Remington Society

Research Press Journal – Issue 8, Winter 2019/20. Free download pdf magazine (40 pages) Articles include discussion of a presentation Enfield rifle, a new column on the history of the Remington Rolling Block, musketry instruction and target rifle history. Contents: Priming: News, Events, People &am...

Research Press Journal – Issue 4, Autumn 2018. (40 pages) Free pdf download. I’ve just published the new edition of my free PDF web site Journal. Of particular interest may be the powder charge experiments of 1875, with the Remington Creedmoor rifle. These were conducted by the NRA at long range. C...

My web site has been rebuilt and the above article can now be found at: 'Report on Experiments, 1875'

David

In the Report I posted above is mention of the cases being the "long kind". Can anyone clarify this?

Thanks,

David

In the Annual Report of the National Rifle Association for 1875, General Alexander Shaler (President 1875-1877) reported on experiments with powder charges for long range shooting. The experiments commenced during the summer 1875 and were concluded that December. The aim was to determine the proper ...

I recently came accross an interesting but brief contemporary account of trials of a short barrelled Remington rifle at long range in 1877. The experiments were by Leonard Geiger.

I've posted the note on my blog at: Short Barrel and Long Range.

David