You're very welcome

Here's is a piece of the article I'm quoting that talks about the Remighton Lee Rifle sporter, which sounds like what you grandpa's gun is ...

"Remington-Lee sporters were offered with 24-or 26-inch round barrels. This rifle, with its rather beefy 24-inch barrel weighs 8 pounds 10 ounces empty. It has the optional Lyman cocking piece peep sight. Another unusual feature is the curved steel "rifle" buttplate; sporters usually were fitted with flat, shotgun-type buttplates. The half-pistol grip carries fairly good quality, flat-topped checkering. Drop at comb and heel are a bit excessive by modern standards, but for iron sight use the stock fits me perfectly. In design and features it is a surprisingly modern rifle, much ahead of its time."



I too have a spot in my heart and locker for older guns, as my own grandfather was a gunsmith and made a good living, expecially sporterizing military actions and rifles. I have one of his best Model 98 variants in 8mm/06, hence my handle. I only recently drilled and tapped it since my eye-sight has been waning in the last 5 years, but it still needs a few tweaks to get it the way I want it for the woods. Currently it holds the #1 spot in the best gun locker out of respect.

Good luck with you UP season, and I hope (whether you bag a deer or not) that you can form some lasting memories lugging around the old rifle from another era.