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I like that story! It adds to the mystique.

Based on a lost design, drafted by Ned Roberts and Julian Hatcher, and re-discovered by Mike Walker, it came to prominence almost by accident. The plans were purchased by Walker at a garage sale in California. He found them in a box labeled "kitchen utensils". Mike loved bargains, and this would prove to be his best find ever! Misplaced years before, folded up inside an old copy of "Good Housekeeping", the drawings finally saw the light of day again in the early 1950s.

Walker immediately recognized their value, but was unsure of what to do with them. Remington had just released the 222, and it proved to be everything competition shooters dreamt of. Should he show this to the world on the heels of "the deuce"? No, best to wait.

Some say it was aliens. Others claimed it was evidence of a lost civilization,. No matter what its origins, the Remington 788 took its place with other amazing discoveries of the 20th century.

And now you know some more of the story!