Remington Society

I received this email from one of the head honchos of the "society" giving me some interesting tidbits.........FYI......... Tom I found a few answers for your questions. What appears to RemShots is you have a very nice example of an early Remington Rolling Block #1. The 1672 serial number ...

Thanks. It is 50-70. Mike Venturino shot quite few groups with it. 4" ~ 5" at 100 yards with the open sights. We were going to shoot it together after we made the trade but winter happened. I have no idea about the style of the rifling. I only have two RB's. This and a Springfield Armory 1...

Thank you sir. That's some narrowing down.

Thanks for your input. I took two more pics of the top flat of the barrel in front of the rear sight. Also, any ideas on the 'B.N. Bacon' stamping? Was that a supplier of stocks to Remington??

There is no barrel rollstamp. Just the markings like I posted in my notes. The serial number and the caliber. The only place it says Remington is on the upper tang.

The last of them............so what do y'all think? Originality, date manufactured, etc.??

Some more glaring sunshine pics. The bore is actually mint and shiny w/ no rust or pitting.

I acquired this rifle in trade with my friend Mike Venturino. He bought it from Hank Williams Jr. All he could tell me about it was that it shoots great. :roll: These are the details and I'll try to upload a bunch of pics.........any help is appreciated. Barrel; no “Remington markings”. Cartridge ma...

Hello to everybody.

Joined RSA during the summer and finally got my ability to be on the forum. Thanks to Mike Alsop and the website manager. I'll be posting a recently acquired RB #1 w/ pics if I can get it done.