Remington factory - 1969

[rcmodel]

This is a great 27 minute vid of the way things used to be at Remington!
Well worth watching!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee5Wn7KlFoc

Rc

 

[earlthegoat2]

I might have to try that tire trick out at my parents property. Hopefully pickup truck tires will work decently because I don't have tractor tires.

Can you still buy 5mm Rimfire ammo?

 

[rcmodel]

Yes.
Aguila was making it last I checked, but it is discontinued now apparently.

Centurion is still making it apparently.
http://www.jgsales.com/5mm-rem-mag-centurion-ammo,-30gr-jhp-varmint,-50rd-box.-p-49726.html

rc

 

[ADKWOODSMAN]

Just watched it. Thanks RC. Brought back many memories as I graduated from college and started reloading in 1968 for a Remington 721 in .270 and my buddy's .22-250 Remington heavy barrel. The chucks in the neighborhood were in trouble.
RH

 

[ApacheCoTodd]

Absolutely outstanding!

Not just interesting but hugely informative as to technique as well. Several of my: "I wonder how they do (did) this?" questions were answered with video rather than the usual reading which is open to misinterpretation on both ends.

Some video high points for me were the only time I've ever seen a "skeletonized" firearm fired at 17:40 and the worlds largest suppressor at 23:50 - gonna put one of those on the Apache County property and set folks to guessin'.

Thanks RC.

Todd.

 

[rcmodel]

The high points to me were the stock finish buffing machine.

And the old school engraver making it look like cutting artistic lines in rifle receivers is so easy a caveman can do it.

I'm here to tell ya it isn't!!!!
One of the few things I ever tried to do in gun work I just couldn't do.

rc

 

[Reloadron]

Thanks for sharing that RC. I truly enjoy the old movies like this, especially those with a focus on gun manufacturing and the craftsmanship involved in making a truly great gun.

Ron

 

[ApacheCoTodd]

The high points to me were the stock finish buffing machine.

And the old school engraver making it look like cutting artistic lines in rifle receivers is so easy a caveman can do it.

I'm here to tell ya it isn't!!!!
One of the few things I ever tried to do in gun work I just couldn't do.

rc

First off, I had no idea they were buffed at all after the finish was applied, after that, who'da figured a machine like that even existed.

Then, engraver chick is clearly going out of her way to look casual... Or, she's just that good. Makes me dislike her - a little bit.
I'm sure on a daily production level you can get that good but color me impressed. I wonder how many stocks got canned back then.

 

[win71]

That was good

I have been buying Remington's since 1965. The machine shop at Remington in this 1969 video looks like it was built 80 years prior, when machinists went through a long period of apprenticeship to learn the trade. Not unlike any other trade in those days.

The sad part is there are few true craftsman working in the rank and file companies.

To get the same quality of anything now will cost a whole lot of money.

 

[Sergei Mosin]

And no hearing protection to be found anywhere!

 

[REB]

Very cool video.

The punch tape CNC mill was cool, I don't guess I realized a true CNC really existed at this point in time.

I have been to a range where you shoot through a line of tires on a 1000 yard range. I don't know if it helps with noise but it definitely keeps you from sending a round off the side of the range.

I also noticed none of the shooters were wearing and hearing protection. We never did either and I'm paying the price for it now.

 

[Ryanxia]

And no hearing protection to be found anywhere!

I noticed that too, I cringed at that. I know that was always the way of it but I cringed anyway.

 

[Peter M. Eick]

I liked the drafting tables at the start. I had one of those tables in my office for years when I started out. My wife used to complain about color pencils and lead marks on my white shirts. It was hard to keep your tie out of your work also.

Ah the good old days of manual work on paper prior to work on the computer.

 

[medic15al]

Makes me sad to know those great firearms aren't made to that standard of fit and finish anymore. I grew up on those era of fine sporting arms.

 

[bannockburn]

rc

Very cool documentary; kind of reminds me of the ones we use to see in elementary school. As others have already stated, too bad we don't see that level of hand crafted quality in gun manufacture nowadays.

 

[morcey2]

I know some people that have a setup similar to the tractor tires. They take the big blue plastic water barrels, cut the ends off, and line the inside with egg-crate padding. It's supposed to work extremely well.

Matt

 

[19-3Ben]

Fascinating. I had no idea that so much computer tech was available, never mind in industrial use back then.

I mean, obviously they landed man on the moon that same year and used plenty of computers to do so. I just didn't realize that CNC type stuff was around!

 

[Aragon]

Very cool video.

The punch tape CNC mill was cool, I don't guess I realized a true CNC really existed at this point in time.

I have been to a range where you shoot through a line of tires on a 1000 yard range. I don't know if it helps with noise but it definitely keeps you from sending a round off the side of the range.

I also noticed none of the shooters were wearing and hearing protection. We never did either and I'm paying the price for it now.

That's old school NC, not CNC.

There was some very limited DNC (distributed/direct numerical control) where mainframes were controlling machine tools, but most were discrete NC as shown.