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Remington model 6 in .25 caliber.
kartking22
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I recently purchased 2 Remington model 6's at a local auction. One was as described as a .22 caliber but the other one is not. According to my calipers, it is a .25 caliber rimfire. Remington never made a .25 caliber in the model 6.
I had contacted Remington Arms Co. with the serial numbers and the rifle in question came back as a model 4 made in 1901. The model 6 was patented July 22, 1902.
My thoughts are that someone milled a model 4 barrel to fit this model 6. Am I wrong to think this might be the case with this rifle?
I had contacted Remington Arms Co. with the serial numbers and the rifle in question came back as a model 4 made in 1901. The model 6 was patented July 22, 1902.
My thoughts are that someone milled a model 4 barrel to fit this model 6. Am I wrong to think this might be the case with this rifle?
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http://www.remington.com/products/archived/centerfire/rolling-block/model-4-rolling-block.aspx
Bubba has been working on stuff forever. Pic's would help solve the mystery. Bolt face for a 22 RF might be different than a 25 RF or a 32 RF, look for bushing or other modification. Could be a bored out barrel, black powder is very corrosive so neglected barrels went bad fast. Could have been bored and rifled. I want to re do a shot 256 Newton barrel to 7mm.
I am thinking that Hawk might be right about Stevens reboring barrels but to completely remill a model 4 barrel to fit the model 6 would be very costly. These boys rifles were sold NEW at the cost of just over $2.00 through the mail order catalogs in that time.
See above re: centerfire model 6 rifles.
http://www.rollingblockparts.com/no-6.html
http://www.rollingblockparts.com/no-4.html
The Model 4 is considerably more "sophisticated" than the Model 6
They were very enginuitive back then, even as much as they were utilitarian. Who knew that unaltered specimens, in good condition would bring exponential sums of money from collectors these days in time?
Basically what you have is a very customized rifle, from the time frame it was in production. It appears that most of the customization was done outside the factory walls. Pictures could definitely help.
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