The .50-70 rolling block rifle remained the standard arm of the New York State Militia until the late 1890s. I do not remember if I was gathering information at that time. In the last year of the Civil War, the U.S. government placed an order for what became known as Remington split-breech carbines, just before Riders final improvementstrengthening the breechblock by machining it out of a solid billet of steel. ILION NY. The difference is minor, the Norwegian rifles have brass buttplates and head of the cleaning rod, and steel mounting bands, while Swedish rifles have iron furniture. For sale is a Remington Model 1871 Rolling Block single shot rifle in .50-70 Govt. These came standard with a blued barrel, breech, and pins while the frame, forend cap, and buttplate were case color hardened. google_ad_slot = "3335216935"; They continued to mark the date code on the end flap of the shipping box. Remington Number 5 Rolling Block 7mm. All carried the three-line Remington tang markings with the last patent date of March 16, 1874. HistoryNet.com is brought to you by HistoryNet LLC, the worlds largest publisher of history magazines. A forum community dedicated to the great outdoors and hunting enthusiasts. //--> At the end of 1900s, so-called M1902 was equipped with a banded front sight and a more cost effective ramp type rear sight and leaf. Egypt also purchased carbines and musketoons in mid to late 1870s as well, but their numbers are unknown, however, condition of most are similar to the aforementioned. Remington No. Additionally, the designers improved the lock by replacing two lockscrews with a lockplate. Remington Model 4 Rolling Block Appraisal, Self-appraisal [21] In November 1914, production of the rolling-block was resumed, in the form of a French contract for rifles in 850mmR Lebel, designated by France as "Fusil Remington modle 1914". google_ad_client: "ca-pub-5708522835464660", An especially rare factory carbine is those with a full-length, two-band forearm (150% should be added to their prices).
by roundtop Thu Jun 14, 2012 10:15 am, Post In any case, the cowboys used the Remingtons effectively in fighting off an Indian attack near Fort Reno (in what would become Wyoming). The .50-70 rolling block rifle remained the standard arm of the New York State Militia until the late 1890s. Introduced in early 1902, improved Model 1897 unofficially became known as Model 1902 given its first year of production, with updated automatic extractor. It was made in .22 S,L,LR caliber, .25 Stevens, and .32 Short or Long RF. Its superior design was quickly recognized, and many nations, including Denmark, Egypt and Mexico, began to place orders. Two-line address on tang started with REMINGTON'S and April 17, 1866 patent. });