Originally Posted by Direct_Drive
Entertaining thread !

I'm not a JM lover or a Winchester lover, but I wanted a levergun.
I grabbed one of the last 1895 Remlins.
It now has a Skinner Alaskan peep and is very accurate.
Furniture, metal work fit/finish is all excellent.
Has the traditional diamond pattern checkering.

Maybe Remington got a few of them right ?

The later Remlins were generally ok. It was the first few years of production where you tended to encounter disasters on the rack.