Remington inquiries

[airyq]

Would be grateful for comments and views on the Remington Bullet repros, in particular the steel used, fit and finish and overall quality. Also, if they are made in the US and by whom.

In particularly, I am interested in the Millenium knife and the 2005 Maverick.

 

[textoothpk]

Made for Remington by Camillus, and seem to be typical Camillus good quality. I like the older repros, but Remington seems to be overdoing the whole thing. It used to be one issue per year, now it seems there are dozens. It just appears that once Remington did a reissue of every one of the original Bullets, they went overboard.

I have not handled the two you mention, so I cannot say.

The break point for the collectibility for these things seems to be 1987.. knives made that year and before seem to sell for the most, over $100

Here's a pic of one of the really cheap looking yellow and red handled repros.

 

[philw]

I picked it up because it was below $20 and made in the U.S. The negatives on mine would be that the scales were cut a hair short on the end of one side so there is a very small amount of some kind of black filler material in the gap. The pivot end bolster was ground sloppily on the end. It's a good user. I would say it's below Old Timer quality but it is a solid knife. For under 20 for a US knife how picky can I be?
It came in a box with a cert of authenticity which states it is Hi Carbon 0170-6C and is limited production. I wonder what their idea of limited production is

 

[DJ _Wolf]

I have the 2000 Bullet R-1630 Navigator.....it reminded me of a Grand daddy Barlow...with a lockback....

Can't decide if I should carry it or not.....

 

[libbyhuck]

I have owned most of the Early 90's to current production Bullets...it has been hit and miss w/quality. The "OLD RELIABLE" which I think is about a 2001-02 offering is very well made, excellent fit/finish and worth the $50-60 selling price...same for the about 2000 vintage "RANCHER", however some of the early 90s offering were no more than a $20 knife selling for twice that amount...the "TRACKER" comes to mind. I am a big Remington fan but they have overhyped and under delivered on their Bullet Knife line....However it seems the quality has been steadily getting better over the last 4-5 yrs w/early to mid 90s being the down yrs...but as far as limited production, yea, limited to all they can sell w/way too many model/variances...they are taking the Case routine...line up a select/devoted client base and milk 'em to death...reminds me of trolling for Silver Salmon...find a school w/the fishfinder and circle w/various bait offerings until you have "limited out" or caught every last one....

 

[rev_jch]

Most of the bullet repros they have been selling through smoky, ebay and others, are not the yearly bullet knives being made, they are ones that remington has been "flodding the markets with. They have been copies of others with the new madison, NC blade tamp. They are decent quality, but nothing to write home about. About on "par" with the last year of production of schardes knives beofre they went under (ill fitting scales, bad grinds, etc.)The 2005 maverick remington bullet knife is a good knife, I do own a few. It was the second in the series to feature the bone handles. The 2004 "old reliable" was the first year of the yearly bullet knives to feature bone handles. As far as camillus is concerned they have been making the remington knives for many years. They even made some of the original ones back in the 30-40's for remington.

 

[stihlwood]

I'm new to this board. Seems like a great bunch. I signed up because I've received a vintage Remington bullet knife. It's the R4243, and has the circle stamp which indicates it was made in 1933-1935. It's dirty and tarnished but has snap to the 4 blades. It's known as the Camp knife. The 4 blades are the clip and spey blades in the front and the sheep foot and punch in the back. It has grooved bolsters and a bail. The bone handle is not cracked! As mentioned all the blades snap except the clip blade doesn't snap when the punch is in the closed position.

I'm excited about this knife and signed up on this board in hopes of researching it further. Any more information will be appreciated.

I am a collector of the re-issue bullet knives. I have 11 of the annual issues, plus the 1988 Madison, NC knife which I bought not knowing the difference at the time. I do now.

I also have one very old single-blade bone-handled remington knife that has seen lots of sharpening. I has a rather crude bone-handle fit-to-finish. There's no bolster or bail in the back. The front has a large bolster with the word Remington stamped on both sides. The blade has the barely discernable
"Made in USA" circle stamp.

 

[JD Mandrell]

The 1990 Bullet knife, the "Tracker" is one of my favorite knives. This one takes and holds an edge really well!

 

[Amos Iron Wolf]

I have the 2000 Bullet R-1630 Navigator.....it reminded me of a Grand daddy Barlow...with a lockback....

Can't decide if I should carry it or not.....

I kept a Bone handled, RB 1240 Remington Daddy Barlow, Musket-1 in the Musket "Limited' series NIB from the very early 1990's until a week or so ago when I finally gave into the temptation to start using it. I'm glad I did as I have been getting a lot of pleasure carrying and using it. This one has a 440C blade, but is not highly polished so it looks more like carbon to just see it. I also recently picked up a Delrin version NIB to replace one I had, but traded off years ago. Both were nice and sharp out of the box, both walk and talk cleanly, and both seem well made. However, where the bone handled one has a strong backsrping and snaps between stops, the Delrin scaled one has a noticably weaker backspring. It still walks and talks, but lacks the crisp, snappy action of the other and is too easy to open or close.

Only you can decide to use your knife or not, but I've been getting a lot more enjoyment using mine than I ever did just looking at in the box now and then.

Last Confederate, I had that one once and wish I still did. I sold it at a gun show along with the 1989 Bullet. I even had the posters which I sold seperately to an acquaintance. I've noticed on ebay that the posters frequently are selling for much more than the knives these days. My Tracker was a nicely made knife. If I had it now, I'd use it too.

 

[rprocter]

"Here's a pic of one of the really cheap looking yellow and red handled repros."
a quote from textoothpk 06-28-05 with a picture of a Remington Bullet Moose.
(i cannot figure out how to attach quote and picture). tex., if you read this, i just received the same looking knife (4 1/4 in.), a $7.05 ebay purchase. it's a really nice knife; v. solid & hefty, strong springs and good edge. do you know what year or years it was made ? thanks, roland

 

[mckgreg]

As far as I'm concerned, the only repros that were worth buying are the first batch in brown delrin that started in 1982. They seem to get much too plentiful and went downhill after the first ones.
Greg