C. H. Morse and the Remington 22-250

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Jrpmccoy
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C. H. Morse and the Remington 22-250

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From the records we know the Charles H. Morse was one of the engineers involved with the Nylon 66 design BUT what else did he work on? In 1971 I acquired a 22-250 with 250-3000 brass that was built on a 06 Springfield action. The barrel was roll marked with the caliber and C.H. Morse with the number 328. Recently I saw someone inquiring on-line as to a 257 Roberts built on an older action with the C.H. Morse roll mark and the number 316. The numbering indicate that Charlie was a rather active gun smith. Though I was 14 when I bought this, the gentleman told me his friend built it in his shop and they used to target shoot years earlier. In the 1975 time frame I was informed by Bill Williams (local gun shop) that Charlie had passed away in a snowmobile accident in 1972. I believe his gun shop was in Herkimer and would date to the 50's. My suggestion is that Charles Morse was involved with the commercial introduction of the 22-250 in 1965.... Can we verify that?
Wulfman
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Re: C. H. Morse and the Remington 22-250

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I suggest you do a Google searches on
"Charles H. Morse AND Remington Arms"
and
".22-250 Remington AND Charles H. Morse"
and see what comes up.

I even found your post here:

http://www.doublegunshop.com/forums/ubb ... ber=314789

Here's another interesting one:

http://ww2.rediscov.com/spring/VFPCGI.e ... SE=objects,


From an historic standpoint, the .22-250 dates back to the 1930s, so all the management at Remington had to do was decide they were going to make a commercial chambering and load ammunition for it......like the .257 Roberts, the .280 Remington, the .244/6mm Rem., the .7mm Rem. Mag, the .25-06 Rem., the .35 Whelen, etc.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.22-250_Remington

And, according to this article, Browning chambered some of their rifles for it in 1963.......before Remington.

http://paulm.prelovac.com/cartridge-guides/22-250/


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