Spccial features of these deluxe rifles are checkering, engraving, and selected wood. The S in these designations denotes rifles chambered for the. 12C, this rifle has open sights.ĭeluxe versions of the Model 12 arc the No. 22 Remington Spccial (.22 W.R.F.) cartridge. It is equipped with a hooded target front sight, aperture rear sight on the action, and a target-style sling strap.Īnother variation of the 12C rifle is the No.
22 long rifle cartridge, this rifle has a 24" octagon barrel and weighs six lbs. Target Grade was designed for use in matches sponsored by the National Rifle Association. 12B, fires shorts, longs, and long rifles.Ī variation of the 12C called the No. This rifle was used extensively by shooting galleries. 12B Gallery Special Grade has a 24" octagon barrel and is chambered for the. There are several other versions of the Model 12. Its magazine holds 16 short, 12 long, or 11 long rifle cartridges.
This version has a 22" round barrel and weighs 4Vi lbs. 22 short, long, and long rifle cartridges interchangeably and without adjustment. The most often encountered Model 12 rifle is the No. Trigger pin center-fire rifle designed by Pcdersen. This system was used also in the Remington Model 14 slide-actionĢ. While normally used as a repeater, the rifle also can be loaded singly through the ejection port in the receiver.Ī single locking lug integral with the upper front of the breechblock engages a shoulder in the receiver just behind the barrel. Its simple reliable action is trim and compact, and is closed at the rear which helps protect the user from rearward escaping gas in the event of a burst cartridge case. This concealed-hammer repeater with tubular magazine under the barrel is of takedown style and has a crossbolt safety in the trigger guard. 22 rimfire slide-action rifle was introduced in 1909. 43 Spanish.Illustrations By DENNIS RIORDAN Text By LUDWIG OLSONĭeveloped by the late John D. Rifles were manufactured for civilian sales chambered for. In July 1880 the United States Department of the Interior purchased 600 Frontier Model carbines with 24 in (61 cm) barrels to arm the Indian Police on a number of reservations in the western United States. These rifles remained in service for less than a decade aboard USS Trenton (1876) and USS Michigan (1843). The Remington–Keene rifles were delivered in 1880 with US and an anchor stamped on the left side of the barrel and WWK and P (proof) stamped on the right side of the barrel by Lieutenant William W. The Navy purchased 250 rifles for comparison with their 2,500 Hotchkiss rifles and 300 M1885 Remington-Lee rifles. Although the Army rejected the design in favor of the Winchester-Hotchkiss, Remington commenced production and offered the rifle to the United States Navy Bureau of Ordnance. Remington manufactured prototypes of Keene's patents for consideration by the United States Army Ordnance Department Magazine Gun Board convened in 1878. The Remington–Keene is an early bolt-action rifle with a tubular magazine. Subchief Crow Dog with a Remington–Keene rifle, ca.
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