REMINGTON " PRE MODEL 12"

Remington " pre model 12' . This rifle is the very popular Remington  "gallery gun" that shoots short, long and long rifle ammo in any order. They were used in the shooting galleries of the day. It is marked

RW 52xxR which meant it was a Remington Works rifle which was the designation for a rifle that was in pre-production and was being tested out before a production run was started. It is stamped  

PEDERSONS PATENTS  JAN 5, 1909. OTHER PATENTS PENDING

The metal has a brownish patina and there were 4 tapped holes in left side of receiver for a side scope mount, I filled in the hole with JB Weld.  The stock was damaged a bit where it fastened to the receiver due to over oiling I think. I spent many hours removing some of the bad wood and used JB Weld to  make a solid surface to mate to the receiver. I also refinished the stock with hand rubbed tung oil. I made a new butt plate of hard industrial poly material . It actually works well and there is no movement at all between receiver and stock. I disassembled it and cleaned it and put it back together, quite a tricky process but I found and kept a good itemized list of what you need to do, I never would have  been able to do it myself and I have worked on a lot of guns.

Shoots well and works flawlessly and I shoot it often. It is a takedown and would make a nice survival gun.