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Remington Model 512 Sportsmaster

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Type
  
Rifle

Designer
  
Remington R&D

No. built
  
approx. 393,665

Place of origin
  
United States

Manufacturer
  
Remington Arms

Remington Model 512 Sportsmaster

Produced
  
1940-1962 1964-1966 (Model 512X)

The Remington Model 512 Sportsmaster is a bolt-action rifle manufactured by Remington Arms. The Model 512 has a 25-inch (64 cm) barrel, a one-piece hardwood stock, and a blued metal finish. An unusual feature of this rifle is that it uses a tubular magazine in conjunction with a bolt action. Most modern tube-fed firearms typically use a lever action or a pump action, but in the middle of the 20th century, many bolt-action .22's used tubular magazines as the high-capacity magazine of the era.

Variants

Model 512P
The Model 512P had the same specs as the standard model but with a patridge-type blade front sight and a "point-crometer" peep rear sight.
Model 512SB
The Model 512SB was the smoothbore model with open sights.
Model 512X
The Model 512X featured improved sights and was produced from 1964 until 1966.

References

Remington Model 512 Sportsmaster Wikipedia