Remington 121 .22 s l lr

[CZU]

Picked this one up last week, just couldn't resist it any longer. I suspect it spent more time in a closet than out in the field, the bore is mint and it's as clean as a whistle. From what I can tell the date code shows it to have been made in February 1937 which makes it 83 years old this month. There were less than 200K of these made in an approximate 20 year time period. Several variations were made with this one being the "Plain Jane" model.

 

[LPD256]

I just sold one of those for an estate. It was a Smoothbore which is fairly rare. Great little guns. A collector from Alaska saw it at a local gun show in Kansas. He walked away with it for $900. Enjoy your gun.

 

[mauser9]

Wow looks like it just left the factory! Great find. A 2 second look reveals the high build quality back in those days. Wonder what that gun would cost today made the same way with all milled parts? Thanks for showing a real beauty.

 

[Ole Joe Clark]

That "plain jane" look, looks pretty good to me. Blue steel and walnut, what a beauty!

Have a blessed day,

Leon

 

[Valmet]

They don’t often get the love that the Winchester 22s do, but those old Remingtons are great old rifles.

 

[Inusuit]

I have one that belonged to my dad. Shows some wear, has a Weaver 2.5 scope on it. Very nice rifles.

 

[2152hq]

That's about as nice condition as they get. Great find and a great rifle.

The 121 you can use HV .22 ammo in and not worry about a cracked breech block. They have a larger, reinforced locking lug on the bolt.
The earlier Model 12 has a smaller lug and as a result can sometimes crack the bolt from HV ammo use.

Love those early .22 rifles...

 

[dmthomp32]

A pump action .22 is one of the few items left on my rifle "buy list". That Remington is a beautiful example. I would moved some items to get that in the safe!

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[Bob L]

What a good looking little 22. Should we be expecting a rnge report?

 

[CZU]

I just sold one of those for an estate. It was a Smoothbore which is fairly rare. Great little guns. A collector from Alaska saw it at a local gun show in Kansas. He walked away with it for $900. Enjoy your gun.

The same shop that had this one also had a Smoothbore as well. Unfortunately I didn't realize the rarity of that one and it was gone before I could act on it. It was about in the same condition as this one.

 

[robvious]

nice rifle... big fan of the Remington 22 pumps... I have the model before yours (12) and after. yours.. never manage to find a 121 in that condition that I can afford... and my 572 Fieldmaster is a smoothbore... got it cheap at an auction... functional, and lots of fun...

 

[DWalt]

The 121 is basically an updated Model 12. One of my life's little mysteries. I had a Model 12 .22 for a long time (used mainly SV .22 Shorts in it as I was aware of the problem of using HV ammo). And then it just vanished. I have no idea what happened to it.

 

[Babysitr]

I've never seen nicer one! good job. enjoy your new rifle!

 

[woodsltc]

That's a beauty of a Rem M-121........thanks for sharing the pics.

Don

 

[LPD256]

The dream find would be a 121 Mo-Skeet-O. The Routledge Barrel configuration starts out at the breech as a .22 caliber and the last 12 inches are bored to ..410. Used to shoot skeet. I saw one at Wannenmacher in Tulsa in November for north of $2000.

 

[DWalt]

The dream find would be a 121 Mo-Skeet-O. The Routledge Barrel configuration starts out at the breech as a .22 caliber and the last 12 inches are bored to ..410. Used to shoot skeet. I saw one at Wannenmacher in Tulsa in November for north of $2000.

Not like real skeet, but sort of back yard skeet with small breakable targets. Winchester and Mossberg offered a similar setup back in the late 1940s.

 

[ancient-one]

I have one still almost like new that I bought in 1950. Took many a squirrel with it.

 

[CZU]

The dream find would be a 121 Mo-Skeet-O. The Routledge Barrel configuration starts out at the breech as a .22 caliber and the last 12 inches are bored to ..410. Used to shoot skeet. I saw one at Wannenmacher in Tulsa in November for north of $2000.

The smoothbore that they had was indeed a Routledge model. I wish that I had been more informed at that time.

 

[italiansport]

IMO: One of the finest 22 pumps made and every bit as good as the Winchester competitors! Enjoy a great rifle.

Jim

 

[Igiveup]

My first gun was a 121 given to me by a friend of my father. Still have it, just had to have a Weaver scope on it when I was a kid. That was 61 years ago, and it still shoots good.