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#Remington rifle history code#
22 rifles go, but it was all steel, with a solid, if plain, wood stock.Have a code located on the left side of the barrel 22 rifle, but because the receiver is aluminum, instantly, even instinctively, American gun buyers immediately shift their opinion of the rifle downwards. No one will ever accuse the 10/22 of being a “nice gun.” It is a utilitarian. When Winchester used aluminum for the bottom metal (trigger bow & magazine) on the Model 70 in the post-64 rifles, buyers spat in disgust. Winchester found out in a hell of a hurry in 1964 what happens when you put aluminum on a rifle that is being sold to discerning buyers: they howl like ruptured ducks. Second, there is no plastic anywhere on this rifle. “įirst, there is no aluminum anywhere on this rifle.
I don’t know what it is and it’s hard to even explain. Something that can’t be replicated with a 10/22 or any modern made rimfire rifle. “There is just something about these vintage bolt action 22s. If you want a plinker 22 rifle to carry in the woods or teach your kid I would chase down one of these before I ever thought about buying a new made rimfire. Everything made longer ago that 5 years seems to be rising in price. Twenty years ago it was not hard to find any old rimfire bolt action rifle and not pay much over 100 yankee green backs for it. These guns are getting more expensive to buy every year. The two groups were fired at 25 yards using ammo that is nothing special. Not the easiest to use for people use to peep sights but capable of fine shooting.Īccuracy is as good and honestly probably better than most moden rimfire rifles. The style seen on countless hunting rifles. This one has the more common open sights. Some models of the 514 came with a nice little rear peep sight for more precise target work. No problem though as I never had intention of using one of these with an optic. I don’t think you need me to point out where the two rear holes should have been drilled. The bright spark apparently was going to put two holes on the front and rear of the receiver and got half into it before realizing there ain’t enough room on the rear portion he so poorly chose for the rear position. Whoever it is didn’t realize the requirement for mounting bases on the 514 was for two holes side by side and not in line down the bore axis. Unfortunately a bubba gunsmith got ahold of this rifle long before I did. Models did not come from the factory drilled and tapped for scope mounting bases. The three lug safety on the rear is rotated to active and disengage the safety with one lug with a red marking to indicate safe or fire. Having no magazine like other models, it has a solid receiver. The 514 is a simple single shot bolt action rifle capable of being taken down for transport or storage with the single bolt in the bottom of the stock. Those old guns, though made for cheap boys rifles back then, would be sold as a higher priced special prestige grade model if brought out today. I have rarely ever shot a modern rimfire rifle that would be the equivalent of the old rifles that is any where near as accuracte or made as well. There is just something about these vintage bolt action 22s. The rifles of this same basic formula were clearly markets to kids but I have always wondered just how many were bought for boys and how many were bought by grown men, late teens and seasoned citizens for the pleasure that comes with shooting a rimfire sporter.
On the contrary, they may have asked him to come over on a summer evening and shoot that ground hog that has been eating up the tomatoes in the backyard.
#Remington rifle history series#
It is one of the 5xx series models of guns put out by Remington in days when boys could walk out in the woods and shoot at anything much he felt like shooting at and no one thought much about it. 22 rimfire rifles made from the dating back to the dinosaurs. The 514 is one of what seems like a million different models and makes of. “The model 514 is a worthy companion to the model 510, but being slightly shorter and lighter-it is especially suitable for the small boy who is just starting to shoot.” Remington introduced the Model 514 in April 1948 as cheaper alternative to the Model 510 other 500 series rimfires and a competitor of the excellent Winchester Model 67.
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