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c1870 Antique E. REMINGTON & Sons .43 Spanish Centerfire ROLLING BLOCK Rifle Nice 19th Century INDIAN WARS Era Rifle
Guns International #: 101987173 Seller's Inventory #: 217477
Category: Remington Rifles - Antique - Remington Rifles
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Seller: AncestryGunsLLC
Company: Ancestry Guns LLC
Member Since: 11/3/16
State: Missouri
Zip: 65203
Country: United States
Phone: (314) 707-7373
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Description:
c1870 Antique E. REMINGTON & Sons .43 Spanish Centerfire ROLLING BLOCK Rifle
Nice 19th Century INDIAN WARS Era Rifle
Here we present an antique E. Remington & Sons Rolling Block Rifle, made circa the 1870s in Ilion, New York. Manufactured from 1866 to 1888, the Remington rolling-block cartridge rifle was so popular that more than half the world’s armies adopted it or purchased quantities for police or martial purposes. During the American Civil War, gunsmith Leonard M. Geiger designed the basic action, in which the shooter “rolled” the breechblock backward with the thumb and inserted a cartridge in the breech, before the block “rolled” forward, and the interlocking hammer cocked in one fluid motion. E. Remington & Sons, America’s oldest firearms manufacturer, took over Geiger’s patent and assigned one of its chief engineers, Joseph Rider, to make the necessary refinements. Rider brought the new action along, and with his 1864 and 1865 patents, put it in its nearly perfect final form.
The action on the Rolling Block was extremely strong and could easily withstand the increased pressure of the new smokeless powders coming into use by the late 1880s. The Remington Rolling Block had a sturdy, simple action that was relatively inexpensive, just what many governments wanted in the latter half of the 19th Century. They were popular with civilians as well. Along with the Sharps rifle it was one of two rifles probably used more than any other by the buffalo hunters who hunted the American bison herds in the 1870s and 1880s. Civilian Remington rolling block rifles, and later surplus military rifles, became very popular among hunters in Scandinavia, particularly for moose hunting, with ammunition for the rifles being commonly available on the civilian market into the 1920s-1930s.
The overall condition is very good. Strong case colors on the receiver and much of the blue finish on the barrel remains. Strong action. Excellent bore, bright and rifled. Solid stock with an average amount of wear (minor dents and dings). “1197” is marked on the right side of the receiver. Good leather sling.
Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.
Barrel is 35-1/4 inches.
Caliber: .43 Spanish
Overall condition as seen in photos.
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$1300
#217477
SOLD
Antique: Yes