Remington Society

At our collector show last Sunday a friend told me of two Rolling Block pistols he saw for sale at a local gun shop. He said he wanted one, but the seller didn't want to sell them separately, so he was bummed about it. I asked about details, condition, price, what model? He couldn't answer all the q...

It is a credit to you.As a collector a Hepburn is on my 'Bucket list' but due to my age (80) the bucket is quite close. Geoff . I'm not far behind you at 73 now. I've been fortunate to be able to purchase 3 other Hepburns since I built this one back when I couldn't find one I could afford. I'd own ...

That is a beautiful rifle. We don't see many (if any) Hepburn's over here in the UK. Thanks! I don't see a lot here, or very often either. But I've always loved them. This one was one I could initially afford since it was somebody's project started and for whatever reason later dropped. It began as...

Got a nice surprise at our monthly OAC collector gun show this morning! Last month I gave the stocks from my very first Hepburn to my gunsmith friend so his checkerer could checker them. I built this rifle up from a project I bought from a friend over 20 years ago, but never got around to checkering...

I got this video in my email a bit ago. Seems the new company is tooling up and building guns again. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyhiQy9jLcc&ab_channel=Remington1816 As a long time Remington fan, and owner, I hope they do a great job and bring the company back to a time when they were quality firear...

I've had numerous extractors built up or repaired using a tig welder to do so. They hold up great if the person doing the tig welding is skilled. Never have had any extractors fail after tig welding. I just had the transfer bar on my Freund Sharps Improved breech block break, and I'm taking it to my...

Being built for such a short period before the split breech was replaced by the solid one piece block in 1868, these aren't seen often by anyone. Yours appears to be in pretty decent condition too. Does it have any ordinance marks on it still?

Looking forward to seeing the pictures! I rarely see the split breech rifles.

Thank you both! This information is incredibly helpful! I had a chance to shoot the rifle recently using 43 Spanish brass neck sized out to .447, a 540gr PP lead bullet stop 80gr FFG. The rifle functioned well, but accuracy was awful. I suspect the bullet is wayyyy to heavy for this calibre. It's a...

It does indeed appear to be a real Creedmoor model. The 34" barrel is part of that, but there were Creedmoors with shorter, but not longer. The cartridge will be a big part to separate a Long-Range from a Mid-Range, as the .44-77 was not a Mid-Range cartridge. LL Hepburn was the shop superinten...

Marlin records only show ship dates, so on occasion the ship date can be much later than the serial number might indicate. I've got some old Marlin lever guns that shipped 2-3 years later than the serial number would suggest. So only a factory letter from the Cody Museum, or Marlin Collectors Assn. ...

I did open the action lever, and peek into the receiver with my pen light to see what it might reveal internally. It appears the lever pivots off the front trigger plate cross screw, and there's a link from the lever that's about 3/16" square headed up towards the breech block. So likely that o...

I can't find any markings, or stamps that deluxe stocked Remingtons had in the stock top tang inletting to indicate the work was factory. So guessing it's been restocked by someone, sometime. Seller knew nothing about the rifle as he bought a small collection of single shots, and this was part of it...

Very nice rifle, glad to see that you finally got delivery of it. You will have to post more photos of it and give us a range report. Have a Good Day, Matt Thanks Matt! I was searching this morning for some hint of who did the gun, and when I unscrewed the buttplate screws I got a surprise! The but...

Just picked up this Gove style under lever Rolling Block. No idea who did the work, or built the barrel? Surprised to find it is built on an original Remington Sporting Rifle action, with the longer lower tang, and it's original serial number. I was expecting a nicely reworked old Military action, n...