Remington- Rider ,32 rimfire
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bushpilotmexico
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Remington- Rider ,32 rimfire
Just added this to my collection, thinking it might have been manufactured in the late 1860s, definitely was percussion before conversion. Small crack in the left side cover plate but don't anticipate it as too serious.
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Re: Remington- Rider ,32 rimfire
I love this little gun which has been the first American double action revolver (except for the Allen Pepperboxes of course). My own one has been originally produced for metallic cartridges as there is no capping groove in the shield.
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Re: Remington- Rider ,32 rimfire
Got busy this afternoon and made the pistol a holster.
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Re: Remington- Rider ,32 rimfire
Hi Bush Pilot,
You have a nice Rider D/A Pocket Pistol. About 20,000 were made from 1859 to about 1873. Yours has the capping cutout, so it was made as a percussion revolver, and later converted to .32 rf short. Remington started making these as cartridge guns about 1869, and offered conversions for several years. That mean this gun was made between 1859 and 1969, so definitely made in the 1860s.
There is no way to tell if the gun was sent to Remington for conversion, or if it was in stock and converted. The serial appears to be 8951, and the number on the cylinder is 873, indicating that the cylinder may have been in a different gun.
This model would serve as the basis for Rider's New Model D/A Belt revolver in 1863.
Patbar is correct that this was the first, American made D/A revolver. Some Pepperbox pistols are D/A, but those are not revolvers.
While the holster looks nice, please do not keep the gun in the holster. The holster will cause wear to the finish, and the chemicals in the leather will also damage the finish.
Nice find,
Daniel
You have a nice Rider D/A Pocket Pistol. About 20,000 were made from 1859 to about 1873. Yours has the capping cutout, so it was made as a percussion revolver, and later converted to .32 rf short. Remington started making these as cartridge guns about 1869, and offered conversions for several years. That mean this gun was made between 1859 and 1969, so definitely made in the 1860s.
There is no way to tell if the gun was sent to Remington for conversion, or if it was in stock and converted. The serial appears to be 8951, and the number on the cylinder is 873, indicating that the cylinder may have been in a different gun.
This model would serve as the basis for Rider's New Model D/A Belt revolver in 1863.
Patbar is correct that this was the first, American made D/A revolver. Some Pepperbox pistols are D/A, but those are not revolvers.
While the holster looks nice, please do not keep the gun in the holster. The holster will cause wear to the finish, and the chemicals in the leather will also damage the finish.
Nice find,
Daniel