Guns International #: 102311747
Seller's Inventory #: 228098

Category - Remington Rifles - Antique - Antique Rifles - Cartridge

Category
Remington Rifles - Antique
Antique Rifles - Cartridge

Antique REMINGTON .43 Spanish Caliber ROLLING BLOCK Saddle Ring CARBINE Single Shot Breechloading Cavalry Weapon

Description:
Antique REMINGTON .43 Spanish Caliber ROLLING BLOCK Saddle Ring CARBINE    

Single Shot Breechloading Cavalry Weapon

Here we present an antique E. Remington & Sons Rolling Block Rifle, made circa the 1870s in Ilion, New York. Manufactured from 1866 to 1888, the Remington rolling-block cartridge rifle was so popular that more than half the world’s armies adopted it or purchased quantities for police or martial purposes. During the American Civil War, gunsmith Leonard M. Geiger designed the basic action, in which the shooter “rolled” the breechblock backward with the thumb and inserted a cartridge in the breech, before the block “rolled” forward, and the interlocking hammer cocked in one fluid motion. E. Remington & Sons, America’s oldest firearms manufacturer, took over Geiger’s patent and assigned one of its chief engineers, Joseph Rider, to make the necessary refinements. Rider brought the new action along, and with his 1864 and 1865 patents, put it in its nearly perfect final form.

The action on the Rolling Block was extremely strong and could easily withstand the increased pressure of the new smokeless powders coming into use by the late 1880s. The Remington Rolling Block had a sturdy, simple action that was relatively inexpensive, just what many governments wanted in the latter half of the 19th Century. They were popular with civilians as well. Along with the Sharps rifle it was one of two rifles probably used more than any other by the buffalo hunters who hunted the American bison herds in the 1870s and 1880s. Civilian Remington rolling block rifles, and later surplus military rifles, became very popular among hunters in Scandinavia, particularly for moose hunting, with ammunition for the rifles being commonly available on the civilian market into the 1920s-1930s.

The overall condition is good. Dark patina throughout. The action is excellent. The bore is in great shape, bright with strong rifling. The stock shows wear and some indistinct markings; solid. The sling ring and barrel are old replacements.

Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.

Barrel is 20-1/2 inches.

Caliber: .43 Spanish

Overall condition as seen in photos.

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$1500

#228098
 

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Antique: Yes