Added Pic**Not A Levergun Or Single Shot**

[Sixgun]

Boltgun To be more specific, its a Remington-Keene made in 1880.

Hey guys,
I shot this bugger today and when you hit the target on the first try, right where you want it, well, its a blessing. No sight adjustments..........at all I shot 5 rounds of 11 grains of Unique (1000 fps) behind a 385 Lyman, sized .460 at 50 yards...........without even trying.....just put the sight on the target and yanked the trigger! The target is 1" square so I guess 4 shots went into 1" with a total group about 1 and 1/2"-------------first try

I was madder than hell as the rounds would not feed from the tube, until..............I realized there was a magazine cut-off. I flipped that baby over and she worked liked she did in 1880----a year before Billy the Kid was killed.! ----------------................Sixgun


My bud Tommy and I cruise on up to this auction today to have some fun. http://www.auctionzip.com/cgi-bin/aucti ... category=0 (number 193) There were a half dozen 1886's, 1873's, 1892's and so on.......

I had my heart set on a Whitney-Kennedy levergun in 45-60 that was very nice. I got off of it at 2 and it went for 3+------thousand. --well, not really, it was a 4K gun. The 1886's went for 8-12 hundred---cheap-but they were no finish guns, but all original. A reblued 1876 went for 7 and a half but was in bad shape before someone gave it a $29.95 gunshop reblue. Decent Trapdoor Springfields were going for 4-6----cheap. A SRC Springfield went for 14---cheap

S&W Mod. 29's, 28's, 27's went for 4-6.

Two machine guns (its great here in Pennsylvania ) were sold. One was a Model 1928 Thompson with an "L" drum and accessories went for 17 thousand and an M-2 Carbine went for 6 g's.


I was gettin' ready to leave when this Remington-Keene comes up. I bought it without checking it out--baaaaaaaadd move-but............I lucked out. Its a 95% gun. 5,000 were made from 1880-1888 or so.Most of these are in military configuration but this one was a fancy sporting gun, complete with pistol grip, checkering, and half round/oct barrel. Mint bore Perfect working order and 100% original. We get some nice guns here in Pa.

Watch for a range test coming soon to a Leverguns board near you. I did shoot it with one round as soon as I got home to make sure she worked.

I took it apart when I got home and found the number "47" on seven different parts---Its the serial number! ---------------Sixgun









Ala Ysable Kid

[awp101]

Certainly not something you see everyday! Cool score!

[FWiedner]

Not to make this weird or anything, but I think that taking that rifle home and snapping those photos would have had me giggling like a kid who got something really cool for Christmas...

Very nice.

[claybob86]

Cool! Never even heard of such a rifle, let alone seen one!

[J Miller]

Sixgun,
That is probably one of the nicest non-leverguns I've seen. I'd like to shoot one just for the experience of it.

Cool! Never even heard of such a rifle, let alone seen one!

claybob,
Go rent or buy the movie "Crossfire Trail" with Tom Selleck. The bad guy uses one with a big long scope on it.

Joe

[Hobie]

Cool but NOT OT.

[Sixgun]

Yea guys, it is a strange rifle. To me, its a contemporary hybrid---under the barrel magazine tube, exposed hammer and a bolt.

I'm gonna let loose with a few rounds out in the backyard today (light loads--11 Unique-385 Lyman) and shoot 'em through my giant silencer so the AH that lives 1/4 away don't call the cops on me. I'll report back later tonight.-------------Sixgun

Hobie---Just tring to be "in line" as it is a boltgun and well, you know, some guys are very technical

[6pt-sika]

Yea guys, it is a strange rifle. To me, its a contemporary hybrid---under the barrel magazine tube, exposed hammer and a bolt.

I'm gonna let loose with a few rounds out in the backyard today (light loads--11 Unique-385 Lyman) and shoot 'em through my giant silencer so the AH that lives 1/4 away don't call the cops on me. I'll report back later tonight.-------------Sixgun

Hobie---Just tring to be "in line" as it is a boltgun and well, you know, some guys are very technical

Excellent !

And since I can't afford it you need to find a Winchester Hotchkiss Third variation Sporting Rifle to compliment this one !

And I would be willing to bet there is just such a bird in the Lancaster Bucks county area that some older gentleman has had stuffed away for any number of years

[crs]

Very nice and interesting weapon. How do you load the magazine?

[kimwcook]

I think that's a really cool shooter in really good shape and serial #47. Wow.

Now, I'm wondering if this is really Sixgun. And, here's why I say that. In the picture showing the bare receiver, I see clean, unfaded and decent looking pair of jeans. And, the kicker, there's a book lying open on the floor. I suspect our real Sixgun "Don't need no stinking book."

[6pt-sika]

That one right there is reason enough for you to break your streak and shoot a PA whitetail !

I most certainly would wack one with that thing !

[O.S.O.K.]

That is in outstanding condition! Congrats! Very cool. Can't wait to see the range results!

[hfcable]

what a find Sixgun!! always had a hankering for one of those., but a fancy one like that is beyond my dreams!

[Blaine]

Very unique and beautiful piece of history.

[damienph]

You come up with some of the best firearms!! That is just cool. I've heard of them but have never seen one. Nice rifle, I would like to hear how it shoots for you.

Really nice!!! Thanks for the pics.

[ollogger]

great find again, but i thought you was broke after you slupperd up
that cherry 73
them 86 rifles would have had my intrest, me being more of
a blaster than collecter
sounds like PA. has some great guns right now

ollogger

[bsaride]

Off the cool chart, ya got lucky there!
Can't wait for the report

[hightime]

I've looked that one up since it was in Seligs movie. I didn't think it was a 45-70 though, but maybe. I guess I'll watch it again. Is the gun for sale? I like it very much.

Owen

[Nath]

Most defo off the cool chart, sub zero!

Nice

Range report,,,,,,

N.

[2ndovc]

Jack,

You're going to be so bored with that silly bolt gun you won't be able to
stand the sight of it. Send it my way and I promise to take really good care of it!


jb

[Sixgun]

I can't take all of this excitement at my age, my ears are ringing and I "might"-------gotta check-------- have a woodie

Two super guns in two weeks and yes Ollogger, I'm past broke, but..........when something somes up that you "got to have", well, imagination takes a precedence! It pays to have friends who have lots more bucks than you do. May the Good Lord bless my friend Tommy, who owns Targetmaster.
Hightime--everything is for sale--this ain't no museum. Capitalism is #1 here at the Sixgun household CRS, for loading, there is a floorplate with a movable carrier and you just push those babies in---imigine a Model 37 Ithaca without a floorplate. and Law Dawg--its me! And yep, I need those books. I was pleasantly surprised that one of my books had the Keene in it. Its a tricky gun...until you know it and then its simple

6 Point---You hit a nerve with your question and one that I'm gonna test this winter---when its real cold outside. "IF" this is a trouble free gun, I just might take it out to Colorado next year to see what it can do on an elk. Now THAT would be cool--the first guy (maybe) to bust an elk with a 131 year old Remington-Keene. ----------------------------Sixgun

[ollogger]

hope it works out to bust a Elk with er
if you dont run a museum & have things for sale
got any 25-35s? No cherries there for deeper pockets than mine

ollogger

[6pt-sika]

6 Point---You hit a nerve with your question and one that I'm gonna test this winter---when its real cold outside. "IF" this is a trouble free gun, I just might take it out to Colorado next year to see what it can do on an elk. Now THAT would be cool--the first guy (maybe) to bust an elk with a 131 year old Remington-Keene. ----------------------------Sixgun

FWIW , two of the more satisfying whitetails I've ever killed were a pair of does I shot with a pair of original Marlin 1895's one in 38-56 and the other in 40-65 (with home cast bullets of course). The 40-65 was made in 1896 and the 38-56 was manufactured in 1897 . While not nearly as old as your Remington Keene , the oldest I've used to date !

[6pt-sika]

Sixgun in your travels around the PA gun auction and gunshow circuit have you seen many if any Winchester Hotchkiss bolt action rifles ?

[Pitchy]

Very cool indeed, never seen one of those.

[rjohns94]

thats magnificent. well done.

[Sixgun]

Sixgun in your travels around the PA gun auction and gunshow circuit have you seen many if any Winchester Hotchkiss bolt action rifles ?

Yes, but not often. And when I do, they are usually beat. On the other hand, I usually do not pay attention to these (or Remington) rifles, so I most likely passed up nice ones without even knowing what I was looking at. This particlular Remington was fluke.--------Sixgun

[Sixgun]

hope it works out to bust a Elk with er
if you dont run a museum & have things for sale
got any 25-35s? No cherries there for deeper pockets than mine.ollogger

Just 2--a post war flat band and a src made in '12. (I think '12) Excellent shooters they are, but I don't play with 'em much----------------Sixgun

[OD*]

Fantastic find, Jack, congratulations!

[OD*]

Brad Johnson and the Remington-Keene.

[Sixgun]

OD*--Neat pic! Thanks!------------Sixgun