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Hello Hugosaid, You have a genuine Remington New Model Army revolver made somewhere between 1861 and 1865. The small letters on the revolver are inspection marks. Once the revolver passed inspection the Principal sub-inspector stamped his cartouche on the left grip panel indicating the revolver was ...

Hello Ghaad, Welcome to the forum. It looks like you have a genuine New Model Army revolver which has seen some hard use. The small letters stamped in the various parts are sub-inspector marks. Once the revolver passed inspection the Principal Sub-inspector would stamp his cartouche on the left grip ...

Hello John,
I am not aware of any of any Government inspection stamps on the metal of any 1875 revolvers. The Egyptian contract revolvers were stamped with a cartouche on the left grip. The two cartouches used are FR for Franklin Root who inspected the first approximately eight thousand revolvers ...

Groucho, I have heard of the Springfield Research Service but have never tried to use it. I do have an old list of approximately 1800 Remington martial revolvers from the Springfield Research Service and one of the revolvers SN 48107 was issued to company D of the 1st Massachusetts Volunteer Cavalry ...

Hello Groucho,
I suggest you get a copy of Don Ware's book "Remington Army and Navy Revolvers 1861 to 1888". It is the Bible on Remington large bore revolvers manufactured during the Civil War and after. It covers the Beals, Elliot and New Model Army and Navy revolvers. It is still available on E ...

Hello Dacotah,
Your revolver was manufactured in March of 1865. It was in the last shipment of New Model Armies to the Ordnance Department during the Civil War.

Happy New Year,

Bill

Hello Danny,
According to Don Ware's book "Remington Army and Navy Revolvers 1861-1888" your revolver was made in December of 1864.


Happy New Year

Bill

Hello Eskil, I have an Osgood conversion in 45 caliber like yours. Mine has a modified hammer and long firing pin similar to yours. The information below is from Roger Phillips’ book (pg 85) where he writes about the Osgood conversions.
"The Fig. 93 five shot revolver is noteworthy for several ...

Leo,
That c mark on the left side of the frame is just anouther inspection stamp. The "C" mark Don Ware talks about in his book is much larger than an inspectors mark. Shown below is a picture from Don's book on page 27. Compare the size of the condemned "C" with the size of the 4 on the left side ...

Hello Leo,
Are you talking about the small “C” on the left frame above the hammer screw in picture number five?

As far as the cartouche goes, if it is RPB, Don stated that the RPB cartouche has been incorrectly identified as Robert P Berry. He goes on the say this unknown individual also ...

Hi,
I previously owned a Remington-Keene carbine with a 20 inch barrel. On page 71 of Roy Marcot’s book, Remington America’s Oldest Gunmaker, he lists the Remington-Keene models being the same as in Flayderman’s with the exception of the carbine which Roy lists as having a 20 inch barrel as ...

Hi Bill,
From the picture and updated information in your last post you have a single action Belt revolver. It was also made in.36 caliber but had a six and one half inch barrel rather than the seven and three eighth inch barrel the Navy revolver has. It is a scaled down version of the Navy ...

Hi Bill,
Remington produced three Navy (.36caliber) size revolvers during the Civil War just like they produced three Army (.44 caliber) size revolvers. They are in the order manufactured, the Beals, the Elliot or “Old Model” and the New Model. The serial numbers started with the Beals and ...

Hi Merrill,
The 1875 prototype revolver with the bird’s head grip is a replica. If you Google “Remington Bird’s Head 1875 Revolver” and go to the images, there is the same picture with a statement under it saying it is a Remington 1875 Replica – Airgun Hobbyist Magazine.
The other 1875 revolver ...

Hello James,
In Don Ware’s article “Variations in Model 1875, Model 1888 and Model 1890 Revolvers” he states “Poor sales evidently prompted Remington to offer the revolver in the more popular .44-40 WCF and .45 Government calibers. The .45 Caliber revolver will accept either the .45 Colt or the .45 ...