Lee Enfield Bolt

Just to add a little confusion, some early Remington bolt action sporting rifles also sported a "dog leg" bolt handle since they were direct descendants of the U.S. 1917 rifles.

Remington owned/controlled two out of the three manufacturing facilities for the 1917 Enfields and had the most parts left over after the war ended. (Winchester had no interest in pursuing the design after the war.)

As a result. leftover 1917 receivers and bolts were used on early Remington Model 30, 30S and the Model 1934 7mm military rifle made for Honduras.
 
The 30s didn't just sport a dog-leg bolt handle...

They also had stripper guides, and Remington supposed included two stripper clips with the accessories sold with each Model 30.

Model 1930s made after 1932 or so also no longer had the cock on closing feature... They had been redesigned to make them cock on opening.

Something some may not realize, either... Cock on closing was a feature of many earlier-model Mauser designed and made rifles.
 
I'm not sure currently, they brought it back in .308 a little while back to see if it would sell better in a lighter load than the original. The vent rib was plastic on the "new" ones:eek:
There have been several re-incarnations in various model numbers.
 
the cartridge and rifling was developed by a fellow , William Ellis Metford
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Nope. The .303 cartridge, believe it or not, was developed by the Swiss Major (later Colonel) Eduard Rubin, of Schmidt-Rubin fame.

Additionally, there is no evidence that James P. Lee's application for U.S. citizenship was ever been finalized.
 
"Nope. The .303 cartridge, believe it or not, was developed by the Swiss Major (later Colonel) Eduard Rubin, of Schmidt-Rubin fame."

No, not really. Rubin developed a prototype rimless cartridge that was sort of similar to the .303, but it wasn't bottlenecked.

The British obtained a bunch of Rubin cartridges for testing. In practice, it turned out to be both impractical and dangerous.

From that point on, it was all British development leading to the .303 adopted in 1889.

See here for more information.

https://sites.google.com/site/britmilammo/-303-inch
 
Can't add much

But, the OP's photo of that absolutely mint #1 seems way too perfect for a military grade weapon. Are there any such beasts? What would the story have been with them?
 
AS far as I know, the Rem 600 series is long gone from production. They did, however recently (a few years ago) produce the 673, which had a metal vent rib, a similar front sight (not identical to the 600 but a similar "shark fin" shape). The 673 has a regular bolt handle. .350 Rem Mag (and maybe 6.5Rem mag, although I never saw one in the smaller caliber).

Never heard of a 600 style rifle in .308 as even a limited new production gun.

If you want a 600 class rifle in .308, get a Model 7. Close to the same thing, without the rib, dogleg bolt and with a different stock. (OK, the action is not identical to the 600 series, either. But its close.;))
 
They exist.
I have a pair of really nice rifles, a No4 Mk2 & a No5 Mk1.
The No4 was stored & never issued till I got my grubby paws on it so it looks cherry.
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All it did for 50 years was lay in a cocoon of brown paper & cosmolene.

No1's were made by Australia up through the 60's IIRC so its quite possible to find a mint condition one.
 
According to what I'm finding, the 600 and the 660 came (not sure if all were available in both) in:

.222 Remington
.223 Remington
6mm Remington
6.5 Rem. Mag.
.243 Win.
.308 Win.
.35 Remington
.350 Remington Mag.

A friend of mine had a .350. It was pretty brutal to shoot with full power loads, but he handloaded it back to between .35 Rem and .358 Win. and took a LOT of deer with it.
 
according to wiki, and that's about as reliable as a mexican translator in spain. the 600 and derivatives was offered in 308. I've seen them in 243 and don't see why they would have offered one and not the other, same case, bolt face, mag, etc.
 
God they were ugly little rifles.

A friend a few years ago gave me his cousin's deer rifle, a Remington 722 in .300 Savage.

It was obvious that whomever had had it wanted to emulate a 600/660.

The barrel has been chopped to about 18-20 inches, and it has the freaking ugliest Bishop stock I have ever seen on it.

Replacing the stock would be a good idea no matter what, but I already have a 722 with a full length barrel and the correct stock.
 
Proof that beauty is in the eye of the beholder! I always liked the "odddball" look of the 600/660 series.:cool:
 
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