I found the email address for Tom Hemphill. He replied to my email with the following.

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Mike:
That is an earlier Model 25R that you have. If you measure the barrel carefully, you will find it to be 17, a mite short of the advertised 18. After 1934, they began making them in 18.

Your carbine stock is from a model 14R, as were all of the early ones. Most of them found will have sling loops, a strap steel buttplate on a straight stock, and a protected sight that I call a carbine sight on my records.

Carbines pictured in the 1923 catalog were like yours but with a full magazine and a 93 rear sight in a dovetail 5 out on the barrel. A 701 is the more common sliding leaf sight used on all later 14s and 141s and is, for all practical purposes, that same thing as the 93.

Your rifle has a sight known as a 48-51, and is in a dovetail about 2 onto the barrel. This is the location for all later carbine dovetails. 48-51s were usually found on model 12s and it is rare to find them on model 25s, but with Remington, anything is possible.

So to sum up, you have an early 25R carbine with a couple of features I have not previously observed, namely the 48-51 and the hard rubber buttplate. I would very much appreciate it if I could have the complete serial of your rifle as well as confirmation of a PR build code. I would like to compare it with my own 7xxx, made in 11/23. It had the Dovetail 5 in front of the receiver and the 93 sight, which was the sight used on all model 25 rifles during the production years.

I have never of worn guns having a problem with slamfires

There is no such thing as a lightweight carbine. Why would you improve on 4 pounds?

Deer? I shot 6 of them using 60 grain Remington hollow points. Every one was a one shot kill. I love those hi speed rounds.

tang sights? I swear by them and put them on every 25 that I use for hunting.

Total production of rifles and carbines was about 33,000. Of those, Remington folks generally agree that less than 10% were the carbine version.

feel free to quote me if you wish..............................tom

Mike