REMINGTON MODEL 12,round barrel

[ratherbefishin]

I've always wanted a .22 pump[my father had one as a boy] so when a remington model 12 came up for sale,I bought it-with a Mossberg MD4 Scope.I have no experiance with these old rifles-are they accurate?Anything to be aware of as far as maintenance?

[bobg]

      My father owned one for years. Don't remember him having any problems with it. Used it to keep the wood chucks and rabbits out of his garden. I have had it for the last 22 years but haven't shot it. If i want a 22 that i know i can rely on i grab my old Winchester model 69.

[popplecop]

I have and shoot a 12C, which has a 24"  octagon barrel.  This was my grandfather's .22 and handed down to me in about 1950.  So it has had years of use along with about a dozen other .22 rfs., kind of like them. They are a great slide action and the only one in my collection.  Go to the Rem. site and look up the history of them, may even have the manual for downloading.

[The Famous Grouse]

I have a Model 12 handed down to me from my grandfather.  Takedown rimfire rifles were very popular in the first half of the 20th century, with many sportsmen traveling by train, the ability to descretely stowe a rifle was a sought-after feature.

A very common fault with the Model 12 is that the cambers tend to blow out.  They become elongated over time and then the action becomes hard to cycle as the spent case expands and wedges more tightly into the mis-formed chamber.  After a while the chamber will become so deformed that the pin will break upon extraction. 
I'm afraid many of these fine little rifles were probably discarded after this happened, so good examples can be hard to find.  My rifle had to be have the chamber refinished back in the 1970s after 50 years of steady use and I would hope that's the route most would go with these fine little rifles.

Tack-driving accuracy is really not the point with these fine little rifles and it never was.  The sportsman of the early 20th century wanted three things:  The ability to dispatch pests, shoot a few targets, and bag whatever presented itself on the trail to provide meat for the hunting or fishing camp.  The view of the .22 back then was that it was a weapon of feet, not yards.  If you couldn't hit something from where you stood, you didn't blame the rifle, you simply got closer until you could hit it.
Grouse