When I was a kid, every small northern New England town had a gun shop and their used gun racks were full of Remington pump guns, mostly 14s, 141s, and 760s. That all changed during and after the oil crisis in the early 1970's, as agents for wealthy oil men came through and bought any used firearm that was worth owning.
Among the few 14 1/2s that I recall seeing as a kid was Bearrr264's Grandfather's fully engraved 44-40. I was into guns at an early age and recall that the 14 1/2 was his deer rifle, his bear and moose rifle was an equally highly engraved 14 in 35 Rem, and his holster gun was a highly engrave Colt Bisley target in 44-40. I assumed that Dave would have inherited them after his Mother passed away, but I never saw them at his home in Missouri, and when Dave passed away his kids couldn't sell the assets of the estate fast enough.
