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by Patbar
Tue Apr 07, 2026 3:25 am
Forum: RP / Pre - 1899
Topic: A two tones Beals Navy
Replies: 1
Views: 450

A two tones Beals Navy

I just got this two tones Beals Navy in its original finish with nickeled frame, blued barrel and cylinder. The nickle plating was well made as iti is still 99 % present with only some small blisters on the left side.

I knew that Remington has made such two tones guns, but it is the first one I see.
by Patbar
Fri Apr 03, 2026 1:31 am
Forum: RP / Pre - 1899
Topic: Remington 1858 help!!
Replies: 4
Views: 562

Re: Remington 1858 help!!

Sorry, but your gun is not original. The marking on the barrel should be on 3 lines and should read like this :

PATENTED SEPT. 14, 1858
E.REMINGTON & SONS, ILION, NEW YORK, U.S.A.
NEW MODEL

Beside, the top of the grip should be rounded and come flush with the frame. The front sight is not correct ...
by Patbar
Tue Oct 28, 2025 10:21 am
Forum: RP / Pre - 1899
Topic: Remington New Model 4
Replies: 3
Views: 979

Re: Remington New Model 4

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 ...
by Patbar
Sat Oct 25, 2025 1:35 am
Forum: RP / Pre - 1899
Topic: Remington New Model 4
Replies: 3
Views: 979

Remington New Model 4

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 ...
by Patbar
Fri Sep 26, 2025 9:45 am
Forum: RP / Pre - 1899
Topic: Original Old Remington 1858
Replies: 12
Views: 21910

Re: Original Old Remington 1858

Here are photos of the german silver cone sigth on my 1861 barrel :
by Patbar
Sun Jul 13, 2025 9:43 am
Forum: RP / Pre - 1899
Topic: Remington 1858
Replies: 4
Views: 7598

Re: Remington 1858

One thing is sure. The cartouche on the grips is not original ! It has at least been re-engraved.
by Patbar
Mon May 19, 2025 1:20 am
Forum: RP / Pre - 1899
Topic: 1870 Navy framed target 22's
Replies: 5
Views: 115869

Re: 1870 Navy framed target 22's

Wow, beautiful gun in great condition !!
by Patbar
Fri May 02, 2025 1:36 am
Forum: RP / Pre - 1899
Topic: Researching a 1878 New Model 32 cal Conversion
Replies: 2
Views: 7390

Re: Researching a 1878 New Model 32 cal Conversion

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 ...
by Patbar
Fri Apr 04, 2025 1:25 am
Forum: RP / Pre - 1899
Topic: 1858 New model Army
Replies: 6
Views: 8556

Re: 1858 New model Army

I'd say that this gun was well pitted and has been very heavily buffed, and even filed.
by Patbar
Thu Jan 02, 2025 2:14 am
Forum: RP / Pre - 1899
Topic: 2025 Gretting Card
Replies: 1
Views: 9216

Re: 2025 Gretting Card

Happy new year to all members of this forum !
by Patbar
Sat Dec 28, 2024 1:35 am
Forum: RP / Pre - 1899
Topic: remington ??
Replies: 7
Views: 12990

Re: remington ??

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.
by Patbar
Fri Dec 27, 2024 10:39 am
Forum: RP / Pre - 1899
Topic: remington ??
Replies: 7
Views: 12990

Re: remington ??

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 ...
by Patbar
Fri Dec 27, 2024 2:33 am
Forum: RP / Pre - 1899
Topic: remington ??
Replies: 7
Views: 12990

Re: remington ??

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.
by Patbar
Mon Dec 23, 2024 10:05 am
Forum: RP / Pre - 1899
Topic: Remington Smoot n° 2
Replies: 8
Views: 14804

Re: Remington Smoot n° 2

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 ...
by Patbar
Sat Dec 21, 2024 10:06 am
Forum: RP / Pre - 1899
Topic: Remington Smoot n° 2
Replies: 8
Views: 14804

Re: Remington Smoot n° 2

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 ...