Make: Remington

Model: 25A

Serial Number: 4534

Year of Manufacture: February1924 (From “LR” Date Code on Barrel)

Caliber: .32-20 Winchester Center Fire (.32 WCF)

Action Type: Pump Action With Takedown Receiver and Tubular Magazine. The Loading Port is at the rear of the magazine.

Barrel Length: 24” Round

Sights / Optics: The front sight is a silver beaded blade dovetailed into the barrel and secured with a set screw. The rear sight is a “U” notched semi-buckhorn elevator sight dovetailed into the barrel. The upper tang has a pair of drilled, tapped, and filled holes for a tang sight (none included).

Stock Configuration & Condition: The stocks are smooth walnut with a 10-groove slide handle, capped semi-pistol grip, straight comb, and Remington steel crescent buttplate. The LOP measures about 13 1/8” from the front of the trigger to the back of the buttplate. The stocks have been refinished. There is crazing on the right side of the buttstock. There are compressions, drag lines, and nicks throughout, but heavily concentrated on the left side of the buttstock and around the belly. There is intermittent finish loss on the stocks, but primarily on the belly and around the pump grip. The grip cap is heavily worn. Overall, the stocks rate in Good Condition as Refinished.

Type of Finish: Blued

Finish Originality: Original

Bore Condition: The bore is gray and the rifling is well defined where not interrupted by erosion. There is minor erosion throughout the grooves and lands. In this writer’s opinion, the bore rates 6/10.

Overall Condition: This rifle retains about 65% of its metal finish. There is thinning on the leading edges. The right side of the receiver has oxidation throughout. There is mottled corrosion on the receiver, action bar, and barrel. The screw heads are tool marked but retain serviceable slots. There is finish loss on the trigger guard that has taken a patina. There is finish loss on the mag tube and action bar. The markings are clear. Overall, this rifle rates in about Good Condition.

Mechanics: The action functions correctly. It has a push button safety mounted behind the trigger and the slide release is a small lever just in front of the trigger guard. The action is unique in that the magazine tube moves back and forth with the slide. We have not fired this rifle. As with all previously owned firearms, thorough cleaning may be necessary to meet your maintenance standards.

Box, Paperwork & Accessories: None

Our Assessment:Remington introduced their first slide action rifle, the Model 12, in 1909 to compete with similar designs from Colt and Winchester. The Model 12 was designed by their premier engineer John Pedersen, the inventor of the Pedersen Device used on M-1903 Springfield rifles in WW1. Remington’s subsequent pump action repeaters, the Models 14, 14 1/2, and 25, were also based on Pedersen’s design. The Model 25 slide action was first cataloged in 1923, and that slick little gem of a rifle was chambered for the .25-20 and .32-20 Winchester rounds for small game. About 33,000 were made during its production run from 1923-1936.

This Remington Model 25A (the “A” refers to the standard grade) was made in February 1924 and is in Good Condition. It features a 24” barrel, 65% of its original blued finish, refinished walnut stocks with a capped semi-pistol grip and a 10-groove slide handle, the original iron sights, the classic Remington steel crescent buttplate, and a gray bore with well defined rifling (there’s minor erosion throughout the grooves and lands). This is a nice little takedown rifle with unique features not seen in other models, among them a magazine tube that moves with the slide. Relatively few of these rifles were made, and this will make a fine addition to a collection of early Remington pump action rifles.