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Jim You probably won't find any inspectors marks on your 75. As you probably know, your gun is not a "Egyptian" model. Most likely your gun is a civilian model. The .44 marking on the grip indicates the gun is chambered in .44 WCF (44-40). The 75 Egyptians were chambered in .44 Remington h...

Phil The 75 Egyptians are interesting and are the first 75's. They are all from the first sequentially marked batch. They were chambered in .44 Remington, not .44 WCF. With the introduction and popularity of the .44 WCF and the problems with the Egyptian contract, the .44 Remington quickly became ob...

Mike
Thanks for the pictures. Now I have to find a capping plate .44.
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George
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Hey Mike this is George McAllister (gmaque@aol.com)
Are your capping plate conversions for a New Model Army?

I believe all research agrees that all the "factory" conversions of the .44 Remington percussion revolvers was to a 5 shot, .46 rimfire, metalic cartridge. I refer you to R. Bruce McDowell's excellent book "A Study of Colt Conversions and Other Percussion Revolvers" and Roger Phi...

jholt According to the late Don Ware in his book "Remington Army and Navy Revolvers", your revolver was manufactured in May of 1864. In a letter dated Aug., 8, 1864 a request for 1000 Army revolvers for the state of New Jersey was sent to Remington. Cost was $12/revolver. According to info...

The hammer locks in two positions, but you'll hear three "clicks" as the hammer is moved from the "fired" position, to the ready to fire or full cock position. The first (half cock) positon allows the bolt to drop out of the cylinder notch. Pulling the hammer back more will cause...

You should have 3 clicks. Safety, half cock and full cock.
Hope This Helps
George

Swede Great, we'll be pleased to have you as a member. I'm sure you're going to be pleased with the RSA. You'll receive quarterly issues of The Journal, the best source of Remington info anywhere. I'd also invite and encourage you to submit articles to the Journal. We are always pleased to have new ...

Swede Good Morning, congratulations on your new prize, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY. I'd like to encourage you to become a member of the Remington Society. The quarterly publication, The Journal, is a great source for more information. We have several members from your part of the world and we'd sure like to ...

Can't tell enough from the pictures to make a comment. When you get the gun please take and post some more detailed pictures and we'll see if we can help you out.

Sonny Good Morning. I think your gun was built in January of 1864. If there are no small inspector marks on the frame, cylinder, etc and no evidence of a cartouche on the grips, then the gun was likely a civilian model. That being said, it's a old gun, marks can wear, grips wear or can be changed, s...

Sonny Your revolver appears to be a 1858 New Model Army model that's been converted from percussion to cartridge. If it is a 6 shot revolver it is likely not a factory conversion since it is believed that the factory conversions were in .46 CF with 5 shot cylinders. It is not unusual to find some re...

Willie Good afternoon and HAPPY THANKSGIVING. Probably the best way is to post a question in the correct section of this forum. Lots of knowledgeable Remington folks read it regularly and will most like reply. You might also want to consider joining the Remington Society. Membership will get you a q...

Well, I guess that's up to you and your pocketbook. If it were me and I was thinking of buying, I'd ask the seller if he will take the gun back and refund my money if it failed the magnaflux or gunsmith inspection.