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Picked up a pretty neat rifle at the Pensacola Gunshow last weekend. It is a Remington Model 30. It is a commercial version of the M1917. I guess the story is that after the completion of the M1917 contract at the end of WWI, remington still had the tooling to manufacture them. Starting in 1921, they built a sporter style hunting rifle using the M1917 action. It is really a neat rifle, light and accurate. They made them right up until WWII. Mine was made in 1930...
Nice rifles, but badly overshadowed by the Winchesters (54 and 70). By the time Remington "perfected" the action (the 720), WWII was going and afterwards, Remington wanted something cheaper to produce. Gave up just at the wrong time, I think.
At the end of WWI Remingotn had TONS of finished/semi-finished M1917 parts in Jan 1919. They used these parts to make the Model 30 for the next 25 years. When the Depression struck commerical gun sales collasped in the USA. Remington shut down their forge house in 1919 and didn't fire it up again in WWII, hard to believe, but true. Almost certainly this experience led Remington to decide NOT to manufacture the '03-A4 for commerical sales in 1946. Too bad, would have sold well in .270 Winchester.
Remington Model 30, introduced in 1921, discontinued in 1925. 25,000 produced.
Remington Model 30 Express, introduced in 1926, discontinued in 1940. 22,800 produced.
Were the Remington rifles ever awarded as prize guns in U.S. Military shooting competitions?? I saw one years ago that was cartouched but was not a sporter job??
many Remington 720,s were trophy rifles, and many used as PD sniper rifles..
if you get the green Remington 700 book, it lists them by serial number, and has some great pictures.
Remington stayed with that 1917 type action until the 725 was made.
and only used the safety on the rifle..
then the 721 722 came about,,the 700..and its used still today.
Pictures of a Remington 720 Navy Award Rifle
I have documentation from the person who won it
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...720/Plaque.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...20/R720LCU.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...720/R720Lt.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...720/R720CU.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...720/R720RT.jpg
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...720/R720CU.jpg
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