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Hi Todd, Your pistol is a New Model Army, and was made Feb of 1865. Production ended in March of 1865. Your pistol has Gov sub-inspector's marks so it was made on a Gov contract. The left grip will have a cartouche of the final inspector's acceptance mark. I agree that it was re-blued, and the front...

Hi Tom, The problem with Remington is their production methods and the fact they never threw anything away. They made parts and put them into a bin. when parts were needed they were pulled from the bin. More parts were made, and they went into the same bin. The first brass trigger guards could have ...

The serial, 26253, was made in June of 1863, so it should be a New Model, which were delivered from Jan of 1863 to the end of the war. It may have been made for the civilian market, and thus no inspectors cartouche. Or, the grips have been replaced. Are there inspector's marks on any parts of the gu...

Hello again, Has Don Ware's book arrived yet? Please let us know what you think after you've had a chance to look through it. The book is very detailed about the process of Government contracts, and inspections, and a lot of details about the design, and design changes. It is a very informative book...

Hi Bill, The manufactured date given was based on the New Model Navy revolvers. There is no info on production dates for the Belt Models. Production started in mid to late 1863, and none are know to have been bought by the US for military use, so we have no serial lists for the Belt Models as we do ...

Hi Bill, RSA member James Skelly has been conducting a survey of the belt models for several years. Here’s a little more info on the Belt Models. They were made from 1863 to 1886, first as percussion models, and starting in 1873, as cartridge models. Remington catalogs called both the SA, and the DA...

Hi Bill, Welcome to the RSA forums. To add to Bill T's answer, in Ware's book he give approximate manufacture dates by month and year. According to this list, your 4063 was made in October, 1862. Ware's book is "The Bible" for Remington Army and Navy revolvers, and is well worth the price....

Hi Gledford, The inspector's marks that you're looking for will be a single letter, on the bbl, the frame, and sometimes on the trigger guard. Most guns will have 2-3 separate initials on the frame and bbl. Apparently there was more than one inspector for the major components. Maybe each inspector c...

Hi Gledford, You friend's pistol was made in October of 1863. If it was part of a government contract it will have inspector's initials on the major parts, and a cartouche,( initials in an oval), on the left grip. Considering the date it was made, it seems likely that if a gov pistol, it would have ...

Thanks, A lot of people would be interested. Maybe Springfield Research can help. Please let us know if you come across the info. Here's a wild idea. The navy must have recorded the serials of every gun assigned to each ship. I wonder where those records might be. Maybe someplace in the Library of C...

Hi VArifleman,

Do you have a list of what rifles were issued to what ships? Would love to know if my rifle was ever issued to a ship.

Thanks,
Daniel

Hi Onty, You want a new faceplate mounted on the back of the frame opening, wich will have a loading gate, and a firing pin. Then you will have a 5-shot cylinder, and in the place of where holes would be drilled and tapped for the nipples, you will have holes drilled to use 209 primers. This is a ve...

Hi Nils, I don't know if the repos will fit. To find out write the maker, but I believe that I've read that none of them will fit and function. Your best bet is a parts dealer, probably at a gun show. Or you could buy another gun for a parts gun. Maybe try Gun Broker or Guns International for a cyli...

Hello Onty, I’m not sure that I understand what you are trying to do. It sounds like you want to make a cylinder with 5 chambers, that will use 209 primers to ignite a charge of smokeless powder. For that you need a metallurgist, who knows about the strength of steel. How would you seat the primers,...

Hi Onty,

What kind of drawings are you looking for: exterior view, internal mechanism, or exploded view?

Daniel