Does Anyone Have a Remington Model 1934?

[WilliamT]

Do any of the members have a Remington Model 1934?

I would like some pics, if possible, to compare it to another.

[terryinvictoria]

Are you speaking of the 1934 Remington that went to South American (forgot the country right now)

Seems that Remington has so little information they are hard pressed to come up with numbers and many pictures at all of that model.

It was a south american caliber though not anything we have here.

It also was duplicated by gunsmiths but made up of the M1917 rifles.

They made them up ( I had one) by --
a) cutting the rear sight ears and part of the sight block off.

b) mounting a rear sight on the rear of the barrel

These conversions had and did not have the handguard around the rear sight.

They sure looked cool. I took the stock and rear sight off, replaced the stock with an M1917 stock and handguards(removed the barrel sight)

Then I cut off another rear sight block portion from a donor receiver and laid it on the receiver under the military sight spring I drilled and tapped four machine screws to mount the rear sight base that had originally been machined off.

Now the rifle looks full stock military except for the line around the sight base. But she's a Winchester with abeautiful barrel I could not scrap her. She's not with my other M1917 Winchester & Eddy, P14 Remington and Winchester and others.

Hope you found an original 1934 they are rare as hens teeth.
Cheers
Terry in Victoria

[WilliamT]

That is what I am looking for today. They are rare in any condition. I missed one on gunbroker a year or so ago, looking for one in better condition.

They were made for Honduras. A Mauser type rear sight and the Remington commercial receiver and a cleaning rod were the major changes.

I want one real bad.

[breakeyp]

The ones I have seen and have do not have cleaning rods. The only picture of a Pattern 1914/M1917 with a cleaning rod is a published picture claiming it was converted to 8mm for China. While there are 8mm Soley conversions for China--they don't have rods. I talked to the guy who added the rod as a lark.

There are no new condition 1934 Honduras guns---they are all rough. Some had stocks so bad that SARCO fitted them with US M1917 stocks to sell them.

[JGaynor]

Apparently 3000 Model 34's were made for Honduras and chambered for 7mm Mauser.

[WilliamT]

They are pretty ugly for the most part when I have seen them. It is hard to get excited about, but a really interesting version of the M1917

[oney]

Simpson's Limited had one that sat on their rack for literally years for around $500 if I recall correctly. Rough as a cob... it was sold shortly after they went online...

[Cosine26]

I bought a M1934 action only from SARCO back in the late 60's. The action only had minor pitting around the barrel guard ring. I believe that the original caliber was 7mm Mauser as the action is marked "7mm" . The magazine box had a block in the back to shorten it and the follower was shortened. I made a 30-06 target rifle out of it by substituting a M1917 magazine box and follower. It worked out very well. The action was well used but not abused. I believe that I paid $30 for the action only.
The action looked very much like the commercial Remington 30S and was even drilled and tapped for the Lyman 48 sight. You could even see where the hole for the M1917 rear sight had been plugged. It had the "stippling" and all of the characteristics of the late Rem 30's including the rib on the bolt.
In the late 70's the M1934 was advertised again(by SARCO I believe) and I ordered one. It was really in bad shape. It came with a M1917 bolt, stock and trigger guard assembly. The barrel was trash and there was deep pitting all over the action. I returned it for a refund, which I received.
I do not believe that many military rifles used by third world countries in humid climates with corrosive ammo survived in good condition. I did see a picture of one on the old Jouster web site once and it looked to be in fairly decent shape.

[Calif-Steve]

Remington had piles of M1917 forgings, finished and unfinished parts on hand from November/December 1917 production. All 1920 and 1930 Remington 30 rifles were from this end of war production. Therefore the M1934 rifles were, in fact, WWI M1917 forgings. After WWII ended Remington decided against making a commerical M1903-A4, although demand certainly existed. Most likely the driving force behind this decision was the post-WWI experience with the M1917 parts.

[ralfus]

This isn't much but it matches previous descriptions of condition
http://pics.gunbroker.com/GB/131255000/131255982/pix145763187.jpg

http://v4.beta.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=131255982

[Cosine26]

The receiver is a Remington M1934 but many of the major parts appear to be M1917 parts. The bolt is US ordnance marked and the bolt plug and cocking piece are M1917. The original M1934 bolt had a rib al la M98 Mauser and I do not see on on this bolt. The trigger guard, magazine and trigger assembly are all M1917. I believe that SARCO stripped a lot of original M1934 parts off and sold them seperately, then added M1917 parts and sold the actions as M1934. I have a M1934 Remington action and am using that for comparison.
After I bought my M1934 action from SARCO I ordered another one and it came with all M1917 parts except the receiver. (I returned it for a refund.) I also bought some seperate M1934 parts (bolt, cocking pieces) as spares from SARCO, so I know where the spare parts came from.
Just my observation for what it is worth.

[Calif-Steve]

SARCO would strip off the expensive parts and substitute cheap parts? Heaven forbid. The secret is out!!