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A Remington Model 870 shotgun Below is a list of firearms produced by the Remington Arms Company , [ 1 ] founded in 1816 as E. Remington and Sons . Following the breakup of Remington Outdoor Company in 2020, the Remington Firearms brand name operates under RemArms, LLC.
The best way to identify a pre-1964 Model 70 Winchester rifles is the serial number and the fore-end screw to secure the barrel to the stock. [6] Model 70 rifles with serial numbers below 700,000 [7] are the pre-1964 variety. The receivers of these Model 70s were machined from bar stock steel.
In 1969 the 308 Win. was dropped from production, and by 1970 only the 243 Win, 270 Win, and 30-06 Sprg were offered. Again in 1971 chamberings were reduced to only the 243 Win and 30-06 Sprg. In 1972 the rifle was redesigned to incorporate the same design stock and a 2 position safety similar to that of the Model 70.
The .270 Winchester is a rifle cartridge developed by Winchester Repeating Arms Company in 1923, and it was unveiled in 1925 as a chambering for their bolt-action Model 54 [3] to become arguably the flattest shooting cartridge of its day, only competing with the .300 Holland & Holland Magnum, also introduced in the same year.
The 270 Winchester Short Magnum or 270 WSM is a short magnum cartridge created by necking down the .300 Winchester Short Magnum and fitting it with a .277 caliber bullet. The correct name for the cartridge, as listed by the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute ( SAAMI ), is 270 WSM, without a decimal point. [ 3 ]
Even before the rifle was released for the public, a potentially fatal flaw in the design was discovered: a defect in the firing mechanism could fire the gun without the trigger being squeezed; Mike Walker's proposed fix was declined because of an additional 5.5 cents (adjusted for inflation: $0.7) per rifle in production costs.
The Remington Model 7400 is a series of semi-automatic rifles manufactured by Remington Arms. The Model 7400 was a replacement of the Model 740 rifle which Remington produced from 1952 to 1981. [1] The 7400 model was ultimately replaced by the Model 750 in 2006. [1]
The .225 Winchester was chambered in factory rifles by Winchester (Models 70 and 670) and Savage (Model 340). All commercially produced rifles chambered in .225 Winchester were turn-bolt or break actions. Winchester ceased producing rifles chambered in .225 Winchester in 1971, however seasonal production of loaded ammunition and brass continues ...