Restoring 1920 Remington .22 gallery gun, (with test firing)  

I had a Remington pump, Pedersoli Patent, it had a hexagonal barrel!

Believe it or not, when I was a child about 60 years ago, these superb little guns could be seen in use in fairs and amusement arcades - in England!!! I remember using them several times in a place called the Kursaal, in Southend--on-Sea. Great fun. Times change though, and the only guns (and knives) we see in Southend now are those carried by the 'new Londoners' who visit. Drug gangs, mainly. Great to see a blast from my past on here. Great job!

The third hand got me 😂😂

I had one, a little earlier model. My Dad bought it for me when I was about 8. Had it for almost 60 years before giving it to my great nephew who lives on a farm. The perfect gun for him. All in all, a great gun.

TBH..watching your restoration video is very satisfying...subscriber will be happy after seeing the restoration

Try using fine (600 grit) sandpaper on blocks for the the pre blueing polish. Some people swear it produces finer results on new guns, but what I will say is it makes restoration a whole lot easier because you can't detect the pits or scratches that are too deep to remove. Mirror polishing also highlights inconsistencies in the flatness of a surface too, so I really would say give it a shot, especially if you do a military restoration.

I bet that will be a very happy customer!

This is without a doubt one of the most enjoyable restoration videos I've seen. You did a wonderful job.

It hurt alittle to see the original bluing go, that is a classic. You guys did a outstanding job. She's beautiful. Wish I had it. The owner is lucky to have it.

Another one in the books guys. Great work.

My first gun my dad gave me when i turned 16. I believe he had since he was a teen, its a Savage model 1906 chambered in 22lr, has a hexagon barrel, 2 seven round mags and a round flip up front sight. Splits into 2 pieces for cleaning. Needs a new extractor.

I own one of these. My great grandfathers. Turned out the firing pin was broken and needed some solder at feed ramp. Friend fixed her up for me. very happy. Minute of squirrel.

I have a 1911 . Mechanically restored , cosmetics show its age. Piece of ancient car tire for a butt pad. A gift from my wife's grandfather.

What a great job. I own a 1940 Remington single shot, they are so accurate.

It’s crazy to think these were used at carnivals. Great work

This was wonderful! I got to shoot my grandpa’s Remington .22 pump recently , looked just like the one in the video except his has a full octagon barrel. My sister and her husband have it at their house in the country. I’m 68 now and that gun worked as smooth and easy as it did when I first fired it as a boy of 8. Just as accurate as when it was new. What a joy. Terrific video and beautiful work you do.

I have a 12A that I bought at an estate sale. Great gun and in beautiful shape. The rifling is crisp and it's a real tack driver. It's date code is from 1931.

Great video as usual. I love the firearm. Great old trusty accurate rifle it looks like. 👍

Have one of these. Pre 1900. It belonged to my great grandfather, my father and then me. Needs work as the shell casing gets jammed in the chamber and won't eject. Somebody did a halfass repair that did not work. I would like to have it repaired some day.

I had a .22 very similar to this one when I was a kid

The third hand will be the evolution of RU-vidrs in 1000 years!!!

Another beautiful job love those guns well done

A masterpiece gun in the hand of a great 👍 hands 🙌!

I inherited my Dad's Remington model 121, a very accurate reliable rifle. Basically the same gun.

My friends dad has one of these and it’s beautiful, the finish is all original and it’s nearly perfect condition besides a few dents in the stock and handgaurd. I would love to shoot one some time, it seems like a fun little rifle.

Yooo this is my Dad's gun, he was very excited to send us the video! Cheers and thanks for making him happy

What a great rifle. Such a short travel on the reload. A plinking dream

My dad got one of these for me when I was a kid. Really nice guns.

Very nice restoration. My Model 1906 Winchester is chambered in .22 Short only, another fun gun to shoot.

My father taught me to shoot with this rifle. My sister has it. I've bought, repaired/refinished three of them. Currently own a really nice Model 121, an even nicer development of the 12. BTW, the takedown screw has a dished slot, so a coin can be used. And it should be retained in the upper receiver.

Fantastic clean up of that great .22. You have some serious skills and you obviously enjoy your work.

I have a Remington just like it. Shoots good - great squirrel gun

I'm amazed at the rifling left in this rifle!

It's actually adorable. Another nice restoration!

I remember shooting one of these at my church carnival back in the 50’s when I was 8 or 9 yrs old. I believe it fired shorts or cab caps.

I got one of those it's a 1919 still shoots great

Spectacular restoration !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have one of these they are so fun

I had one of these left over from the carnival my uncle had back in the 50s. The bore was crap but it looked great after blueing and refinishing the walnut stocks.

Grew up with one of those!

I'm finaly glad you can restore a fun that isn't insanely pitted. Amazing content, looking forward to new masterpieces.

Jesus...good skills. Amazing end product

Looks so easy when you know what you are doing.

My! What a beautiful old darling!

Brings back memories of Idelwild Park in SW PA. Another great restoration Brandon.

I always liked those 22 man a nice job like it

Such a great little gun. My grandpa has one and uses it as a pest control tool on his ranch

LOVE Gallery Guns!!!!

You are very skilled in your restoration, it was pleasing to watch. I fired the same rifles at fairs in the UK in the 1960's using "spatterproof" .22 shorts. Targets included moving self- resetting ducks, ping pong balls suspended on jets of water and glass and pottery pieces on a steel herringbone target. A large steel defence plate at the rear provided the all important backstop. We were all taken on trust to behave responsibly (as school children) and we did so. Impossible to imagine today! I now own a Remington 550/1 semi auto 15 shot rimfire and it is my absolute favourite of all my guns.

Look at it , cherish it, plink with it . A beauty❤

Actually, the Remington model 12B was the gallery gun and so marked on the left side. That rifle is a 12A. The 12B only shot shorts. 12A shoots short, long, and long rifle.

I'll give you credit for better than it was, but I'll have to buck the trend of the majority of comments declaring the restoration to be superb. The factory guns did not have a high gloss blue, they actually looked fairly coarse, like about 220 grit, you can see that on vintage rifles that are in good condition. You were being careful with the buff wheels, so as to not round over lines. When you get hold of an octagon barrel the buffer is a liability, abrasive paper and draw filing are your friend there. The best way to prep the metal is the old fashioned way, draw file the sides of the receiver to get the "X"out and leave the surface flat. You have to do the entire side of the receiver to keep all the dimensions equal and the lines straight. Lots of work I know but that is what it takes to make it look right. The power sander left very discernible unevenness, a wavy look. Draw filing and use of abrasive paper on a block leaves the surface squared up and crisp lines, as they should be. The ejector port side of the receiver looks like it got nothing, lots of pits and dings, draw file and abrasive paper there would have made quick work of those age marks. I got into the habit of wire brushing the final sanded metal, using a .007 inch diameter wire wheel on the bench grinder, leaves an aver so pleasing metal texture...but it is not the original factory finish sadly, still I do it because I like the look. There was a time when WD-40 was avoided as the post blue solution soak, the use of a light mineral oil was preferred, something to do with some degree of potential blue removal by the WD-40. I ended up using Chevron turbine oil, a 10 wt. mineral material oil. The stock I could see had oil soak. That can be remedied with soaking in a large dish or pan of acetone or lacquer thinner and then airing, use of hair dryer will also pull the acetone/ oil out more quickly, which can then be blotted off and again rinsed off with the next acetone dip. The oil contaminated wood is mostly irrelevant as you stained it very dark and finished with linseed, so that finish can be trusted to hide the oil and will have durability on the oil soaked wood. I have had really bad oil soaked stocks that I even packed in baking soda then cooked on low in the oven...works pretty darn good to get most of the oil out.

Very nice! I have a couple of Gallery .22's and I love to shoot them. One is a Rossi and the other is a Western Field. I really enjoy shooting a full tube of .22 shorts through them. They're as accurate as you need them to be.

Thanks for a great restoration that rifle brings back so many memories six stars my friends

thanks for doing what you do and sharing your knowledge. it's a work of art!!

Nice! Did you hit any ducks! Theses were a carnival staple 50 70 years ago! They are great small game rifles! Really good job! It made me want to cry!

Wonderful job on that Remington .22 . I have one just like it that , I have used since I could hold a rifle. Won a couple of turkey shoots with in when I was about 12 just a wonderful shooting rifle & it’s very accurate.

Thank you for making this video. This is one of my all time favorite .22 models, and I do hope to procure one someday!

Great work, looks fantastic. Easy for someone with three hands! LOL

We've the very same Remington in the family that belonged to my Great Grandfather (unfortunately it went to a cousin, and he and I don't get along). Would have really liked to have it and get it restored, but that's unlikely. Did buy one of the Rossi Gallery Guns, and the Grandkids love to shoot it, and so far, it's been a decent reproduction.

Love watching. People have friends you guys. Wonderful work very interesting sometimes when they are hard to disassemble

Dude - at about the 12:50 mark, there were three hands in the shot. Are you secretly some kinda space alien or something? 😉😉😉 All those pins and springs and small parts and such.....you have tremendous patience. Well done.

That is a beutiful gun.inpressive job

I know a guy who has one of the guns in the video. My brother has a 1948 Stevens 22 long rifle, and I have a 1970s Glenfield 22 as well. The bolt broke though from a overcharged round in my brother's. The ammo today is also more powerful than it used to be. Anyways I love the work in the video. I have always wanted to see what one of those guns would be like in almost perfect condition.

I am very much anti-guns and the way many Americans are obsessed with them, but this one seems just a target/fun gun,and I was fascinated by your skills in the restoration.

Rock star....crazy skill!

I have that some one lol. I love it

You guys do some amazing work!! So proud of you, two!!

Excellent! Best one yet.

My nephew has one of these. He got it from my Grandmother who said her mother used to shoot rabbits out of her garden with it. It was physically functional but the bore looks like the Moon. Sadly it seems no one cleaned it after the last firing and it sat in my Grandmothers attic for 50+ years. He had it reblued and it's now in a display case over his fireplace.

i had to watch this one as me and my brother both have one of Theas .22 but in Winchester

Wow, that went from looking good to looking great.

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Great little plinker gun. I have that exact same one. Great job!

My father in law has one of these in a similar condition to this one when you recieved it.

I got one from my grandfather that's almost identical. There were so many made they don't have much value.

Always a pleasure watching. Looks perfect

Great to see a restoration of a classic. Well done

Thank you for the video. My dad had a gun like this he traded a bicycle for it when he was a kid. Someone stole it from him when he was older because they thought it was worth something.

0:20 I have one of these in my closet. Mine's less worn out, and has more features like a flip-up site that's adjustable

That model 12 is a sweet one. What do you make about the X on the receiver? I'm thinking that might have been a genuine sideshow rifle, but who knows. Great job on this one. I have my father's model 62A (1935) which was given to him by is dad, and which I will be giving to my son. I rarely see any of these gallery rifles at local shows anymore.

excellent work.. greetings from Buenos Aires, Argentina

Absolutely superb restoration sir, done job.👍👍

Hi guys , Love your work , another fine restoration and better than average marksmanship AGAIN , love the smell of gun oil, once smelt , never forgotten ! Another great vlog .

This video makes me want to get a restoration done on mine. Great job,

Outstanding job guys! My dad and I used to shoot 22's like that at the fair when I was a kid.

Absolutely Beautiful Work !

AWESOME 👌. I am holding the twin to that little gallery rifle as I type this! I have the exact same issues with her (I've named her ANNIE.) .😅😅😅

Great video! I just inherited the exact same gun from my Grandpa, needs a little bit of work. Its awesome to see what its able to become!

Sorted, I can almost smell the gun oil. Excellent work. 😎👍

Excellent job! Only thing I'd of done different is throw in a new firing pin which helps with the extraction while I had it tore down. I've gotten several of those old model 12's I like em.

“It’s perfect”

That was a great restore. I admire your work.

Nice gun, nice restoration, nice to watch. =)

Such a great work. It looks real good after renovation 👏👏

Another fine Job!!! BEAUTIFULL !!!

Neat trick using the "third hand" method to install the hammer pin.

Back at christmas 1980 i was 16 years old and i found one of these on my basement work bench. My dad said i bought your brother this little rifle for christmas.its rough but has potential so lets see what you can do with it before christmas eve. I had about 2 weeks to get it ready and fix an extraction problem. I finished early and on christmas morning my brother was delighted in his new old gun. If my memory serves me right i believe i got a savage 20 ga double barrel new in the box. Those were pretty good times.

Nice restoration, The Finish came up lovely.

Awesome job, you did an amazing job with restoring the rifle.