Remington Society

Thanks, will do!

Anders Olsson

I choose to post this in a separate thread in the hope that it will atract some attention. I have recently aquired a Remington m1861 Old Model Navy. The serialnumber is 21249, the gun is correctly numbered throughout, it has the correct barreladress for an Old Model and the german silver cone fronts...

Thanks Mike! This was indeed the best and most complete description I´ve ever came across. As it happens, I just got myself a nice Remington m1861 Navy revolver today. Good to know what to call it! Does anyone have a picture of the cylinderaxle of the 61 Navy? (closeup of the "head" from d...

Hei Helge!
(I´ll continue in english out of courtesy to our American hosts here!)
Unless I´m mistaken, your revolver was manufactured mid 1863.

Anders Olsson

I´m a Swedish collector and shooter. My main focus is not Remington revolvers, but I do find them interesting, and when it comes to guns in "shooter" condition (low or no remaining finish but sound mechanical condition) they are the most encountered guns. I´m confused however, because peop...

Strange to read about this now, just a few hours after talking to someone with a similarily "misnumbered" Remington revolver! I´m a Swedish collector and shooter, and Remingtons are not my main interest, so I´m not as knowledgeable about them as I would wish. Yesterday evening I talked to ...