I'm wondering if the loss of fore end support may have adversely affected it's accuracy. Was the barrel cut shorter, or just the stock modified? Regardless, a range report would be great!
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Ypsilanti (Michigan) Historical Society Photo Archives, online digital image, showing 1900 winter parade. Photo of SAW Veterans/Michigan National Guardsmen marching west on Congress Street at the bridge.
(IMHO: I would guess parade is on Thanksgiving or New Year's Day. Rail Tracks on Ypsilanti street probably Railroad or Inter-urban. Men are carrying 1899 Lees in unusual manner, maybe due to cold, strong wind, treacherous footing and road sloping up hill).
Maybe before or after parade? Going to a muster point. Parades are formal affairs and they are not in any kind step.
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Shoot it Jon! I'd love to have one of the 1899s in 30/40 to play with in Vintage matches, always liked being different! I note that the 1899s two front lugs would have come about after the 1898 2200fps Krag load debacle. Perhaps an attempt by Remington to produce a rifle that would handle the load and get a govt contract as the Krag's replacement.
Hi, will a earlier model 4570 mag work and fit in the Model 1899?
Or did the magazine get redesign for the 1899?
I saw a 1899 in 7mm and think that's the odd duck caliber for these.
Thanks
Mike
'mwhite49' - The Model 1899 Remington-Lee used a different magazine than the earlier models in Black-Powder calibers.