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09-20-2012, 10:21 AM
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Found an old Remington rifle but no idea what kind it is.help?
Any knowledge about the rifle would be awesome.
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09-20-2012, 10:59 AM
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Re: Found an old Remington rifle but no idea what kind it is.help?
Its a Rem Rolling Block, fine rifles. can you provide the serial number and we can narrow down a date for you.
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09-20-2012, 11:31 AM
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Re: Found an old Remington rifle but no idea what kind it is.help?
Unfortunately I can't make it out, there are several dates from the 1800s, newest date is sept 9th 1873 earliest is may 3 1804 if that means anything
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09-20-2012, 11:33 AM
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Re: Found an old Remington rifle but no idea what kind it is.help?
The octagon section of the barrel just behind the rear sight points to it being an Argentinian M1879 in .43 Spanish. It should be marked as such on the top flat. THey ordered around 75,000 of these from Remington.
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09-20-2012, 11:46 AM
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Re: Found an old Remington rifle but no idea what kind it is.help?
Welcome to TFF.
Over a million Remington rolling block military rifles were made ca. 1867-1888, starting with conversions of Civil War muslets. In addition to U.S. use, examples were adopted by more than a half-dozen foreign countries, and a chamber cast will often be required to determine the particular cartridge they use. Last edited by hrf; 09-20-2012 at 11:49 AM.. |
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09-20-2012, 01:22 PM
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Re: Found an old Remington rifle but no idea what kind it is.help?
Thanks it helped a lot. I have another one I would like to know more about as well. I'll put up pictures shortly
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