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The Scandinavian RB's were the #1 military action, and your's appears to be one of those made up from a action bilt be Remington and sold to them. Values for the Swede Rollers (even with US actions) are not as high as the US made guns. Your's appears to be a pretty nice example. I've bought several ...

You'll need to figure out which model you have, and then what the caliber truly is. A chamber cast of the gun will determine for sure the caliber. Extractors are caliber specific, and without knowing what it is, you wont get the right extractor. Check the barrel in front of the forearm, underneath. ...

That indeed is a #1 1/2 Rolling Block Sporting Rifle. As for values, the #2 is very desireable, but in a centerfire caliber like your .32-20, the #1 1/2 is even more desireable! A 1 1/2 in .32-20, with a good bore and the condition of your gun will usually run around $1500. Your tang sight is not or...

From what I've been able to gather over the last 4 years since I found my #1 Sporter, the Sporting rifles in either #1, 1 1/2, etc. are not marked on the top tang like the military Rolling Blocks were. They usually had holes for tang sights, and I assume this is the reason for no markings, as the st...

Thank you! I have some Rem. single shots that I think may be helpful in his research.

I understand that Roy Marcot is gathering data for Remington Rolling Blocks? Does anyone know how to contact Mr. Marcot?
Thanks!

Only one sure way to determine the caliber, and that is to do a chamber cast with Cerrosafe. There are so many different cartridges in the .38 range that it could be anything from a .38 rimfire, .38 Colt, .38-40, etc..... The most likely candidate would be the .38 rinfire or .38 Long Colt, but there...

I bought an all original #1 Sporting rifle, in .44S, with single set trigger for $1200 at a local gun shop. Very good bore, no case colors, but smooth clean metal, @60% bluing on barrel.
I'd say the $1400 price is high without the original buttstock.

Thanks Jay! I'll drop Roy a line.

The #1 1/2 was made from 1888 to about 1897. I would guess that the difference in the number of screws might be the difference in early versus late production. I'm not totally familiar with the 1 1/2, but the #1 had a bar extractor on early models, and it was retained by a screw in the left side of ...

Hi Rafter7, Most of the Rem #7's were in .22 rimfire, or .25 Stevens. The old catalogs I have say that other calibers were available on special order. As to numbers made in .22, I don't know, but I'd guess it was the most common caliber. How many exist today is impossible to guess. As you mentioned,...

I recently picked up this #1 Sporter. The caliber is .44S (.44-77 Sharps) and it has the extra heavy full octagon 32" barrel, and single set trigger. Serial number is 74xx. I have three questions: The top tang is unmarked, and no tang sight holes. Were early rollers mostly unmarked? This all lo...

#2 Remingtons are easy to spot. The back edge of the receiver, where it meets the stock, are scalloped in a rounded edge, instead of straight vertical, like most Remingtons. The #2 was adapted from Remington pistol receiver, so it has that same design. If your gun is straight on the back edge, it's ...