Remington Society

Hello,
here is a Remington Model 17 that sits in a friend's collection in France, and he asked me to get all the info I could from this knowledgeable group, so here goes:

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These are, to the best of my knowledge, inspectors marks. Right ...

Wow, juste realised it has taken me 3 years to gather .30Rem reloading tools and brass and make up a few rounds and give it a try (as a feeble excuse, it is not my only gun :roll: )

So, with very big thanks to Nambujim for his guidance regarding these beautiful if somewhat capricious rifles, I've ...

there's very litle chance for it to be a 45-70, although it would most certainly help with the price (as 45-70 is ubiquitous and easy/cheap to relad)

even 50-70 is not current in carbines. 50-45 is more likely, or one of the european calibers (.43 Egyptian, .43 Spanish), or in early carbine .52 ...

Hello Jim,
thank you for the explanation.
I acquired the gun in Germany, and the seller (a gunsmith) stated that the trigger guard safety had been previously deactivated. I thought he had solid info :D
Obviously not.
No point trying to get a safety installed then :P

many thanks again for all the ...

I do not know enough about these gun to judge if mine is rare or not, so thank you for highlighting the point.

Its S/N is C 77 413
It had both safeties, but the trigger guard safety was disabled at some point and is not active any longer.

I also have a 14 1/2 in 44-40, serial c 67754.

I'll have ...

Dear Nambujim,
you are now officially my hero :D
I'd never have thought banging with a rubber mallet on the end of the magazine tube of my rifle was an acceptable practice (and actually worked like a charm)

Thank you very much again.

Now begins the quest for .30 Rem brass or original ammos in ...

Hi Nambujim,
thank you very much for your answer;
I was quite certain I was not the first one to get his gun jammed this way :D , and also quite sure you would have the knowledge to help me.

I'll gather the neccessary material (i.e. the piece of nylon) and will let you know when I get to clear the ...

Hello,
I've been reading you all for a while, and my first post here will be a call for help.

I acquired a very good looking Rem 14 in .30Rem.

However brass is hard to comme by in Europe and I cut a .30-30 on the lathe to make a dummy cartridge and test the rifle.
I made sure the cartridge length ...