Remington model 121B

[remington600]

What about the 121 makes you assume it's a B-grade. Is it stamped 121B? Can you post a picture? Condition is a big deal when it comes to value. Is the 121 all factory? Has it been altered? After market checkering, drilled and taped for a scope??

Billy Smith

[Wulfman]

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The Remington site doesn't list a "B" model ever having been made.

http://www.remington.com/products/archi ... aster.aspx

Does it look something like these? They're the "A Standard" grade.

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewIt ... =246150950

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewIt ... =246473497


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[remington600]

There was a Remington 121B grade that had a little better then average checkered wood. I had a 121 Routledge bore that was in the box and was actually stamped 121B Routledge. The big problem here is that 90% of 121s that you see checkered are home jobs.

Billy Smith

[John Gyde]

Look on page 101 of our book for a photo of a 121-B.

The 121-Bs I have seen were stamped 121 B on the receiver. Often the "B" was stamped with a different die. The 121-B had upgraded wood, a checkered butt stock and no grooves on the fore-arm (they had a checkered panel). I had three in my collection. They were all made in the late 1940s.

[remington600]

Is yours stamped 121B? Is yours all factory? 90% means a lot of things to different people. These questions would all determine value.

Billy Smith

[remington600]

All factory and with the NRA standards of grading I would approximate it around $850.00.

[54bullseye]

Looking through the old posts again and came across this 121-B post. I have two 121-Bs one a later production 121-B I bought at Amoskeag Auction Co 10 or 15 years ago. It was covered in old dried up oil and dust (the perfect protector) of old firearms !! It is a very pretty old 121 with really nice wood and neat old B grade checkering !! I will post some pictures of this one first and then follow up with description and pictures of the other next.
Thanks for looking !! John Taylor

[54bullseye]

Okay here is the other 121-B This one is a much earlier production model. Unfortunately when I saw it on GB it had been drilled and tapped for a scope but it went cheap. It has kind of a neat old mounts that had a cheap Tasco 3/4" scope on it but the mounts were cool. I found a nice clear Sears Ted Williams scope from the 1950s I believe ?? So it has nice clear optics now. This one has really nice figure in the wood and has possibly been refinished with what appears to be an oil finish. Even though it has been altered it is still a neat old 121. Enjoy pictures !!
John Taylor

[54bullseye]

Just a few last pictures of scope and mounts. This scope is newer than the gun by 20 years or so but it's what I had. Thanks !! John Taylor

[hibby83]

Thanks for posting John. Mighty fine wood grain for B grades!!!

It’s great to have photos for reference when the books for differing models of these old Remingtons are long out of print.

[54bullseye]

Thanks Luke ! I like posts that are picture heavy myself. I wish more people would post pictures of there favorite rifles in there collections ! John

[Fedupvet]

Love seeing the pictures.i hate the idea of having to drill to have a scope .getting older eyes not good to focus even with glasses .a question is there a way to,put. A scope on this rifle without drilling and rapping

[CJS57]

I have one in .22 Rem Special cal. It looks to me like the B was hand engraved rather than stamped.

[54bullseye]

I would say a B grade 121 in Rem Special would be a pretty scarce gun !! Congrats on owning it. I believe both guns I pictured the B is hand engraved not stamped. Can you post pictures of yours ??? Thanks ! John Taylor