creedmore match

[jack]

Does anyone have any info. on creedmore match history such as guns used and shooters names?

[RoyMarcot]

Dear Jack,

I have about 12 linear inches of material on the Creedmoor Range on Long Island (1870s-'80s) and specifics of the use of Remington rolling block target rifles. I authored an in-depth article on the subject for the American Rifleman about a year ago.

The wealth of material will go into Volume I of my three volume set of books about "Remington Rolling Block Rifles, Carbines & Shotguns" which is being worked on.

Other than what appeared in my NRA magazine article, what can I answer for you specifically?

Roy Marcot
Remington Historian

[jack]

Roy,

I own one of these Remington rifles so I was wondering if it was ever used in the matches? I was wondering if any information existed on serial numbers of the rifles used in the matches along with shooters names?

jack

[Roy_Marcot]

Dear Jack,

Unfortunately, E. Remington & Sons serial number records no longer exist, having been destroyed around 1890, shortly after Hartley & Graham acquired the company.

Any in all the materials I have on Creedmoor... not one mention about the serial number of any shooter.

We now believe that E. Remington & Sons manufactured about five-hundred (500) No.1 Creedmoor Long-Range rifles between 1873 and 1886. Long-range shooting was popular throughout the civilized United States during this period, as evidenced by numerous reports in periodicals such as Forest & Stream, the Army & Navy Journal, The Rifle, etc.

Email me your rifle's serial number and the caliber marking under the barrel and the multi-digit assembly number on the left side of the tangs (visible only with the stock removed)... and I may be able to date the manufacture of your rifle.

I hope this information has been of interest.

Roy Marcot
Remington Historian
roymarcot@msn.com