Remington Society

I agree. I doubt the .50 cents per rifle paid to some sheik caused them to lose money. It might have reduced profits, but surely not enough to hurt them.
Eliphat Remington Jr. was more dedicated to the town and workers than he was to the company, and that caused him issues making financial ...

I'll have to look through all my Remington resources to see which mentioned the Winchester relationship. Jerry Landskron's book on Remington pistols has the finest history of the family and company from beginnings to much later. He mentions that a contract with Egypt caused financial difficulties ...

From what little I've gathered concerning the company's bankruptcy it was bad business decisions made by the brothers. One huge reason was their decision to concentrate on military sales, and then compounding it by not representing themselves in contract agreements with foreign companies. They ...

We have a lot to be thankful to Marcellus Hartley as Remington fans. He really took the company from bankruptcy to successful in a very short period. He had the foresight to realize that military sales alone can't keep a firearms maker afloat, and Sporting arms were as important, and sometimes even ...

Not sure why you think I'm not calm Webb? I thought we were simply having a discussion here, not an argument? The mods done to Rolling Block 1865's were a new trigger guard, breech block, and I doubt any repairs were done on handguns that new. I'd expect some refinishing as the new parts needed to ...

If you milled off a barrel rollstamp you'd have to mill the entire length of the barrel or end up seeing where you stopped. And if you mill one flat that flat will be wider than the other seven flats. It takes blending it out to make it disappear and not show. And round barrels would take turning in ...

Hi There,

Cost of labor was a lot less back then. Plus, I don't think
Winchester or Hartley wanted to promote the previous
owners. The point is, they did it to the tang markings
on the military rifles left in stock.

As to civilian rifles, I am not sure but if they went to this
much trouble ...

I would think that any barrels already rollstamped would have been used up first, and not draw filed to remove the earlier stamp? Then any unstamped barrels would have gotten the new rollstamp. I doubt either way that it would amount to very many barrels if they used up existing stamped barrels ...

If this rifle has smooth sides with no step near the top octagon on each side, then it's probably a #1 1/2. The E. Remington & Sons marking tells me it's prior to bankruptcy, and all those rifles had the steel forearm cap, so that's very common for those era rifles. The earliest advertisement for ...

I also have this shotgun and it is shown in 1870s remington catalogs.seems to be very little info available and I don't know why they did not mark them anywhere when they marked unfinished barrels and locks.if i remember correct they sold for $8.00 and the rolling block shotgun was about $20.00 ...

The 1/4" all thread sticking out of the front of the action is quite puzzling, and I have no idea why it's there? Likely someone threaded the wiping rod lug to 1/4-2oNC, but why?


The 1/4" all thread was concealed inside the forestock(?) before I took it off to check for more markings on the ...

It appears to be a built up gun, and far from original. The 1/4" all thread sticking out of the front of the action is quite puzzling, and I have no idea why it's there? Likely someone threaded the wiping rod lug to 1/4-2oNC, but why?
The barrel appears to be from a 03 Springfield and likely still ...

Here's a picture of the 1903 M. Hartley & Co. 1903 catalog for the three Cadet rifles they sold exclusively. Yours will be the top rifle #205 Model.

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As you can see the cartridge would be the stubby little .50 Navy cartridge just like ...

Hi Webb,
Thank you for the correction and additional comments. That it has the wrong breech block for the frame brings up an additional issue. There are several inconsistencies not the least the long chamber length.
Were there any rifles made with saddle rings? That would seem very unusual. Seems ...

I doubt the Italians stuck to the same threads as Remington used, and finding an unmolested .44-40 barrel will likely be impossible. I think your best option is to get a .44 barrel blank and have it contoured and threaded to fit your action, and chamber it in .44-40. You'll have a good shooting ...