Rare rifles

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Remington's Model-720 was one of the finest and most beautifully finished bolt action rifles of all time, but was made only during the early 1940's. Very few of them made it to dealer's racks because of WWII and the military buying existing inventories. Later, the remaining few were awarded in military rifle competitions, as was this one...View attachment 880300 View attachment 880301 View attachment 880302 View attachment 880303 .

You have some crazy cool guns, I'm always impressed with some of the rifles you post. I had no clue about these Remington's either; only 2,247 made . That's a Remington I could put my shoulder to, very cool. That's probably worth a pretty penny given the rarity.

Holy Smoke ! I didn't even know these controlled round pre Walker rifles existed ! I thought it went from Remington Express Enfields to 721 ! Wow they look slick !

Same here.

 

[Offfhand]

An early Marlin M-39 in prime condition is rather rare, and ever rarer with original 1930's hang tag, and rarer still with Marlin scope and original box. I got them from a Marlin expert/collector several years ago, who told me the scope had been mounted and delivered by Marlin. The rifle shown on the box appears to be their M-80, which was made in the 1930's, which is consistent with age of this M-39.

 

[Jeff olson]

That's beyond fine.

 

[Obturation]

An early Marlin M-39 in prime condition is rather rare, and ever rarer with original 1930's hang tag, and rarer still with Marlin scope and original box. I got them from a Marlin expert/collector several years ago, who told me the scope had been mounted and delivered by Marlin. The rifle shown on the box appears to be their M-80, which was made in the 1930's, which is consistent with age of this M-39.View attachment 881402 View attachment 881404 View attachment 881403

Words fail me...

 

[Rembrandt]

Winchester Model 52's were primarily competitive target rifles, however; a limited number were configured as Sporters. In each production series where Sporters were produced, pre-A, A, B, & C models. The rarest and most desirable being the 52C Sporter.

There's an old adage among Winchester 52 collectors, "There are .22's....and then there are the Winchester Model 52's"

Pictured is a 1948 vintage Model 52B. What makes this rifle rare is that it's a Sporter and the receiver has never been drilled and tapped for a scope, complete with the factory (48F) peep sights. Later "C" models came from the factory drilled and tapped, but the 52B was the last of the factory untapped models. You can still find vintage 52 Sporters, but very few have virgin untouched receivers.

 

[mrmike7189]

Marlin Camp 9 Carbine. Not sure it's rare? ,
but I've only seen one other around my area for sale.....(.maybe hard to find instead of rare?)

 

[Gordon]

An early Marlin M-39 in prime condition is rather rare, and ever rarer with original 1930's hang tag, and rarer still with Marlin scope and original box. I got them from a Marlin expert/collector several years ago, who told me the scope had been mounted and delivered by Marlin. The rifle shown on the box appears to be their M-80, which was made in the 1930's, which is consistent with age of this M-39.View attachment 881402 View attachment 881404 View attachment 881403

Truly a treasure I much admire !

 

[indy1919a4]

Thanks Gordon... I am going to have to pull back from the table and pop the old belt to fully digest those .. Beautiful Rifles...

 

[indy1919a4]

Fairly rare: Remington #2 rolling block in 25-20 with Lichhert 8x scope and a Savage .250 Model 1920 "mini Springfield" which I recently sold to somebody on the Forum here. Still have the .25-20 and a Remington Model 25 25-20 pump. I like 25-20 alot !
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That is a beautiful Scope

 

[Gordon]

That is a beautiful Scope

Yeah and 26.mm tube

 

[indy1919a4]

K31s are better in every way IMHO. I still have the little M95 Mannlicher 8x56R carbine that I got from a person who left Hungary in 80s and was able to import it !!!!! IIt was his "boar rifle " over there and I traded him a Remington

I do like the M95.. The M95/24 & M95M are nice that they use normal 8mm mauser, no little stripper clips.. That was some crazy talk about the k31s being better than the Ross but I still love you.

 

[indy1919a4]

The Remington #3 Rolling block is a 7mm Mexican marked one in pristine condition for being a mexican one, only has a bit of pitting on top of middle of barrel where it was held a parade rest . Shoots great and being made in 1900 shoots well with tight headspace. It has a somewhat rare original bayonet. Then the Martini .303 Carbine

Love the Rolling Block.. Do you have a close up of the Martini side..??? When was it made..??? Who converted it??

 

[Gordon]

Love the Rolling Block.. Do you have a close up of the Martini side..??? When was it made..??? Who converted it??

The Martini said 1903 MK2 and had the British broad arrow and Enfield "converted " it from remaining stocks of earlier .BSA recievers . Those are only shots I have left. Somebody on this forum got it 10 years ago . It was very sweet. The K31 is far superior to any Ross ! The Ross is in a gunshop on consignment for $450 plus what ever fees they would get for shipping it to you from Ca. I guarantee it is in excellent condition.

 

[Offfhand]

Winchester Model 52's were primarily competitive target rifles, however; a limited number were configured as Sporters.

Mr. Rembrandt's M-52 Sporter is an absolute gem. And all the moreso because of it's "virgin" receiver, which hasn't be fouled by attempts at scope mounting. But M-52 Sporters always raises the question of why Remington never offered a sporter version of their M-37 target rifle. The M-37 was highly regarded for its accuracy and had higher quality features than the M-52: Such as the stylish trigger guard and bottom metal whereas the M-52's was only bent strap metal. So I resolved to have a Remington Sporter and sent a M-37 target rifle to to a top-flight custom gun artist. My only request being that his creation follow the contours and features of the great British hunting rifles.

 

[Rembrandt]

Offhand, there are many things Winchester did right on the M52's, but trigger guard wasn't one of them. That 37 is a masterpiece of craftsmanship and done in good taste. Beautiful rifle. Nice touch with the express sights. Are the scope rings early Kimber quick release or Talleys?

Always appreciated .22 rimfires that were built with an adult sized person in mind, that didn't feel like a scaled down youth gun.

 

[PapaG]

1953 M70 in the ultra common 30-06, my uncle's 1898 Krag 30-40, and a circa 1860 H Leman, Lancaster, PA halfstock percussion .38 Cal muzzle loader.

 

[SwampWolf]

Fine looking rifle, Offfhand, for sure.

 

[1976B.L.Johns.]

Lots of fine rifles here! Have some old but nothing all that rare.
Thanks to all for sharing your eye candy!

 

[forrest r]

Some firearms they made a bunch of, this 1979 Anschutz 54 match rifle is 1 of the 1600 series x-barrels. It's new in box never fired is what makes it rare.


Same with this MAS 45, common rifle but it's still unissued still in cosmoline.


The front end of a rh cil 950T they made 200 rh and 50 lh rifles for the Canadian shooting team. I have the original bbl and put that 30" 1 in 14 twist 308w match grade bbl on it to shoot the 155gr smk's and cast bullets with.


1st year 1963 Anschutz 54 sporter


Remington put out a sporter model of their 513 series rifle, the 513-s. The only made 13,xxx of them from 1941 to 1956.


Not extremely rare 30,000 rifles were made between 1972-84. This is remingtons 2nd attempt at making a quality 22lr sporter, the 541-s. Those 5-round mags are hard to come by.


I do have a m1922 rifle, bought it because it's a mkII series rifle with a MKI bbl (1928) on it.
I did pick up a nib rws #45 that's marked 1 of 200 pellet gun that ended a 30+ year run of them.

Used to have a lot of rarer firearms but been thinning the herd the last decade.

 

[Jessesky]

Only 477 made.....

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You own this? That’s a dream rifle of mine

 

[deadin]

You own this?

Yes, I own it. In fact I fabricated both the wiping rod and tang sight using measurments and drawings from originals.
The front Beech Sight was obtained from Axtel and is considered one of the most authentic one of the those available.

Here's another picture of these parts.....

 

[FLIGHT762]

My rarest long gun is probably my M1922, fewer than 20,000 made between 1922 and 1942-View attachment 879929

I have a M1922 with a serial # in the low 1700's. Made in 1923, I believe. It has all of the M-2 upgrades without the M-2 stamps on the receiver. Has a 1936 barrel on it. Has a bit of wear on it, but it shoots well, has the nice diopter Lyman sight on it. Was a freebee from a friend who was going to dispose of it, sitting in a garage for years. Needed some TLC and it cleaned up nicely. Glad it got rescued.

 

[Offfhand]

 

[indy1919a4]

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Oh please now, you are going to post something that beautiful and not tell about them... Now that's just not right...

 

[Offfhand]

Offhand, That 37 is a masterpiece of craftsmanship and done in good taste. Beautiful rifle. Nice touch with the express sights. Are the scope rings early Kimber quick release or Talleys?

Mr. Rembrandt, thanks for the question and the "Heads Up." Quick answer to the question: the quick detachable rings were made by Talley. But your question caused me to remember that somewhere in the back of a treasure drawer I have both early Warne (Kimber) and Talley lever release rings. I consider the levers on these very early rings more traditional and graceful, and more suitable for the rifle. When I dug them out and compared the Kimber and Talley rings I discovered they are identical! From which I deduced Talley made them both, which would have been back when Dave Talley was making his beautiful rings almost by hand. So my M-37 "Sporter" is now fitted with the gracefully curved, hand checkered levers rather than the more blocky, angular, machine shaped Talley levers of later production. as shown in these pics...