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All the No 1's were for large black powder cartridges. The exceptions would be the M 1896 and M 1897 smokeless powder rifle and carbines chambered for smaller smokeless powder cartridges. These are most commonly found in 7mm Mauser caliber. Yours is a Mexican contract so, if you can't put your littl...

Vulture,
Slug your bore. I have many 11mm Spanish Rolling Blocks. Groove diameters run from .439" to .448". For those on the larger side I shoot the .446" 11mm Mauser bullet.

Your rifle is an anomaly! I have one similar to yours. Mine has a Swedish M1867/89 receiver and butt stock with a Remington barrel and forearm. The barrel carries German proofs. The barrel is chambered for the 7mm Mauser cartridge. Most of those seen are missing the breechblock as is mine. If yours ...

Remington did not put much of any markings on their Rolling Blocks. Name and address on the tang, proof marks on the barrel and assembly #s on the sides of the tangs. No serial #s. I guess at the time there was no anticipation that they would return. As Latin America primarily used the 11mm Spanish ...

Your rifle appears to be the standard later model Remington export rifle. The were sold to any number of Central and South American countries as well as Caribbean nations. Most of these did not mark their rifles so it is just about impossible to ID were this rifle went or who used it. Nice looking r...

The guy who said South America is correct. "EN" is Spanish and stands for ""Ejercito National" or, "National Army" to us gringos.

Stan, Without a few photos all I can do is guess. The last date on the tang is "1866". The crown on the side of the receiver indicates that it MAY be from a Spanish contract. However, your bore description sounds too large for the .43 Spanish generally (altho I have a couple with groove di...

The breech block firing pin channel is probably just gunked up. Early Remington Rolling Blocks had a small coil spring to act as a firing pin retractor. Later models did away with that. Gun solvent and q-tips should clean up the channel and maybe a small wire brush on the firing pin. I use a wire wh...

Without seeing it, it sounds like someone put an 1867 Navy barrel on a later Rolling Block receiver. These barrels were available from Dixie, Numrich or??? until maybe 15 years ago. As long as the bore is good and the head space is correct it should make a good shooter.

Sounds like it probably started life as a US Navy carbine but they were chambered for .50-45 carbine cartridge. Does the breech block have a small stud in a concave section to act as an extractor? This is characteristic of the Navy carbine.

According to George Layman in his "Remington Rolling Block Military Rifles of the World": "There are a number of variations of the NY Rolling Block. Examples have been seen that were finished completely 'in the white' [i.e., polished], with polished actions and blued barrels, and with...

Belgian reworked Rolling Blocks frequently have various punch marks in the metal for maybe in-house identification. Any Belgian marks on the barrel? ie crown/ a letter, the perron (a shaft-like structure on a pedestal) or a crown/ ELG in an oval?

Since your rifle has been refinished AND the barrel at least shortened and front sight changed, it has value as a potential shooter but not a collectable.

Your rifle was PROBABLY chambered for the 11mm Spanish (.43 Spanish). The front sight/band is not original to the rifle so it is possible that the barrel has been replaced. It has been heavily refinished. As was stated, the ONLY way you can accurately tell what cartridge it is chambered for is to ma...

Your carbine has a Remington receiver. The sling swivels have a decided European appearance, not Remington. The chamber looks large for the Danish cartridge. According to Barnes' Cartridges of the World the Danish cartridge has a base diameter of .514". If you can measure the rear section of th...