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Hi C French,

It sure sounds like a assembled gun, from a bunch of parts. It could be a Lunchbox gun. Parts that left the factory one piece at a time in a lunch box.

Daniel.

Hi,

Your post is in the handgun section. You will get better results if you repost in the Rifle section.

Good luck in your search.
Daniel

Here's a thought that many Remy collectors have had over the years. What if E Rem & Sons kept the typewriter company. For several years it was the only typewriter company. Maybe they could have used the typewriter company to raise funds to save the gun company???

Another what if. The Colt Burgess ...

Ahoj Mike,
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Yes, you have a very nice Remington, New Model Army. The serial is on the bottom of the barrel, the bottom of the left, grip frame, under the grip, and on the trigger guard tab. A 74xxx serial number would have been made in May of 1864. The small letters are sub-inspector ...

Hi Mark,

Welcome to the RAS forums. Sadly there are very few remington records of any kind. If you pistol was made in 1922 or later, there will be a two letter code stamped on the gun, for the month and year [i]shipped[/i]. There is no way to know what dealer it was sent to, or who bought the gun ...

Hi Cmould, and welcome to the RSA forums. Sorry for the late reply, but your query was in the wrong place. It should have been posted in the antique handgun section.

You're correct that your pistol was made in Oct of 1864. By that time some pistols were put into stores, that is, left in the box ...

Hi Mark,

This is probably not good news for you. The provenance is the history of a specific item. In your case, you are the current owner, who owned the pistol before you, and who did he get the gun from? And how far back can the gun be traced to a known owner? Do you have any proof of the ...

Hello aain,

I just noticed that it appears to have traces of some white letters on the butt. If they are letters and numbers they could be: KM - Karl Moldenhauer, or FB -
Fritz Burke. They were American collectors that marked their guns with their initials and their inventory number using White ...

Hi Chuck,

Sub-inspectors used a lower case letter. An uppercase W is an in house Rem inspector. The pistols were not necessarily kept in any order, by either Rem, or the ordinance Dept. That means that 4 consecutive numbers could have ended up going to 4 different units, at four different times ...

It looks like a mix master, but the serial numbers will tell us what it it. I'm not too concerned with the improper barrel marking since marking errors slip by inspectors. Check both the frame, and trigger guard for numbers. It looks like you have an old model frame with a new model barrel and the ...

Hi Leonard,
You posted this in the pistol section. You'll get better results by moving this into the rifle section. Good Luck.
Daniel

Hi Norseman,
You posted this in the pistol section. You'll get better results by moving this into the rifle section.
Daniel

Hi Gilly,

How is the NMA doing these days? Have you shot it at all? Some new info for you. The Cone front sights were used up in the real early 50,000 range, so any number 60,000 or higher should have the "pinched" sight, which was threaded, and screws into the barrel.

Dan

Hi Tim,
Sorry for the delayed reply. I was just scrolling through past posts and saw that this post had not been replied to. Your number, 5151x was made in early Jan. 1864.The serial also tells me that it is a NMA. I couldn't tell if there were small, single letters on any parts. Those would be sub ...

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