Remington Society

Definitely can’t move or remove the cylinder without significant risk of damage. My only concern with display would be in the hopefully unlikely event of a house fire setting off the old powder in the loaded cylinders and the even more unlikely event a fireman would be standing in my back yard tryin...

Definitely don’t want to mess with it aside from making it completely safe for display and slowing any further deterioration.

Not sure if I should add grips or not. But would want to find some authentic and appropriately weathered ones if I did.

Thanks for the input and info Daniel! The three loaded chambers that are visible do have intact percussion caps on them. Not sure how functional they will be after all this time. Will try the angle cut dowel to see if I can dig any more dirt out of the cylinder aligned with the barrel. Currently the...

I just joined the 1858 club by accident. My wife actually saw just a hint of metal sticking out of the ground and tugged on it to find it was the very bottom of the grip of a revolver. The revolver was completely packed with dirt but a little brushing revealed this 1858 with at least two rounds fire...