remington model 14
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bamaranger
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first deer rifle
My Model 14 is similarly marked, with serial #7xxx. My dad bought it from an inlaw in the 60's I'd guess, and I ended up hunting w/ it my first season.
The .35 Rem was the family favorite,and the .30 was considered a boys rifle.
Let me see..........30 Rem is .30-30 power, no longer mfg'd, but brass is not hard to find with the advent of the internet, and even loaded ammo turns up now and again at shows. Personally, I think the .30 is the one to have if you intend to hunt and shoot a bit. Almost every .35 Model 14 I look at is cracked at the tang/pistol grip, which not a strong point due to the mechanism reaching back into grip a tad. I believe combine that soft spot with .35 recoil and .....bonk, a split!
The spiral "candy cane" magazine was intended to off set the points of spitzer (pointed bullets) in the tube magazine for safety, but I have never seen pointed slugs in factory ammo. I have seen factory roundnose FMJ slugs, likely for use in the semiauto relatives of the 14, the model 8 and later81. Pretty sure that a .30 Rem Model 8, helped end the career of the auto bandits Bonnie and Clyde. Lots else in play at that ambush too!
I believe the designer was a chap named Pederson. The 14 was superceded by the 141, and then the 760, etc, etc. I like the old rifles (14 and 141) a bunch, nothing modern seems to equal their slide action in smoothness and lock up. Many come out of PA, as semi's are not legal for hunting there, and the pump rules supreme (still) as a popular deer rifle. Many got drilled for scopes, unfortunately.
I hunt mine just a bit, still. Two seasons ago I leveled on a big doe but did not shoot. Piece of cake shot too!. In hind sight, I should have taken her, not every day you kill a deer w/ a rifle near 100 yrs old.
When the rifle was level and on, I swear, I felt it quiver!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My Model 14 is similarly marked, with serial #7xxx. My dad bought it from an inlaw in the 60's I'd guess, and I ended up hunting w/ it my first season.
The .35 Rem was the family favorite,and the .30 was considered a boys rifle.
Let me see..........30 Rem is .30-30 power, no longer mfg'd, but brass is not hard to find with the advent of the internet, and even loaded ammo turns up now and again at shows. Personally, I think the .30 is the one to have if you intend to hunt and shoot a bit. Almost every .35 Model 14 I look at is cracked at the tang/pistol grip, which not a strong point due to the mechanism reaching back into grip a tad. I believe combine that soft spot with .35 recoil and .....bonk, a split!
The spiral "candy cane" magazine was intended to off set the points of spitzer (pointed bullets) in the tube magazine for safety, but I have never seen pointed slugs in factory ammo. I have seen factory roundnose FMJ slugs, likely for use in the semiauto relatives of the 14, the model 8 and later81. Pretty sure that a .30 Rem Model 8, helped end the career of the auto bandits Bonnie and Clyde. Lots else in play at that ambush too!
I believe the designer was a chap named Pederson. The 14 was superceded by the 141, and then the 760, etc, etc. I like the old rifles (14 and 141) a bunch, nothing modern seems to equal their slide action in smoothness and lock up. Many come out of PA, as semi's are not legal for hunting there, and the pump rules supreme (still) as a popular deer rifle. Many got drilled for scopes, unfortunately.
I hunt mine just a bit, still. Two seasons ago I leveled on a big doe but did not shoot. Piece of cake shot too!. In hind sight, I should have taken her, not every day you kill a deer w/ a rifle near 100 yrs old.
When the rifle was level and on, I swear, I felt it quiver!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bamaranger
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maybe
The 141 was an upgrade, it would seem likely they might address the split. I don't see many 141's in my ramblings to say.
To my eye they are sleek, handsome old rifles.
The 141 was an upgrade, it would seem likely they might address the split. I don't see many 141's in my ramblings to say.
To my eye they are sleek, handsome old rifles.