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1943 Remington and Springfield. Bayonets are 1943 also, both Union Fork & Hoe.
 
Jeff olson said:
True, but I like the nice ones. Not ones that have spent 50 years on the floor in a truck or hanging on a nail in the barn.
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Sorry, but I suggest you don't know what you're talking about. All of the following were "found" on the used rifles rack at my local "mom 'n pop" "hole-in-the-wall" gunsmith / gun shop:

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You just have to look, and you have to recognize a treasure when you see one. Some of the nicest examples of milsurps, C&R and antique rifles I've seen were on LGS gun racks, not in Cabela's "Gun Library" or on auction sites.
 
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Rubone said:
1937 Remington model 81 .35 Rem.
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I have one of those! Mine has a date code of ARR. March, 1946. 300 Savage. Found it at a Scheel's store in Waterloo, Iowa, about 25 years ago. Paid $300 bucks for it, the salesman thought it was a shotgun. Took it to California where John Henwood, the expert on these guns, pronounced it to be a 98% gun. I still shot it a bit. Collectors frown on shooting high end collectables over 95% but... this isn't a "high end" collectible in the first place. Not quite up there with Lugers, C-96s and hoglegs. Remington sporting guns just don't get the attention and respect Winchester's do. Gun is not as accurate as some bolt guns, but no surprise there. A lot of heavy parts moving around at the same time. I was surprised at the speed and violence of the gun's cycling. If this thing were full auto I think it would rival an MG-42. Empties go straight up, whereupon they come back straight down. Down your shirt, that is...or they ding the blueing on the receiver. These guns are basically hump backed Browning shotguns, so one better know what one is doing if complete disassembly is attempted.

300 Savage is hard to find in stores. I have made cases from 308 brass, but the formed case has a bit less interior room that the original, so I dropped the charge a bit. Time consuming but it works. Gun shoots best with 180 gr. bullets.
It's about a "minute of orange" gun at 100. If its a big orange...:D
 

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tark said:
I have one of those! Mine has a date code of ARR. March, 1946. 300 Savage. Found it at a Scheel's store in Waterloo, Iowa, about 20 years ago. Paid $300 bucks for it, the salesman thought it was a shotgun. Took it to California where John Henwood, the expert on these guns, pronounced it to be a 98% gun. I still shot it a bit. Collectors frown on shooting high end collectables over 95% but... this isn't a "high end" collectible in the first place. Not quite up there with Lugers, C-96s and hoglegs. Remington sporting guns just don't get the attention and respect Winchester's do. Gun is not as accurate as some bolt guns, but no surprise there. A lot of heavy parts moving around at the same time. I was surprised at the speed and violence of the gun's cycling. If this thing were full auto I think it would rival an MG-42. Empties go straight up, whereupon they come back straight down. Down your shirt, that is...or they ding the blueing on the receiver. These guns are basically hump backed Browning shotguns, so one better know what one is doing is complete disassembly is attempted.

300 Savage is hard to find in stores. I have made cases from 308 brass, but the formed case has a bit less interior room that the original, so I dropped the charge a bit. Time consuming but it works. Gun shoots best with 180 gr. bullets.
It's about a "minute of orange" gun at 100. If its a big orange...:D
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Beautiful gun! Mine belonged to the father of one of my neighbors. She had called me one day and asked how to tell if a shotgun was loaded! I told her to not touch it and I could help her. She responded that it was in the trunk of her car and she was on her way to a Fedex facility to send it to her SIL. I told her I would meet her in the parking lot and check it for her. It turned out to be a simple single shot model and was unloaded. I commented that I did not know she had it and she replied that she had another old rifle. When her father had passed they were in a cabin in Northern Michigan that he had owned and used to hunt around. I told her I would love to see it. sometime, so a couple weeks later she calls and asks if I can fix a light switch for her (my wife refers to me as the "neighborhood husband" :D) and says to bring my wife and we can drink a glass of wine with her. So I fix her light switch and we sit down for a glass when she asks if I want to see the rifle. Well of course I do. So she comes out with an old sheepskin case and as I start to pull it out I see the back end and think A5 or the like until I get further along and see the bolt and safety. I look it over while trying to not be excited and ask her what she wants to do with it. She says that no one in her family was interested in it so I can have it if I like it. So after our wine it came home with me. So being a good neighbor does sometimes pay off!
 
Rubone said:
Beautiful gun! Mine belonged to the father of one of my neighbors. She had called me one day and asked how to tell if a shotgun was loaded! I told her to not touch it and I could help her. She responded that it was in the trunk of her car and she was on her way to a Fedex facility to send it to her SIL. I told her I would meet her in the parking lot and check it for her. It turned out to be a simple single shot model and was unloaded. I commented that I did not know she had it and she replied that she had another old rifle. When her father had passed they were in a cabin in Northern Michigan that he had owned and used to hunt around. I told her I would love to see it. sometime, so a couple weeks later she calls and asks if I can fix a light switch for her (my wife refers to me as the "neighborhood husband" :D) and says to bring my wife and we can drink a glass of wine with her. So I fix her light switch and we sit down for a glass when she asks if I want to see the rifle. Well of course I do. So she comes out with an old sheepskin case and as I start to pull it out I see the back end and think A5 or the like until I get further along and see the bolt and safety. I look it over while trying to not be excited and ask her what she wants to do with it. She says that no one in her family was interested in it so I can have it if I like it. So after our wine it came home with me. So being a good neighbor does sometimes pay off!
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Nice score!

Here is my 1943 in 35 Rem. Wish the butt pad hadn’t been replaced. E78AC79B-3D65-4C05-8F31-D43C813ACA9A.jpeg
 
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