Remington model 341 sportsmaster circa 1936-40

Well today I recieved an odd phone call at work....
An older chap I worked with for the past 14 years who had retired about 6 months ago called and wanted to catch up....this is not unusual as we still maintain contact but out of the blue he asks me "you still got your FAL ?"
I said yes of course, he then went on to tell me about his great grandfathers old .22 and how he had found it whilst clearing out some old storage.
He is not of the firearms community but vaguely recollected shooting rabbits with it as a young fella, no idea what it was other than bolt action and tube fed.....
Anyway he says to me look I don't have a FAL nor do my children and they are unlikely to ever get one as no interest.
Would you like it ??? I told him well of course I'm intrigued by the description and knowing his age I knew it would be old.
I asked him what he wanted for it and was politely told no it's not for sale, I want you to have it as my other option is to surrender it and I'd rather it went to someone I know and will appreciate it.
Well I went straight round after work wondering what I would be confronted with and after a little inspection and goohle searching I discovered it to be a Remington model 341 sportsmaster.
The stock is actually pretty tidy for a rifle manufactured in the mid 30s.
The barrel and tube mag have a bit of surface rust which I hope to tidy up with some advice from @akaroa1
The bore however is mint.
It has no dovetails or scope mounts only irons and I think that makes it one of the earlier ones ?
When I inspected it I couldn't get it to load from the mag but it was very dry in the action having not been shot in at least 20 years or there abouts.
I took it home pulled the action from the stock and gave it a thorough clean with some solvent and a fine scrubber brush then lubed it up.....and wow what a silky smooth action that now feeds perfectly.
I hope to clean it up and get it shooting and would love to hear any thoughts on its history and value as I feel it's important to tell my friend what it's worth just incase, as I just don't know anything about them.
Looking forward to putting some rounds through it, it also came with about 1000 rounds of very old ammo of various breeds, I don't know if they are safe to shoot or if there is collectable value in them but I don't think I'll shoot them.
Anyway enough ysbbering here are some pics, love to hear your thoughts people.

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@dannyb Nice rifle

Remind me in the weekend to find the elevation slider for you as I'm away working

Cheers

if its anything like the single shot remington I had of similar vintage it will be very accurate....
you look after her,that old lady deserves a good home.

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Originally Posted by Micky Duck

if its anything like the single shot remington I had of similar vintage it will be very accurate....
you look after her,that old lady deserves a good home.

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Feel pretty honored to be her new custodian, I have told the old chap I'll never sell her and if things change she can be returned to his family....hoping to get him to come out and shoot it for old times sake

Very accurate rifles, good shooters. Me thinks you owe that man a beer. And long may the stories continue as you continue to keep in contact.

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Originally Posted by Husky1600

Very accurate rifles, good shooters. Me thinks you owe that man a beer. And long may the stories continue as you continue to keep in contact.

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Single malt he's a gentleman of fine taste :thumbsup:

the bolt on her looks similar to what mine was...it locks by the handle only..eg handle is THE lug....mine loved winchester superspeed,power point not so much. I learnt to run mine with a little oil on bolt,it had habit of accumulating unburnt powder around bolt after a hundred or more rounds and on occasion would set this off...black face comedy at its finest...soon learnt to keep clean. I see you have no ramp under sight...plenty of then about.I used to have my rear sight high and sat pip of foresight in very bottom of groove on what I wanted to hit...head shot many many possums with it and meat hunted goats too. should never have sold it...

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Originally Posted by Micky Duck

I see you have no ramp under sight...plenty of then about.

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Correct already have one of the forum GC's on the scrounge sorting it for me :thumbsup:
Cant wait to test her out

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Originally Posted by dannyb

Correct already have one of the forum GC's on the scrounge sorting it for me :thumbsup:
Cant wait to test her out

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On the subject of rear sight elevators, I found one in my wallet just before, and reckon it belongs to that lever of yours


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Good score! Probably only worth $100-150 in that condition as a shooter. I had a Remington model 33 single shot, earlier than your 341 and it shot very well with modern ammo (given the iron sights).

Some of your ammo may be collectible especially mint condition, full boxes of unusual stuff like the UMC Palma.

Shot my first Hare with one of those.

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Originally Posted by muzza

The Model 34/341 Remington has the most amazing , positive action loading system on any American rifle . The two lugs you can see in the pics hold the round as it it feeds out of the magazine tube ( has yours been restricted to ten rounds I wonder ? ) and feeds it direct into the chamber every time . Must have been very expensive to manufacture, with all the machining involved.

I have a couple of them , and they truly are wonderful rifles to use. Buy yourself a Frontier Big45 Cleaning Pad off the internet and clean that surface rust off. These pads are brilliant in that they do not take the blue off like ordinary steel wool does , no matter how hard you scrub , and they will shift all manner of rust in short time.

Nice score , enjoy it .

Heres some information - The reason it has no scope mounts is because virtually no rifle had mounts untill the mid 1950's or so.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remington_Model_341

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It certainly does have a marvellous feeding system must have been back when craftsmen manufactured rifles :D very slick once I cleaned the crud out of it and lubed it up.

Brings back memory's. I swapped a heap of smoked salmon fillets to get my one. Shot amazingly well but as they are no scope which made it not very useful for night shooting. Sold mine to help fund a BRNO mod 1.

well scored!
got the fabarm yet ???

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Originally Posted by gonetropo

well scored!
got the fabarm yet ???

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NAh probably next week so duck season is over a week early for me but that's ok we still had a good season even if shorter than usual,

Hell, all this reminds me of my first .22, it was a Remington Target Master single shot, knocked off quite a few bunnies on Waiheke Island about the 1960`s. used to buy a brick of 500 ICI 22 amo and shoot it all in a weekend`s hunting, O for the old days and I think she is still living on the Island.

Ran a brush and a few patches down the bore today and its really mint, the rifling looks crisp so hopefully its a shooter, I have picked up some modern ammo to try in it over the weekend.
Obviously I won't be able to adjust the sights but should be able to shoot it at 50 yards and get an idea of where it's at.
Will post results and if it's a shooter I will look at doing a "rusteration" staying true to the original rifle, keeping irons basically just clean up the surface rust and cold blueing it to protect it.

Remington model 341 Sportsmaster a delightful old American 22. You can scope them but side mount required from memory and not many of those round now. Better to enjoy it with old school open sights..

Here's a 40 years newer Remington bolt action 22 on trademe - the 70s model 541S . Again a well regarded and accurate 22:

https://www.trademe.co.nz/sports/hun...b53df33d8f-001

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Originally Posted by mudgripz

Remington model 341 Sportsmaster a delightful old American 22. You can scope them but side mount required from memory and not many of those round now. Better to enjoy it with old school open sights..

Here's a 40 years newer Remington bolt action 22 on trademe - the 70s model 541S . Again a well regarded and accurate 22:

https://www.trademe.co.nz/sports/hun...b53df33d8f-001

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Omg what a heinous scope on that poor rifle :eyes on fire:

Yup my intention is to keep it original and use the iron sights :thumbsup:

Well she still shoots, this was standing shots at 25m, pretty hard without the rear sight ramp but functions perfectly and good enough for me to warrant giving her a little tidy up, I'll probably never shoot it except at the range as my eyesight and open sights don't agree as I found out today but very slick and faultless feeding little rifle.

That's 10 shots at 25m a couple went in the crack at the top just above the tape :thumbsup:
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from memory I only ever had a small piece of copper water pipe doubled over underneath my ramp...didnt have anything up through groove,just enough under it to give desired elevation. cut a piece out of pipe about 1/4'' wide about 1 1/2'' long then bend one end over by about 1/2'' to give a slight taper that will jam in underneath and not fall out... pleased to read it functions fine.

I'm sure I've got some rear sight ramps here somewhere..

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Originally Posted by mudgripz

I'm sure I've got some rear sight ramps here somewhere..

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Cheers Mike, I think @akaroa1 has me sorted I'll let ya know if not :thumbsup: