Remington Stun Safe

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Yes. I saw a Stun Safe slaughterhouse rifle at a gun show over 20 years ago. Also found a box of the Stun Safe ammo for sale at a flea market once, but did not buy it. I wish I had.
 
sipowicz said:
Btw, I was a bit disappointed. I thought this was going to be about a booby trapped gun safe.
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Same here. I thought it was going to be some sort of crazy prototype safe that would zap someone with high voltage electricity if they input the wrong combination or tried to force it open. :D
 
Interesting gun........thanks for sharing the video.

The concept of the gun is well thought out for it's intended commercial usage.

I remember my granddad using an old single-shot .22 (he used shorts) for killing hogs once winter set-in and it turned cold.....simply put the barrel to the head and pull the trigger. We all helped, and the family would have smoked ham, sausage and bacon for rest of the year.

Don
 
The Remington Stun Safe .22 round used in that gun had a sintered iron bullet, so that it would break up on impact. The intent was to stun the animal so it could be bled out with its heart still beating. Winchester also made a similar round in several varieties for animal slaughter called Num-Rite. It also had a sintered iron bullet. I don't believe Winchester made a rifle specifically for that purpose as Remington did. I once owned a Stevens .22 semiauto rifle that had been used in a local slaughterhouse for many years. It was in such poor condition it is amazing that it still functioned.
 
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The "front sight" he spoke of is not a sight, but there was a small tool which fit over the outer barrel sleeve and engaged that tab to loosen or tighten the sleeve on the barrel. Since the gun was intended for contact shooting, it didn't need sights. Understandably, the outer sleeve would get messy in an abattoir and could be changed without having to take the gun out of service.

My first rifle was a Model 510 Targetmaster, and at Boy Scout camp, they had a 512 smoothbore that they actually used for clays shooting. Larger birds than skeet at closer ranges, but the ratshot cartridges would still break them.
 
Both Remington and Mossberg sold smoothbore .22 outfits for short-range trap shooting, they came with target throwers. I think the Mossberg rifle had a spring-loaded target thrower attached to its barrel. There may have been others.

I don't know if the Remington slaughter gun had a rifled barrel or not. It wouldn't have been needed.
 
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Hair Trigger said:
The "front sight" he spoke of is not a sight, but there was a small tool which fit over the outer barrel sleeve and engaged that tab to loosen or tighten the sleeve on the barrel. Since the gun was intended for contact shooting, it didn't need sights. Understandably, the outer sleeve would get messy in an abattoir and could be changed without having to take the gun out of service.
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Hair Trigger, when I watched the video, I thought that the "front sight" part did not make sense. Your explanation does though. Thanks for the clarification.
Larry
 
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