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Hi Daniel,

First, my n° 4 is nickel plated. Also, I do have a copy of Dr. Parkers book, “A Study of Remington’s Smoot Patent & Number Four Revolvers”, and on page 32, I read :

It is also significant that the 1877 catalog and those that followed in 1883 did not distinguish in any manner the ivory ...

I have this Remington New Model n° 4 in caliber .41 CF (rarer than the .41 RF version) which has the famous "Remington ivory grips". These grips are famous because toward the end of the 1870's, Remington replaced the real ivory grips that they proposed as an option with fake ivory made with a ...

Here are photos of the german silver cone sigth on my 1861 barrel :

One thing is sure. The cartouche on the grips is not original ! It has at least been re-engraved.

Wow, beautiful gun in great condition !!

This gun is a New Model Pocket percussion revolver of which around 25,000 units were produced from 1865 to 1873. The value of the converted version is less than the original percussion one.

According to the 2019 edition of the Blue Book of Antique American Firearms and Values, the value of a ...

I'd say that this gun was well pitted and has been very heavily buffed, and even filed.

Happy new year to all members of this forum !

These unlicensed copies were in fact very numerous. Most of them were made in Spain and Mexico and perhaps other countries.

Here is one, which I'd say is Spanish, that I sold a while ago.

You're entirely right Daniel. I just saw the two lines address and didn't look at the rest of the photos.

The worst thing is that I own a double derringer and what's more I have Dr. William H. Elliot's book "Remington Double Deringer". I'd slap myself as I always want to give a rapid answer without ...

Your Remington double derringer is the second model, manufactured from 1868 to 1888. 14,000 units of this model were produced (a total more than 150,000 units of the four models were produced).

These little pistols are much sought after by collectors.

Some members of a French forum suggested that it might be aged bone. So, I heated a nail, applied it to to the underside of one grip and got the characteristic smell of burned bone.

So it seems that my grips are not the original ones. Among the 33 factory engraved Smoots having their serial between ...

Daniel, the back of these grips can't in any case be wood because I tried to scratch them with a screwdriver and the material is so hard that it didn't leave any trace. Also, the sides show that the grips are made of only one solid material.

Aside animal (what kind ?) ivory, I don't imagine which ...

Hi Daniel,
Yes, I did the hot pin test and it won't penetrate the material of the grips at all. Yet, it doesn't look like elephant ivory so, I am really unable to say from which animal it can come from.

All I can say is that these grips are perfectly adjusted to the gun and that the escutcheons ...

Hi Daniel,

As I wrote, I have the original cylinder, which ratchet has been re-cut, which has shortened it a bit, and it will not cycle anymore, reason for it not being mounted on my gun.

Beside, the gun on page 56 of the book that I have has mother of pearl grips and on page 63, it says that 9 ...