Remington Society

Fauquier, I think that is a pretty decent carbine. What Dick and Ed said. My own thought is the rear sight was put on by someone who was a serious shooter - the stock Remington carbine sight was pretty much for pointing the gun in the general direction of a target. With all the gun's issues, it prob...

Why does the Navy need a carbine? Is it for the Horse Marines?

JN

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jn

I second that. Black powder is better all around. Just remember to clean the rifle and your brass afterward.

Good luck!

jn

When we were kids we loaded 15 gr Unique behind the Lyman 385 gr. bullet. Seemed to work, at least with RWS berdan primers and original brass. We also tried some loads with 3031 and the Lyman .446 bullet which were OK. But black powder is better - NOT Goex!

Good luck.

jn

Challenger, I would agree that it looks like parts were swapped. The checkering on the block is definitely not factory, and with the original parts, the hammer would not drag on the block. Remington set those things up loose so they wouldn't jam in action. The rest of the rifle looks really nice, pe...

The original Remington factory loads had a hollow base lubed bullet made of very soft lead. They were pretty accurate, when they went off, about 50% of he time IIRC. We got pretty decent accuracy out of all of our .43s. With our young eyes we could breaK dinner plates at 200 yards every time using t...

Dick and I will have to disagree on that one. I would not go so far as to say I was certain, but my own thought is that Touch the clouds COULD have very well ended up with a trophy like that. he was a member of the inner leadership circle and was particularly close to Crazy Horse. That, plus the gen...

Dig the hats! This photo of a group of Mexican Rurales supposedly dates from 1922. Based on the Charro outfits my guess is the picture was taken before the original Rurales were disbanded in 1914.

This came up on my facebook page today:; the man is supposedly Touch-the-clouds, a Minneconjou. Picture taken in 1877.

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The west was awash in guns after the Civil War.

jn

5 groove barrels ... hmm. That was what all the Argy #1`s out of the Ilion NY plant I've ever seen had on them. Could it be???

jn

The spent cartridges can't talk. To bad - some of them may have been fired from Comanche guns. The west was awash in guns after the Civil War, including Spencers, and the New Mexico Comancheros gladly sold arms and ammo to the Comanche. All they could get. As for the Army's Remingtons, they most lik...

The sights are worth what you paid for the whole rifle.

jn

The #5 can stand the pressures of smokeless cartridges and has a springy extractor that can slip over the rim of a rimless shell. They were made in a number of calibers including 30-40 Krag and I believe .35 Winchester. 45-70 would be no sweat and you could probably put more heat into the loads than...

The Great War was great for business, I'd say. Remington and Westinghouse made a pile while the men suffered in the trenches.

jn