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Just picked up this 1918 production Remington Model 14 in .30 Rem at a local auction I swear I was just going to buy ammo at. This was Remington’s major competitor to the Winchester 94 and their first pump-action centre fire. They made about 200,000 of this, the pistol caliber 14 1/2 and improved 141 between 1912 and 1950, in .25, .30, .32 and .35 Remington. The spiral groove magazine is a really neat feature that prevents the rounds lining up bullet to primer, but as you can see they don’t bother taking advantage of it and using pointed bullets.

This one is in pretty decent shape, it could use a thorough cleaning but I probably won’t get to that before I go on vacation next week. The aluminum buttplate is a replacement as the originals were made of Bakelite and were very fragile - looks like someone made a cast of an original plate and didn’t do a bad job of it, you actually see these pretty regularly. Unfortunately .30 Rem is hard to come by but I already have some ammo stashed away as I have a Standard Arms in the same caliber.

Just picked up this 1918 production Remington Model 14 in .30 Rem at a local auction I swear I was just going to buy ammo at. This was Remington’s major competitor to the Winchester 94 and their first pump-action centre fire. They made about 200,000 of this, the pistol caliber 14 1/2 and improved 141 between 1912 and 1950, in .25, .30, .32 and .35 Remington. The spiral groove magazine is a really neat feature that prevents the rounds lining up bullet to primer, but as you can see they don’t bother taking advantage of it and using pointed bullets.

This one is in pretty decent shape, it could use a thorough cleaning but I probably won’t get to that before I go on vacation next week. The aluminum buttplate is a replacement as the originals were made of Bakelite and were very fragile - looks like someone made a cast of an original plate and didn’t do a bad job of it, you actually see these pretty regularly. Unfortunately .30 Rem is hard to come by but I already have some ammo stashed away as I have a Standard Arms in the same caliber.

I’m sure this sub is likely more familiar with his military firearms but here’s some of my JMB designed firearms. It’s amazing not only that he designed so many guns, but that so many are utter classics, and even that there are many more not in this picture!

Top to bottom:

Winchester Model 1890
Remington Model 8
Winchester Model 1895
Winchester Model 1894
Garate Tigre, which is a clone of the Winchester 1892
Browning Auto-5
Browning Superposed
Browning Trombone
Browning SA-22
Colt Woodsman
Colt 1911
Colt 1905
Browning 1922
Colt 1903 Pocket Hammer
Browning 1903
Browning Hi Power

My 1901 production 1899B 26” octagon barrel in .303 Savage and my 1912 1899H 20” featherweight takedown carbine in .22 Hi Power. I’m on the hunt for a 1920s or 30s 99R in .250-300 with the 24” and pistol grip to round out the set, but I wouldn’t be surprised if I ended up accumulating a few other variants too.

This is an original WW2 British army sniper rifle, made at BSA Shirley in 1943, selected for accuracy and converted to a sniper by Holland and Holland. The scope is quite heavy since it was originally designed for the Bren gun but I think it’s the best sniper rifle of WW2.

Messing around with some of my more recent guns.

1908 Winchester 1894 .38-55
1924 Parker Trojan 12 gauge
1914 Remington 14 1/2 .44-40
Prewar FN Browning SA-22 .22 LR
1950 Husqvarna 20B 12 gauge
Unknown French 12 gauge
1913 Savage 1899H .22 Hi Power

New to me FN Browning SA-22 in .22 LR - a fairly early prewar gun in really beautiful condition. These are really cool bottom ejecting takedown guns that feed from a tube mag in the butt. Introduced in 1914, they were the first really successful .22 semi-auto rifle and are still in production today. Mrs Global was not impressed with me for buying another gun this month but changed her mind when she saw how cute this one is.

There are no factory serial number records of these before 1956 but about 200,000 were made between 1914 and 1955 - this one is just a hair over 100K and with the early style serif font on the markings I feel confident calling it prewar. These guns were not imported into the US before the the 50s as Remington had the patent to make their Model 24 so this one was made for the European market.

The gun is in really excellent shape other than a repair at the wrist - these guns are notorious for cracking there when people hold them by the stock to take them down. PSA, if you own one hold it by the receiver when you take the barrel off. I can’t wait to get it out plinking.

New to me FN Browning SA-22 in .22 LR - a fairly early prewar gun in really beautiful condition. These are really cool bottom ejecting takedown guns that feed from a tube mag in the butt. Introduced in 1914, they were the first really successful .22 semi-auto rifle and are still in production today. Mrs Global was not impressed with me for buying another gun this month but changed her mind when she saw how cute this one is.

There are no factory serial number records of these before 1956 but about 200,000 were made between 1914 and 1955 - this one is just a hair over 100K and with the early style serif font on the markings I feel confident calling it prewar. These guns were not imported into the US before the the 50s as Remington had the patent to make their Model 24 so this one was made for the European market.

The gun is in really excellent shape other than a repair at the wrist - these guns are notorious for cracking there when people hold them by the stock to take them down. PSA, if you own one hold it by the receiver when you take the barrel off. I can’t wait to get it out plinking.

Just picked up this French over/under 12 gauge with no makers marks, just St Etienne proofs from 1900 - 1962 and Heurtier on the barrels - a known supplier of barrels to the gunsmith trade. The three piece hand guards make me think pre-WW2 and I’ve seen very similar but not identical guns from Rivolier and Peugeot. I’m guessing it’s a gunsmith built gun using Heurtier barrels but I’m going to do some more research.

It is I think a very attractive gun and quite light and lively in the hands - it should be a nice upland gun for grouse and pheasant. I’m a real Francophile when it comes to guns and can’t wait to get it out shooting.

Just picked up this French over/under 12 gauge with no makers marks, just St Etienne proofs from 1900 - 1962 and Heurtier on the barrels - a known supplier of barrels to the gunsmith trade. The three piece hand guards make me think pre-WW2 and I’ve seen very similar but not identical guns from Rivolier and Peugeot. I’m guessing it’s a gunsmith built gun using Heurtier barrels but I’m going to do some more research.

It is I think a very attractive gun and quite light and lively in the hands - it should be a nice upland gun for grouse and pheasant. I’m a real Francophile when it comes to guns and can’t wait to get it out shooting.

Just picked up this French over/under 12 gauge with no makers marks, just St Etienne proofs from 1900 - 1962 and Heurtier on the barrels - a known supplier of barrels to the gunsmith trade. The three piece hand guards make me think pre-WW2 and I’ve seen very similar but not identical guns from Rivolier and Peugeot. I’m guessing it’s a gunsmith built gun using Heurtier barrels but I’m wondering if anyone else has seen something similar.

This was the Greek army’s standard rifle in both WW1 and WW2, although I believe in WW1 it was actually outnumbered by both the Y1903, which lacked the full length upper handguard, and imported French Berthiers, made necessary by the fact that in both World Wars the Greeks went to war with their major rifle suppliers.

The Mannlicher-Schoenauer was a famous sporting rifle with its iconic spool magazine (pictured), but the Greeks were the only country to adopt it as a military rifle. This is a 1927 production rifle made by Breda in Italy, and also has some interesting trench art on the butt.

This is a Greek issued Mannlicher-Schoenauer 1903/14 rifle made by Breda in Italy in 1927. The Mannlicher-Schoenauer with its iconic spool magazine was a popular sporting arm but the Greeks were the only one to adopt it as a military rifle. This one has some interesting trench art as well.

Just picked up this Remington Model 14 1/2 in .44-40 made in 1914. The Model 14 was a full sized rifle using the same action, but they made a small framed version shooting .44-40 and .38-40 and called it the 14 1/2. This is one of about 5000 purchased by the Royal Navy during WW1 to arm auxiliary craft and free up Lee-Enfields for ground troops, after WW1 it was surplussed out and became someone’s hunting rifle.

It’s actually a hefty little rifle compared to say a Winchester 92, with a surprisingly heavy 22” barrel and 11 shot capacity. This one has had the butt plate replaced, which is actually pretty common since they were made from bakelite, and a former inletted a little white diamond into the butt. It has a really nice bore though and should make a good shooter.

Just picked up this Remington Model 14 1/2 in .44-40 made in 1914. The Model 14 was a full sized rifle using the same action, but they made a small framed version shooting .44-40 and .38-40 and called it the 14 1/2. This is one of about 5000 purchased by the Royal Navy during WW1 to arm auxiliary craft and free up Lee-Enfields for ground troops, after WW1 it was surplussed out and became someone’s hunting rifle.

It’s actually a hefty little rifle compared to say a Winchester 92, with a surprisingly heavy 22” barrel and 11 shot capacity. This one has had the butt plate replaced, which is actually pretty common since they were made from bakelite, and a former inletted a little white diamond into the butt. It has a really nice bore though and should make a good shooter.

1901 Savage 1899B in .303 Savage

1913 Savage 1899H in .22 Hi Power

1863 Spencer 1860 in .56-56

~1920 Garate Tigre .44-40

1915 Winchester 1895 in .30-40 Krag

1908 Winchester 1894 in .38-55