Remington Society

Thanks for your thoughts and suggestions, as we have gone through the files, a folder has been found with photographs of the Remington on the tripod plus correspondence which dates it to circa 1893/4, which would tie in with the serial number and those built over the period until is was replaced by ...

A friend has just inherited his late brother's collection of Americana and 19th Century firearms, I am in the process of arranging for these to be shipped to Heritage Auctions from Europe. Of all of the antique firearms, the only one I haven't been able to date is Sharp Shooter Alf Reickhoff' / Malv...

Tjack, many thanks for your research and advice, I am now awaiting a half pound block of casting alloy, due to where I am this will be a couple of weeks arriving.

As soon I can make a cast then , I will post the result, and see where we go from there.

Kind regards

DavidA

Thanks for the update, I found in course of my researchs that Remington converted some Argentine Remingtons still in store during the 1950's to 11mm Mannlicher, as you say the 11 mm mannlicher ammo was around at that time in quantity. However this particular piece I believe has been sitting in an at...

As an update, Have checked the rim and chamber dimensions, there are :- Rim - .675" Base .565" 11.43 x 50 (.43) Egyptian has a base of .581, however outside of COTW, I have seen published .43 Egyptian as .668 rim with .542 base which would fit. 11.43 x 49 Roumanian Peabody is published as ...

Thanks Tjack, it has no bayonet bar, however it is not a shortened three band rifle, as with the band fixing, if it had been shortened would show the old fixings, overall it is untouched. Also both the knox, barrel and butt have Remington view or acceptance marks, granted the question of the mount o...

The barrel length is 30", the bands are stamped neither with a crown or nor a U, but with what appears to be a star.

The knox and barrel also are stamped with an R

I can't do the chamber measurements at present as I am away from home.

Look forward to your thoughts

Thank you

David

Three more pics attached

Along with a Serbian Mauser and a Greek Gras carbine, I have just come across this two band Rolling Block Musketoon or short rifle, allegedly they were all found together . The first two have been sold and I have just bought the Remington It has no Egyptian or arabic script markings, and the calibre...