Sahara; and a couple of old Savage 63s.
Best regards ~ ~ ~ mauser
Another Mossberg
The MOSSBERG BROWNIE has already been pictured in an earlier post. However, here's one of Oscar's later ones. With serial number 23,696 this NRA VG+ graded grandpa probably left the little New Haven, Connecticut shop in 1928. Production ceased four years later in 1932, having begun in 1919 and a total of approximately 33,400 of these little 4-bangers were produced.
So far, through lots of research over a five year period, I've found FIVE different Variations of these old timers. Some of those Variations are VERY scarce and routinely sell for $400 and up! Not bad for a little tacklebox gun that originally sold for $5!
The Brownie is the "Founding Father" of the Mossberg Co.. It is the FIRST GUN the company ever produced, and it's the ONLY HANDGUN they've produced for commercial sale. It was the sales success of these little fellows that enabled Oscar F. Mossberg and his sons to continue making millions of rifles, shotguns, and various military weapons. They are now America's only surviving family-owned gunmaking company.
Best regards ~ ~ ~ mauser
The MOSSBERG BROWNIE has already been pictured in an earlier post. However, here's one of Oscar's later ones. With serial number 23,696 this NRA VG+ graded grandpa probably left the little New Haven, Connecticut shop in 1928. Production ceased four years later in 1932, having begun in 1919 and a total of approximately 33,400 of these little 4-bangers were produced.
So far, through lots of research over a five year period, I've found FIVE different Variations of these old timers. Some of those Variations are VERY scarce and routinely sell for $400 and up! Not bad for a little tacklebox gun that originally sold for $5!
The Brownie is the "Founding Father" of the Mossberg Co.. It is the FIRST GUN the company ever produced, and it's the ONLY HANDGUN they've produced for commercial sale. It was the sales success of these little fellows that enabled Oscar F. Mossberg and his sons to continue making millions of rifles, shotguns, and various military weapons. They are now America's only surviving family-owned gunmaking company.
Best regards ~ ~ ~ mauser
Stevens, Diamond model 43
I've got one of these.... my sights are different. Funny lil" gun.
joe-nwt, that Diamond model 43 is great! Especially like that VERY appropriate holster rig! Looks like it matches the gun's era. Good find!
Here's follow-up report on the AMERICAN BOY SCOUT Remington No.4-S I was having restored, as told in my post of April 3rd above.
AFTER photo. Received 42 days after shipping it to my 'smith up in PA. All parts used to retstore are ORIGINAL vintage No.4 Remington parts, EXCEPT the loops on both the sling AND stacking swivels. The parts guy didn't have original loops but was able to furnish original specs so my 'smith could reproduce them.
Restoration included: No.4 buttstock; mainspring; hammer; repair and re-engrave tang; front sight; swivel loops, rear sight straightened with braze removed from elevation screw. The parts guy requested a photo of my gun's extractor so he could match the checkered design on the hammer he furnished. Below photo shows his match results.
VERY satisfied with the overall results and happy to have it in the collection. Now need to find an original sling, bayonet and scabbard. There were only 1500 made in 1913 ONLY, and sold for $8.
Best regards ~ ~ ~ mauser
Here's follow-up report on the AMERICAN BOY SCOUT Remington No.4-S I was having restored, as told in my post of April 3rd above.
AFTER photo. Received 42 days after shipping it to my 'smith up in PA. All parts used to retstore are ORIGINAL vintage No.4 Remington parts, EXCEPT the loops on both the sling AND stacking swivels. The parts guy didn't have original loops but was able to furnish original specs so my 'smith could reproduce them.
Restoration included: No.4 buttstock; mainspring; hammer; repair and re-engrave tang; front sight; swivel loops, rear sight straightened with braze removed from elevation screw. The parts guy requested a photo of my gun's extractor so he could match the checkered design on the hammer he furnished. Below photo shows his match results.
VERY satisfied with the overall results and happy to have it in the collection. Now need to find an original sling, bayonet and scabbard. There were only 1500 made in 1913 ONLY, and sold for $8.
Best regards ~ ~ ~ mauser
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