Remo

[yamoon]

I have been looking on line at a Remo single shot in 25 35 Win. It was built in ?39. Other than a little information on Rempt off the internet , I have no experience with this brand. Are they comparable to other makers of that time period.
Thanks for any information.
Mike

[Axel E]

Yes, they are at least "comparable" to most. Gebrueder Rempt = Rempt brothers, Suhl, tm Remo, were quite inventive gunmakers. They made all grades of sporting arms, from cheap single shots to top grade over- unders of their own design. A catalog reprint may be bought from the GGCA bookstore
https://www.germanguns.com/shop/cata...prints/page/2/
More info may be gleaned from Larry Schuknecht?s site
http://www.germanhuntingguns.com/abo...s-dealers-p-t/ and
http://www.germanhuntingguns.com/arc...er-rempt-remo/

[mike ford]

Mike,
I have written about my 5.6x61R Vom Hofe SE in Waidmannsheil a couple times. It is pretty plain, but I consider it a fine gun and have taken a couple Whitetails with it.
Mike

[yamoon]

Thanks everyone for the information.
Mike

[algmule]

Hello

Gebr?der Rempt's trade mark REMO was registered in 1910.

I hunt with a Remo II in gauge 16, however, it may not be considered quality by all hunters but it works fine. Also, I don't believe Gebr?der Rempt converted the 98's into shotguns. They may have barrelled, stocked and peddled them but I believe the conversion was done at Reichswerke Erfurt.

Here's an interesting ad from September 1893

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The ad is interesting to me as I am the resident shotgun conversion fanatic. The ad shows that Gebr?der Rempt was converting military rifles (G71’s?) into shotguns as early as 1893 so when they started converting 98’s into shotguns after WW1 converting wasn’t a new idea to them. They just had access to a newer, better model of military rifles and, consequently, figured out how to and patented the whole thing (D.R.P. 328446 with application date 20. September, 1919). Two D.R.G.M.’s on it is also known (not really, cause it’s not known what they protected). Anyhow, a wonderful invention…………..

The business was founded in 1865. The earliest I have on the brothers is from the K?nigliches Kreisgericht, I. Abtheilung March 27, 1869 and the registration mentions the business becoming an Offenen Handelsgesellschaft under the name Gebr?der Rempt in 1868 and that owners in 1869 was Georg Alexander Louis Rempt and Emil Friedrich Oskar Rempt, both B?chsenmacher, It also mentions Uhrmacher August Carl Rempt and Goldschmied Heinrich Rempt junior and that they had the right to sign for the company (jedem f?r sich allein f?r obige Handelsgesellschaft Prokura ertheilt). In 1876 Gebr?der Rempt advertised looking for retailers/agents.

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Georg Alexander Louis Rempt left the business January 22, 1880.

Walter Rempt, Kaufmann, received the right to sign for Gebr?der Rempt in 1902 and he became sole owner in 1905 when he took over from Ehefrau Anna Rempt, maiden name Heyland, who was married to Emil Friedrich Oskar Rempt. No mentioning of Anna being a widow so Emil may still have been around. From 27. September, 1905 and onwards there’s only one owner of the company, Walter Rempt. However, in 1911 there’s mentioning of a Direkt?r (Betriebsleiter?) Gustav Gram. Last mentioning of Gebr?der Rempt I have is from 1938 but I assume they were active up until the end of WW2.

In 1908 Gebr?der Rempt bought (or possibly had bought, if so, by 1908) the patent rights to Adolf Frank's Drilling patent, D.R.P. 81389. Apparently, they introduced some improvement/s but I know nothing thereof.

In 1911 the company was granted the rights from the General-governor/Governor-General of St. Petersburg to export (via the custom chambers in Helsinki*) 21 hunting guns to Russia. 20 in gauge 12 or 16 and one hunting rifle (a double rifle) in calibre 10,7 mm. It’s my belief more than one pistol marked Gebr?der Rempt found its/their way to Finland. The name Rempt was, and possibly still is, a well-known “gun name” there.

In 1922 the business registered the trade name/trade mark GEHA. Used on another variant of shotgun conversion which was based on Emil Hengelhaupt’s patent 337013, application date 12. August, 1920.

In 1923 there is a mentioning of a Frau Bertha Rempt, Gewehrfabrik.

Here's an early ad

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And here's an ad from a C. A. Rempt

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It does not say Rempf. I have other ads from C. A. Rempt. Don't know much about him. He may be the above mentioned Uhrmacher August Carl. Earliest ad I have from C. A. Rempt is from 1880.

Anyone who has information on when the bolt action shotgun REMO 35 was introduced is welcome to contact me. I know of two. Both proofed in the 1930's. They still utilize a variant of Emil Hengelhaupt's cartridge stop. They may be built on basis of the D.R.G.M. that's on the Apel-site. And no, they are not REMO Populars.

Ah, forgot. Gebr?der Rempt manufactured, or at least sold a double rifle for "afrikanische Jagden" for a client, von Drank, Dresden, in 1869. A Lefacheux-Doppelb?chse.

EDIT: abovementioned Emil Friedrich Oskar Rempt used Oskar, not Emil, officially as name. Same man, though. Listed owner of Gebr?der Rempt in 1901 is Oskar Rempt.

Does anyone have the correct numbers for the three Gebr?der Rempt D.R.G.M.’s found here (scroll down)
http://www.germanhuntingguns.com/arc...er-rempt-remo/
I have the correct number for the one with the date 4. December, 1934 (1321919) but I am missing correct numbers for the other two.

*Finland didn’t receive absolute autonomy/indepedence until December, 1917. France, Sweden and Germany acknowledged the indepedent state Finland in 1918 - Sweden on 4. January, 1918.

EDIT: numbers on the D.R.G.M.'s may be the correct ones. The number I have on the 1934 one is probably assigned when compiling in more recent times. Sorry.

Peter