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The serial number on this Remington is very close to the S/n on your gun. Yours is 121014----mine is 107274. 'D' inspector's initial on a 63 NMA on the trigger guard and on the bottom of the grips. Nice clear 'OWA' cartouche on the left grip. http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd346/drm2m/Third%20Al...

A recent photo of the Remington-Rider DA mechanism. I ‘suspect’ that it was a bit finicky? http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd346/drm2m/Third%20Album/ThetriggerguardofftheRemington-Riderrevolver_zps841ae6e9.jpg http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd346/drm2m/Third%20Album/DSC07549_zps628fa1fc.jpg

Thanks Bill. Interesting that some fluted cylinders were marked with the matching serial number and some were not marked at all. And some had mismatching serial numbers on the cylinder. This tends to contradict the comment in Reilly’s book written in 1970 that the cylinders were unmarked. I don’t kn...

Thanks Bill.

David

Which one is mis-matching?
It does not seem that either of them are?

Hi Bill, Your comment; In his book Remington Army and Navy Revolvers 1861-1888 the late Donald Ware wrote "Serial numbers are always found in three locations on army and navy models: on the left grip frame, on the bottom of the barrel, and on the bottom of the tab of the trigger guard. I see no...

This page is from Robert M. Reilly’s superb book published in 1970 that relates to the Remington-Rider New Model Belt Revolver. His comments at that time suggested that the cylinders on these revolvers were unmarked. This is why this subject is of interest to me. http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/d...

Bill, Thanks for your response. If you have taken off the left grip to check the grip frame S/n on your two Rider DAs did you see anything that looks like the number ’7’ shown on my photos above on the frame and cylinder? Any chance of you posting some photos of your revolvers? I would love to see t...

When I was doing my research on these revolvers, before I made my deal, I realized that there were not many people that knew about them. (Particularly the fluted cylinder versions which had low three digit serial numbers.) There is a well known author who suggested in one of his books that the cylin...

Possibly the same number '7' seen on the grip strap as on the cylinder. An inspector's number or assembly number---I have no idea. http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd346/drm2m/Third%20Album/Possiblythenumber7withserialnumber841onthecylinder_zps3d1e768e.jpg http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd346/...

I posted this revolver some time ago while I was still doing my research before I made my deal. That deal has since been made. The photos below were taken after I took possession. Manufactured 1863-65. Very few fluted cylinder versions were produced. http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd346/drm2m/Th...

Has anyone seen this modification to the hammer on a 63 NMA? Serial number 107274 on the underside of the barrel and on the left frame grip strap, and 7274 on the trigger guard tab. Very strong main spring. It indexes and shoots very well. OWA cartouche on the left grip.(Orville W. Ainsworth) http:/...

Not the clearest photos of the barrel address. MANUFACTURED BY REMINGTON’S, ILION N.Y. RIDER’S PT. AUG. 17 1858, MAY 3. 1859. http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd346/drm2m/Sub%20Album%20One/Barreladdress_zps1878fb20.jpg http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd346/drm2m/Sub%20Album%20One/9089227772_c6a...

Were the cylinders on fluted Rider DA revolvers serial numbered. Sometimes....all the time....rarely? The cylinder on this Rider DA has a different s/n on the barrel 819 with number 841 on the cylinder. I have seen comments suggesting these might have been assembly numbers, or is that a flawed theor...

I will try again with the photos that did not upload.

It only uploaded one of two photos.

I received photos today. Question ...the Sn on the barrel and on the rear of the cylinder do not match. I was under the impression that Sns were stamped under the barrel and inside the left grip....and nowhere else. On the barrel 819--on the rear of the cylinder 841. (For whatever reason these photo...