Old post but here is the information.
Charles H. Morse was an engineer at Remington Arms. He had a local shop as well where he did gunsmithing. I was told it was in Herkimer, NY. When I was 14 (1971) I bought a varmint rifle that was 22-250 caliber from a gentleman who stated that it was built in the late 50's early 60's for competition shooting which he did. Is was built for him by his friend Charlie. The barrel has the C.H. Morse roll stamp and the number 328 on a Springfield action. I still have it and it came with Savage 250-3000 brass that was necked down. Undoubtedly it was built by Morse prior to 1965 when Remington introduced the Remington 22-250. It further leads me to believe that C.H. Morse was also the engineer on board in bringing the 22-250 into the Remington fold. This if course is not verified though I have talked to people that worked there but in the production dept so all they can confirm is that Charlie worked in engineering. Merle Walker was my neighbor back then and he lives in Florida now at the age of 99. I believe he could confirm if Charlie had a roll in the 22-250 intro. Of course we know he was part of the Nylon-66 design.
In 1976, I had my 22-250 into a local gun shop for scope work and was informed that Mr. Morse had died in a snowmobile accident. I did a check on local Cemeteries and he is indeed in a Herkimer, NY cemetery with a 1905-1972 date on the headstone.
Based on the above information and the timing of the 22-250 introduction I would say that your gun was built by C.H. Morse at his shop in Herkimer prior to 1964. I do not know how many guns Charlie did nor if he stamped the first one with the number 1.
In my believe, C.H. Morse is behind the commercial introduction of one of the most successful varmint cartridges in history, the 22-250. Who knows what else he was part of.
Hope this helps and helps the others that have the mysterious C.H. Morse roll stamp.
Last edited by JRPMCCOY; 02/22/13 10:47 AM.
