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- Sat Aug 09, 2008 3:01 am
- Forum: RR / Pre -1899
- Topic: M-1867 - #36608 - more info?
- Replies: 8
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Re: M-1867 - #36608 - more info?
Luckily help every now and then comes in unexpected! Yestersay a good friend of mine found the ingraving on the block. It was hid behind old dirt and rust - I just hadn't been brave enough to clean in thoroughly: "Remington & Sons - Ilion, N.Y., USA. Pat May 3rd - Nov 15th 1864 - April 17th...
- Tue Aug 05, 2008 5:58 am
- Forum: RR / Pre -1899
- Topic: M-1867 - #36608 - more info?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 10763
Re: M-1867 - #36608 - more info?
Thank you, Tom. But unfortunately there are no more signs of the ones you mentioned to be found, than the number 36608. No crowns, no cypher or patent number. It is apparently in bad shape. At http://www.smartcms.dk/user/uhrenholt/vis.php?side=sider/gevaer.htm you can still find the pictures of it. ...
- Mon Aug 04, 2008 6:55 am
- Forum: RR / Pre -1899
- Topic: M-1867 - #36608 - more info?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 10763
Re: M-1867 - #36608 - more info?
Thank you! I have now received a full copy of the mentioned book. It is interesting; however, I am still confused about manufactoring data on this specific rifle. From the data in the book and at http://www.vaabenhistoriskselskab.dk/arma-dania/_AD_gevar_view.php?editid1=84 I cannot tell whether it a...
- Tue Jul 22, 2008 3:22 pm
- Forum: RR / Pre -1899
- Topic: M-1867 - #36608 - more info?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 10763
M-1867 - #36608 - more info?
Hi, I am currently researching for a book and a TV-documentary on the Danish/US couple Dr. Mogens and Eline Uhrenholt, who in 1916 set out as some of the first missionairies in the Danish Sudan Mission. They both died in Africa after only few years of serving the mission. Read at short summary in En...