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Hi bobulillo,

Your English is fine, and it's much better than my Spanish.

What you have is a European copy of the Remington Double Derringer. Since you are in Spain, I will guess that it was made in Spain, as many of them were. It is suspected that copies were also made in Belgium, and maybe ...

Hi Charlie,

You would probably get a better response if you moved this out of the handgun section to the rifle section.

Good luck, and Merry Christmas,
Daniel

Hopefully, someone that knows about animal ivory will jump in and educate us on what animal those might have come from.

Hi Patbar,

You did the hot pin test, so it is some kind of ivory, and I am very far from knowing anything about real ivory, so like you, I'm at a loss at to what the grips may be made of. The inside looks like it might be larger grained than most ivory that I've seen. It looks like wood, and that ...

Hi patbar,

Now that I have wiped the egg off of my face, you're right, and I made a bad mistake. On page 56, I looked at at the photo without reading the caption. It does say MOP, not ivory.

You're also right that often Remington advertising just said "ivory," and didn't mention that the grips ...

Hi Patbar,

If you have the book, then on page 56 is a photo of an engraved No. 2 with ivory grips, and gold washed. The serial is 977. If only one was produced in the 800-1000 range, then this must be the one.

The grips appear thick at the edges, and originals usually taper a little at the ...

Hi bczrx,

Send the serial number and we cn tell when it was made. Photos always help identify what you have. The first question for you, is the letter "c" a C, capital, or a lower case? If it is smaller, lower case then those are inspectors' marks. If it is upper case, then the letter stands for ...

Hi Hawg,

Maybe. Rem never threw anything away, and if a bunch of cone sights turned up, Rem would probably use them. The Belt Model survey shows that front sights were used after a previous type had been replaced. It's as if Rem didn't follow any kind of rules, and often didn't appear to use logic ...

Andrew sent me some photos and Karu and Parbar are right, it's not a Remington. I don't know what make it is, but its not a Remmie. If it was sold to you as a Remmie, and you paid a Remmie price, try to get your money back, and then stay away from that seller!!

If it was cheap enough, and it was ...

Hi Andrew,

Karu and Patbar are knowledgeable on Remingtons, and they are probably right, but since I'm a born skeptic, I'd like to see the photos. Can you re-post them, or send them to me at: aardqe5@gmail.com.

The serial on the trigger guard is not on the outside. You have to remove the trigger ...

Hi Andrew,

The gun should have 3 serial locations. Under the bbl, on the lower, left grip frame, and on the trigger guard tab.

The bbl marking should be in three lines.
"Patented Sept 14, 1858"
"E. Remington & Sons. Ilion New York USA"
"New Model"

On a rare occasions, a different bbl address ...

Hi Karu,

Yes, Karu, I used the c word, ; ) but in this case, the $5 fine for using the "c" word wouldn't apply. because the writer isn't familiar with gun makes and wouldn't know what I meant if I just wrote that it was, " a C 1860 Army Model." Therefore the c word had to be used in the interest ...

Hi,

That is a Colt, 1860 Army Model revolver. It was made in 1863.
It can be cleaned up a lot to make a nicer display, and you can buy screws
but it will never fire again.

Frame it, maybe with a photo of the house, and enjoy it as a decoration.

Daniel

Hi Andrew,

Since the bbl has "New Model" it must be a new model, unless the bbl was changed. If the "New Model" in on the bottom line, and by itself, the top line, with the patent date is either worn off, or was never stamped. The serial was made in Nov. or Dec. 1864. Send the last 3 numbers and ...

Hi Patbar,

You also made the point of calling two models, "1861 Navy and Army, 1863 New Model Navy and Army," and I'm just pointing out that Remington never used those terms, and today, while the term, "1861 Army, and Navy are used by collectors, no one uses, "1863 New Model Navy and Army," They ...