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by GeneM
Wed Apr 14, 2021 8:14 pm
Forum: RR / Pre -1899
Topic: Rifle Combination or Field Tools
Replies: 2
Views: 2718

Re: Rifle Combination or Field Tools

Gun Tools, Their History and Identification, Vol. 1 and 2 by R. Stephen Dorsey and James B. Shaffer, published by Collector's Library in the late 1990s, is a great start to IDing the many tools. They cover US, British and foreign tools. Vol. 2 covers the many kits that that were made for maintaining...
by GeneM
Sun Feb 14, 2021 6:39 pm
Forum: RR / Pre -1899
Topic: Remington - Lee 1899 Sporting rifle?
Replies: 11
Views: 5731

Re: Remington - Lee 1899 Sporting rifle?

Your rifle is a Model 1899 Remington Lee Sporting Rifle, standard grade. The checkering for that grade is two points facing the action. I have record of at least one other Rem Lee drilled and tapped for a side mount scope. There were 1,446 Sporters shipped from the factory from 1899 to 1909. 1906 sa...
by GeneM
Mon Dec 21, 2020 9:34 am
Forum: RS / Post - 1898
Topic: Joe Loy
Replies: 7
Views: 3865

Re: Joe Loy

My error, I knew better but did not double check before posting the reply as written in the June 1940 Remington Action newsletter announcing Loy's retirement. Loy's engraving and checkering shop was separate. I do not think it is the same Gough family. William H. (Bill) Gough and brother Jack A. app...
by GeneM
Sun Dec 20, 2020 10:15 am
Forum: RS / Post - 1898
Topic: Joe Loy
Replies: 7
Views: 3865

Re: Joe Loy

The Remington Research Team found a number of early Remington Action Newsletters in the Remington Archives in Ilion. The June 1940 issue had an article on the retirement of Joe Loy after 45 years of service. He was born March 10, 1865 in Sheffield, England. The family emigrated to the US in 1867. He...
by GeneM
Wed Jun 26, 2019 4:39 pm
Forum: RS / Post - 1898
Topic: Model 32 Shotgun
Replies: 8
Views: 4498

Re: Model 32 Shotgun

Larry Del Grego's shop on Barringer Road, Ilion made extra barrels in all gauges for the Model 32. He upgraded Model 32s so that they looked like they came out of Remington's Custom Shop. They should since he hired Custom Shop employees who worked afterhours at his shop. I have a Del Grego upgraded ...
by GeneM
Tue Jun 25, 2019 2:05 pm
Forum: RR / Post - 1898
Topic: Remington 760 .243 “semi Auto”
Replies: 4
Views: 3521

Re: Remington 760 .243 “semi Auto”

I had one of these Model Stamping errors - a Model 742, in .30-06, stamped Gamemaster Model 760. with a barrel date of Oct 1977. A gun shop in Maine had a 742 in .308 with a barrel date of Oct 1973 that was also stamped Gamemaster Model 760. I know of at least one factory assembly error a Model 742 ...
by GeneM
Tue Jun 25, 2019 1:42 pm
Forum: RR / Post - 1898
Topic: Remington 760 35 rem carbine
Replies: 5
Views: 3842

Re: Remington 760 35 rem carbine

R. H. Coleman was President of Remington from 1963 to 1974. If this was his personal rifle it was prepped and polished in the Custom Shop for a very smooth action. It appears to have the stepped receiver. He, as a Remington executive, had the Custom Shop in 1953 engrave a Model 32, serial number 461...
by GeneM
Mon Dec 03, 2018 1:56 pm
Forum: RR / Pre -1899
Topic: Request info on 1899 Rem Lee Sporter
Replies: 3
Views: 3490

Re: Request info on 1899 Rem Lee Sporter

The quickest way to find out the cartridge is to measure the bolt head. Head diameters for the 6mm USN rimless measures .445 in., the .236 USN rimmed is .517 and the rare .236 Remington rimmed is .548. The 7mmx57 rimless is .470. I measured actual cartridges for the 6mm, .236 Remington rimmed and th...
by GeneM
Sun Jun 03, 2018 2:02 pm
Forum: RR / Post - 1898
Topic: Question about .40 caliber Remington-Lee
Replies: 1
Views: 1425

Re: Question about .40 caliber Remington-Lee

Some factors to consider when researching Remington Lee Sporter sn 52832. The serial number 52832 is in the US Navy production range for the Remington lee Model 1885. It is in the range that Lt. A. C. Diffenbach inspected from 1893 to 1894. Some of the rifles may have not passed inspection and held ...
by GeneM
Fri May 04, 2018 7:48 am
Forum: RS / Post - 1898
Topic: Remington 11-48 F Engraving
Replies: 9
Views: 4839

Re: Remington 11-48 F Engraving

Excellent photographs.The RSA Research Team has been researching the Remington Archives in Ilion. The slanted "E" is Master Engraver Carl Ennis's signature. He retired from Remington July 31, 1978. There are a few records of Carl's early work. Several india ink engraving "pulls" ...
by GeneM
Fri Mar 31, 2017 7:03 pm
Forum: RR / Post - 1898
Topic: 1899 Remington Lee Sporting Rifle ID
Replies: 4
Views: 3562

Re: 1899 Remington Lee Sporting Rifle ID

You have a very nice Remington Lee Sporter. The lack of a serial number is not unusual. I had two M1899s without serial numbers, a Heavy Weight Sporter shown on p 66 of my book and a full Michigan National Guard military rifle that came from an Armory. I also handled a target M1899 serial number 2, ...
by GeneM
Tue Mar 17, 2015 5:54 pm
Forum: RR / Pre -1899
Topic: 1885 Remington Lee Cut-off:
Replies: 1
Views: 1533

Re: 1885 Remington Lee Cut-off:

Can you post pictures of the receiver? This might help in IDing who the changes were for. Besides the British the Danish government also tested Lees with a cutoff. I checked the 1920 Remington Museum listing and the number 224 is not a Lee. Also look on the toe of the stock and see if there are two ...
by GeneM
Tue Mar 17, 2015 5:45 pm
Forum: RS / Post - 1898
Topic: Remington 90-T Grade "F" Premier
Replies: 9
Views: 6643

Re: Remington 90-T Grade "F" Premier

Would you be able to post close up pictures of the engraving? That might help in IDing the engraver.
by GeneM
Sat Dec 20, 2014 3:48 pm
Forum: RS / Post - 1898
Topic: Factory Engraved Remington Model 32F
Replies: 15
Views: 11210

Re: Factory Engraved Remington Model 32F

Charles Semmer showed us how Joy Loy worked his initials into the engraving pattern and also in his book on p.179. They were well hidden in the scroll. One of the more interesting items that have turned up are some plaster casts in Babe's collection. Apparently Remington engravers experimented with ...
by GeneM
Thu Dec 18, 2014 9:26 am
Forum: RS / Post - 1898
Topic: Engraved Model 31
Replies: 3
Views: 2787

Re: Engraved Model 31

The Remington Model 31 was made from 1931 to 1949. The Remington Factory engravers during this period were: J. Loy, Anda Hardy, R. R. Runge, R. P. Runge, C. Ennis, J Caswell. The documents found in the Remington Archives do not mention a R. W. Baird as a factory engraver. Normally during the prewar ...