Picked up my newest find today and took a good look at it. Action very dry. Bore seems to have strong rifling and will finish cleaning it out in a little while. I have it soaking with copper removing foam. Noticed that there are no wholes drilled and tapped for a receiver sight at the far end of the receiver. Was this something that was not put in early rifles ? I have two sights that would fit if there were holes... No, I'm not going to drill them as I don't think they could be put in accurately without some kind of jig. Otherwise missing the buttplate but I am going to install a half inch thick rifle pad from Brownells (Model 250). I'm not even going to try to find an original plate! Let me know what you think on the missing holes for the sight. Thanks again!
Greg T.
Hayward, Wi
Remington Model 14 .32 Rem. Serial #C9803
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shot1too
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Greg T
Reply re: C9803 Model 14
Wow! And you are correct in your description of the rifle! As I figured it would, the 'brown' metal finish turned blue when oiled up a bit. Also, the cartridge lifter would not work and I thought there might be a part missing. Turned out that in the trigger guard assembly, there is a little part that has to be aimed the correct way to trigger the lifter into working (my description is probably lacking...). Apparently whoever owned the rifle before me had a single shot for a long time as that little part was not aimed the right way when the trigger guard assembly was assembled back into the rifle. Now it is working fine, except when I don't pump the breechbolt far enough to the rear. I guess as in a bolt action, they would call this "short-stroking". Looks like this little pump rifle has the potential for some very bad jamming if all is not set together correctly! I counted the little file marks that were made in the underside of the wrist of the stock and there are 16 markings, probably indicating deer that fell to this Model 14 over the years. As the wood finish that has been applied is obviously not the original finish, I will eventually strip off the garbage and re-apply probably an oil finish of some sort. The bore was extremely dirty and the copper dissolving foam I used worked well. It took me over an hour to get a relatively clean patch to come out. The bore itself is a bit "frosted" from the use of corrosive primers, but the metal has a shine to it and the rifling is still smooth and strong. I bet it will handle the cast bullet I have in mind just fine. Does anyone know what the overall length of the loaded cartridge has to be? What's the quickest way to clear a jam if the OAL of the cartridge gets it jammed in the feeding cycle? I will make up some dummy cartridges when I am trying to figure out what the OAL of the cast bullet load has to be. I hope the empty casings come from Buffalo Arms today... Thanks for the help with this one!
Greg T.
Hayward, Wi
Greg T.
Hayward, Wi