Remington's Pump-Action Centerfire: The Model 14

In the early 1900s, Winchester had the largest percentage of the hunting rifle market with its Model 1894 lever-­action. Marlin and Savage offered the Model 1893 and 1899 lever actions, too, which sold reasonably well but were not a serious threat to Winchester’s dominance. The shooting public preferred the simplicity of the lever-­action mechanism. As I described in the Remington Model 8 article, Remington realized it needed a modern rifle to replace its aging lineup and to compete with the Model 94. Launched in 1906, the semiautomatic Model 8 was a John...

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