I was lucky to find this beauty here in Denmark.
I must state to find such a gun overhere in this part of the world is finding a needle in a haystack.
There is not a screwhead that is molosted or has been a screw in. The rifling looks newcut. The Wood has 100% varnish. I don´t believe they come better.
Normally one can observe the rear sightelevator has remove a little finish on the barrel. This one looks like it hasn´t been used at all.
The loading gate for the tubemagazine is tight as new.

Sounds like a capercaillie rifle to me. Jump in your car, over the bridge keep driving north.
Interesting scope mount, congrats

Nice piece, especially to find over there and in that condition!

Jens, Nice find. These old Remingtons were very finely made. And to find one in that condition....Congratulations and enjoy your newly found treasure.

Very nice.
Capercaille by barking dogs or roeddeer by a dashhound.

Thanks you all.

I was lucky to find 300pcs of R-P(Remington) brass with correct "25/20" mark. They also becoming more difficult to get a hold of.

The scope and scopemounting is something too I haven´t seen on a pumpaction. I have seen the system before on German break-barreled(kipplauf) guns.

As far as hunting I know it can kill a roedeer(if needed)...no sweat but even the hardest and stiffest load wouldn´t comply with the requirements of the law in the energy dept.

Topfugl(capercaillie)or badger in Sweden it certainly would do dandy.

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Wonderful acquisition, Jens. It is rare to see them anywhere in that condition. Please post when you get a load worked up for her!

Awesome gun, great find...

My brother had one in high school, he shot a number of Mule deer and antelope with it on our ranch, had to get within 50 yards and took head shots, neck shots and a behind the shoulder shots with Rem soft nose ammo. He later traded it for a 25 Rem mod. 14 pump (25-35 rimless)..Liked it a lot better..ammo is available in the USA for 25-20 and load data is available in many handloading books.

I shot a lot of Javalina with his 25-20. I also had the same gun later on in a 32-20 and shot Javalina and a couple of deer with it.

That little rifle is the find of a lifetime. I found one in 22lr a while back. Its a model 121. It is slim, well balanced, accurate, and a joy to carry. When you cycle the action on mine it makes a click clack noise that rivals the noise of cocking a Colts Revolver. That one is a keeper

I have grown fond for the tiny calibers again especially in slideactions. I had some Colt lightnings several years ago which I now regret I sold.
BTW. I have had several Winchester in 1894s but a .25-35wcf would top the list. A takedown with octagon barrel in that caliber.

I have always had a fond spot for the .25-20, you are really fortunate that rifle is in excellent shape. Congratulations on your find.

I used a (lever action M-92) .25-20 in Africa.....it was ideal for duiker with the Horbady 60 grain loading I used.....It can be used for a fair number of smaller animals and even Springbok to 100 yards.....It's a bit much for squirrels and rabbits unless your goad is to bisect them.....

I suspect that given ther condidion of the Remington you have that it's accuracy will be totally sufficient for anything to 100 yards and a bit more.....The 60 grain loading can reach 2,200 FPS and that's not bad at all....

Congrats on a splendid old rifle.....I'm truly jealous!

the 25-20 is a versatile small game rifle.
for turkey's and geese it can't be beat with the hornady 60gr flat point or the one I mostly use a 72 gr flat point cast boolit.
it works great on squirrels, rabbits, and grouse
on up to coyote's.
the 86 gr Remington bullet carries some oomph to the target as does the 75 gr speer hollow point.
but I prefer to save those for the bigger cases that will get above the 25-20's speed.

Just saw the steel cresent buttplate had this inscription.
In a way it is interesting to find guns with a cresent buttplate that were made in the 1920s. The cresent buttplate is really a relic from the front stuffing era. So there must have been an audience of people where the gunmarkers could still appeal to with this kind of style buttplate.

I lucked into a Rem 25 in .25-20 at an estate sale where I bought it for much less than I felt it was worth (the seller thought it was a .22 RF). It is equipped with an exquisite folding tang sight. I marvel at the amount of intricate hand machining that had to go into it. Even if there were the hand machinists available today, it would cost in the thousands to make such rifles now.

Just last month I was able to add another fine old .25-20 as its stablemate. It is a Savage 23 in pristine condition.

My quandary will be which to take when turkey season rolls around.