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The Remington Model 16 is a firearm mostly forgotten to history. Produced for over a decade, the Model 16 is a takedown rifle with elegant lines, its main shortcoming was its proprietary ammunition.
Designed by one of Remington’s engineers, Charles H. Barnes, in 1909. The design was patented in 1914 and production began in 1915. Manufacture of the Model 16 continued until 1928. The rifle chambered Remington’s proprietary .22 Remington Auto cartridge, this was ostensibly to prevent the use of black powder .22 calibre rounds in the rifle.
.22 Remington Auto consists of a 45gr projectile fired at a velocity of around 950 ft/s. In terms of both dimensions and ballistics Remington’s round was similar to Winchester’s proprietary .22 Autoloading round. Both of which had shorter cases than .22LR and none of which are interchangeable. As a result Model 16 owners had to buy Remington UMC-made ammunition.

A box of Remington ‘Kleanbore’ 22 Remington Autoloading (source)
The rifle used a blowback action and was hammer fired. It fed from a tube magazine in the butt with the mouth of the tube being located near the base of the buttcap, the follower tube was held in place by a button catch. The Model 16′s tube held 15 rounds and could be loaded through a scalloped loading port on the underside of the buttstock.
The rifle had a safety catch located inside the trigger guard, pushing the button up into the receiver to prevent the trigger from releasing the hammer. The ejection port is covered by a dust cover attached to the bolt. In his patent Barnes claimed that his “gun is particularly advantageous in that it can be cheaply manufactured and is compact in its organization and consists of the minimum number of parts..”

Barnes’ patent showing the Model 16 taken down (source)
The Model 16′s furniture was made from breech with a flared Schnabel-style forend. The rifle weighed around 5.75 lbs and was 40.5 inches long overall with a 22 inch round barrel. Barne’s 1914 patent also protects his take down method which uses a holding screw and an interrupted thread on the barrel.
For a time the Model 16 was sold alongside another blowback, .22 calibre takedown rifle, the John Browning-designed Model 24, which Remington introduced in 1922. In the mid-1940s Barnes developed a sheet metal version of the Model 241 ‘Speedmaster’, Remington’s improved version of the Model 24, however, Barnes’ stamped ‘Speedmaster’ was not produced.
The standard model sold for $20 with higher grades also available. Remington made an estimated 17,720 Model 16s over 13 years with production ceasing in 1928, along with production of the rifle’s proprietary round. The Browning-designed Model 24 would continue to be sold until 1935, when the updated Model 241 in .22LR was introduced. The Model 16 was the only rifle Remington ever offered in their .22 Remington Auto round.
Sources:
‘Automatic Firearm’, C.H. Barnes, US Patent #1089621, 10/04/1914, (source)
The Remington Model 16, TincanBandit, (source)
Model 16 Autoloading Rimfire Rifle, Remington, (source)
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