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I've always had a yearning for a Remington Model 141 GAMEMASTER chambered for the .35 Remington cartridge. An opportunity to trade for one fell in my lap a few weeks ago, a deal was struck and made. The rifle is in very good condition. I'm very pleased with the swap, however one thing about the new/old rifle did not sit well with me. One of the prior owners had a red rubber recoil pad installed. Not only does the mild kicking cartridge not need a recoil pad, the contrivance made the length of pull to great for me. I must say, they did a good job with the installation of the recoil pad.

I set the rifle aside and stewed about it for a while. Last week, I was sure that I'd never be happy unless I restored the rifle to it's original configuration. A check at Gun Parts/Numrich indicated they had one Model 141 butt plate in stock. The caption did not state the material of construction, and I could not tell if it was aluminum/steel/plastic/bakelite or whatever. All they noted was, "later model," which was encouraging because my rifle was manufactured in 1949. On a leap of faith, I dropped the $22 plus $7 shipping and ordered the part.

It arrived yesterday. Thrilled, it's aluminum and in like new condition. Removal of the recoil pad was easy enough with a deep diving skinny screw driver, and a quick trip to Peck Ace Hardware resulted in two very acceptable screws.

I love it. Happy now.

Classic, lovely, lethal. Surprised you were able to keep your hands off her long enough to take the picture. Looking forward to reading your range report. May you stay as lucky as you are right now.

Beautiful little rifle.

I always wanted one myself.

Very cool. I have one in 32 Rem that belonged my great grandfather. Almost no bluing left on that one from all the use it got.

Sweet. I like them so much more than 760/7600's.

You did well, gimme steel or even aluminum buttplate over a gummy pad any day.

I have a black bear that lays over my gunsafe that my grandpa shot with a 141 35 Rem. Rifle was gone before I came along as he went with a game master 30-06 afterwards. He always spoke highly of the 35. If I found one in good shape like yours, I’d be tempted. Very nice set-up.

That was one of my grail guns before I found 6.5 and 9mm Steyr M/S guns in good shootable collection. After I handled these guns I got it. Most of the current guns haven't the soul of the old ones. Lots of the old ones about. I just need to find a 141 and in the 35 caliber. Rusty

Back in the 1970s, I bumped into a fellow on State Game Lands in NE Pa. He had just shot a bear and was carrying a Remington just like yours...always wanted one since that day!

Picked up a high condition 141R chambered for the 32 Rem. earlier this year....

Is the 32 Remington a similar case to the 35 Rem?

Nice rifle

The .30 and .32 Remington were Big Green's rimless answer to Winchester's .30-30 WCF and .32 Winchester Special. They were ballistically identical. The rimless feature was to enhance their feeding in the Remington Model 8: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remington_Model_8

The clever .25 and .35 additions were simply necked down and necked up variations on the same cartridge case.

The most successful of the bunch was probably the .35.

The Model 8 in .300 Savage was a favorite of law enforcement and prison guards; it was virtually a .308 Winchester carbine.

Hmm, I know where there are 2 of them one is perfect condition and the other has some flecking . They are Sweet Sweet guns. NO PM's please

I'm a fan of the grand old Remington Model 141 rifles also. Mine is chambered for the 35 Remington cartridge.

Always had a thing for the 14R and 141R carbines with their 18 1/2” barrels. Extremely cool looking guns although unmolested examples are getting very hard to find.

i have a bunch of 14's and 141's in rifles and carbines in all calibers except for 25, which i sold. my dad hunted with a 141 in 35 and my grandad a 14 in 35. i started buying them back in the 90's when you get get them for 2-300 bucks. fortunately i live in the land of the pump gun, PA so there was never a shortage and still isn't. i have a 141 35 made in 1945 that looks like it just came out of the box except for a little flaking on the end of the buttstock. it is by far the nicest i have ever seen. i paid 300 for it about 15 years ago.

my favorites are the "R" carbines. there is not a slicker little rifle out there. these guns shoot good too once you get used to the trigger, which is a bit stiff.

every year on the weekend before buck season we would sight in our guns off the front porch at camp at about 75 yards. my dad would take one shot and hit the bull dead center and that was it. i still have the partial box of 35's he was using when he quit hunting in about 86. the only time i remember him missing was when he shot at a spike a long way off. he couldn't understand how he had missed until he went down and found a black birch tree about 6 inches in diameter with a hole drilled right through it. he must not have seen it in the scope.

Am I seeing things or does the side of the receiver have some sort of slot machined into it? Never saw that before....................

I picked up a model 14 made in Jan. of 1928 a few months ago on a local forum here in PA. Not a fan of the buckhorn rear sight so I also found a Lyman R14 tang sight to play with. It only got out for about 2 hours this last season in good weather. Hopefully, it will get more time next year. This year in PA has been the wettest on record

Covered serial number?

My 141 is a 35 REM, SN 302xx.

.260Remguy is correct, I covered the serial number.

A slick pad is the ticket for me as well. So they come up and over a guy's jacket without dragging or hanging and too, do prefer the metal one. Assuming it is being used for still-hunting or tracking in the snow, that is.

Have both the 14 and a shorty 14r in 30 Rem. The 30 Rem was my first deer rifle as a kid.

Setting nostalgia aside for a minute...the 14 on hand is drilled correctly (without additional exploratory shafts) and a Trijicon 1-4x24 with an amber diamond reticle mounted on it, makes it a dynamite combo for tracking--if you do that kind of thing. If you do, you know the shots can come fast, sometimes very close and pinpoint accuracy is seldom at the forefront of the equation. Yes, it looks weird, but so does a guy carrying an AR...