Remington No. 4 S

[mauser]

Meet the AMERICAN BOY SCOUT by Remington. At the request of one of America's 3 Boy Scout organizations active in the early 1900s, the company renamed their very military-looking No. 4 S, first named the CADET, to this new title. This was for one year only, 1913 - 1914. It's estimated about 1500 were produced. Following that, they renamed it the MILITARY. All three variations of the No.4 S had only minor differences. And it's my understanding about 15,000 of the three variations were produced. This rifle is marked 22 SHORT.

This old timer was a total "basket case" when I bought it. I found a fellow who specialized in original old rolling block Remington parts. He furnished a complete buttstock/buttplate; matching hammer; front sight; mainspring; and original specs for fabricating the missing loops from both the sling and stacking swivels.

There is a retired dentist in PA whom I have do any gun repair work, and within 42 days he returned the rifle to me as seen in the top photo. He is an artist when it comes to working wonders with vintage guns.

From the very informative book, "Remington 22 Rimfire Rifles" by John Gyde and Roy Marcot, below is a copy of the 1913 Remington catalog ad for this particular rifle.

Unfortunately the bayonet and scabbard were no longer with my rifle. I understand those objects can easily DOUBLE the value of the gun. I guess I'll be spending the rest of my life looking for this useless accessory.

Best regards ~ ~ ~ mauser

 

[vagrantviking]

Now thats a serious business looking little .22. I have a couple #4's I'm working on but they look like toys compared to that.

Cool bit of history. Thanks for sharing.

 

[mauser]

Hi, vagrantviking. If you should need any parts for those No. 4s, don't forget that there's a place you probably can get what's needed. The prices are very reasonable, too.

Here are some BEFORE pics of the gun above. This gives you an idea of the work the PA Doc had to do on it. He did a masterful job, by the way.

Note the 1903 Savage pump buttstock, complete with Savage buttplate!

Below is pic of the broken, hacked-up, brazed over tang. I now only need to get the other half of the logo engraved back onto it.

Next pic shows how the original rear sight ladder had been bent with the elevation screw brazed solid to the ladder. Pic after that shows the repair job the Doc did on it to restore it properly.

Best regards ~ ~ ~ mauser