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Hi Carl,

Are you interested in RB pistols, or RB rifles?
If pistols, then post your questions here. I have Jerry Landskron's book on the pistos and may be able to help.
If rifles, post your questions in the rifle section.

Daniel

Hi Niczumbo,

There are parts dealers, but they never know what parts they may get, so no way to advertise. If you need parts, the best way is to post an ad listing the specific parts that you need.

Dixie Gun Works may have a few parts and it's worth checking with them.
www.dixiegunworks.com
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Hi Bart,

I see that you've had a few views but no replies. That might be because you posted in the handgun section, instead of the rifle section. Try a re-post ans see if you get any response.

Good luck,
Daniel

HI,

How is the new face of the recoil shield attached, is it welded?

Daniel

Hi to All,

Just a reminder that the research is still on-going. Only about 400 serials so far, and that doesn't come close to the 10% usually needed to make some educated assumptions (guesses). A major problem is that in 1870, 4,500 SA Belts were sent to France, so right off the bat, 45% of Belts ...

Hi Tim,

We obviously don't know what adjustments were made to either the cylinder, or to the frame. There was no way to know that the corrected part would then work with any other part, and there is no sense in taking the chance that it would have to be worked on again, so the cylinder was ...

Hi Jim,

A few, very few cylinders were numbered, but most collectors believe that these were numbered only if they required hand fitting, so that the cylinder will be put into the correct pistol after the finish is applied. Probably just the last 4 digits were applied with two digits between ...

As to whether the factory made different sight heights, it certainly is possible, on purpose or by accident, but there are no factory records, so we'll never know. Remington also never threw away anything. If a batch or two of sights were slightly out of spec, they would have been used. Since about ...

Interesting topic, but does it really matter on the sight height? That small of a difference seems that it would be within the tolerances of the time. I'm not familiar with the machinery of the time, so I have no ides as to what tolerances they were able to maintain. Just enjoy the gun at it is ...

Hello again,

All the dimensions from bbl bottom to sight top only give that dimension, which supposes that all bbls were identical thickness. The bbls may vary in thickness. For front sight height, measure the thickness of the bbl, and subtract that from the previous dimension to get the front ...

Hi John,

The front sight does look a little high, but without a "gun in hand" inspection and getting measurements for comparing to a few other pinched sights, it's hard to tell if its original, or a replacement. Its possible that a batch was made that
was slightly higher than normal, but still ...

Hello,

The term, Model 1858" applies to the New Model Army revolver because it has the 1858 patent date on the barrel. There never was a "model 1858." That it just what people started calling them many years ago because of the patent date.

What you have is a New Model Belt revolver. It an be ...

Hi Stewart,

Records linked to Hannis would be for his duty stations, or assignments, but not to which arms he inspected by serial number.

Research is possible, but is usually very time, and money consuming. Springfield Research may be helpful so start there and see what they have.
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Hi Abernathy,

Sorry for the late reply. You are correct in that this DD was the 44th. one with the joined barrel marking. Made in 1911, probably in the first week of production, There were only 2,999 DDs serialized that way, before the L prefix was added to the serial number.but the DD book lists ...

HellRedsn8k1858,

Basically, no, without very lengthy research there is no way to find out what unit the pistol was sent to, if it went to a unit. By Oct of 1864, the need for pistols had decreased, and some pistols were put in stores instead of being issued. Others were issued to units for issue ...