My BIL recently found his boy hood hunting rifle in the basement at his Mothers house. It was his grandfathers/fathers and then his.
It has some issues with the firing pin (mushroomed) and the breech block will not stay up. I believe it used to have a spring that kept it up until the it was pushed it down for loaded a shell. I have it totally disassembled and find what I believe is part of the missing spring.
My question, where would I find info on this gun. All the markings tell me is it is a Remington. There is a patented in 1902 stamped in the side. No model etc. anywhere I can find.
If it were not so valuable to BIL for memory's sake I would tell him to put it on the wall as a keep sake but he wants to teach his sons to shoot with it.
Any info greatly appreciated.
It has some issues with the firing pin (mushroomed) and the breech block will not stay up. I believe it used to have a spring that kept it up until the it was pushed it down for loaded a shell. I have it totally disassembled and find what I believe is part of the missing spring.
My question, where would I find info on this gun. All the markings tell me is it is a Remington. There is a patented in 1902 stamped in the side. No model etc. anywhere I can find.
If it were not so valuable to BIL for memory's sake I would tell him to put it on the wall as a keep sake but he wants to teach his sons to shoot with it.
Any info greatly appreciated.