Guns International #: 103368355
Seller's Inventory #: 259335

Category - Remington Revolvers - Antique - Antique Revolvers - Cartridge

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Remington Revolvers - Antique
Antique Revolvers - Cartridge

1870s ENGRAVED Antique REMINGTON .38 RF Cartridge Conversion New Model NAVY Remington New Model NAVY REVOLVER in .38 Rimfire

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1870s ENGRAVED Antique REMINGTON .38 RF Cartridge Conversion New Model NAVY

Remington New Model NAVY REVOLVER in .38 Rimfire

Here Ancestry Guns presents an antique U.S. Remington New Model Navy Cartridge Conversion Revolver, made circa 1863 to 1878 in Ilion, New York. About 28,000 New Model Navy revolvers were converted/made, some of them leaving the Remington factory in this configuration. These revolvers were converted from percussion to utilize .38 Rimfire cartridges, making these very desirable in the budding metallic cartridge revolver market. Smith & Wesson’s infamous Rollin White Patent was just expiring. The U.S. Navy even experimented with a small contract of these revolvers in this configuration, with a loading gate and ejector rod built in. These Navy models were fitted with hinged and latched loading gates, and nearly all came with ejector assemblies. These revolvers sold for a whopping $9.00.

With the end of the Civil War, the U.S. military found itself in possession of hundreds of thousands of percussion revolvers that it no longer needed, and almost immediately started the process of selling off nearly all of the “secondary” percussion revolvers, which were those not produced by Colt or Remington. The Ordnance Department also realized that the day of the percussion revolver was over, and that metallic cartridges had made percussion arms obsolete. Remington would continue to pay this royalty until the expiration of White’s patent protection in April of the following year. During that time, Remington would produce 4,574 cartridge revolvers with bored through cylinders, getting a jump on Colt in the cartridge revolver market. It is possible that this example is a factory original cartridge gun. It is marked with the conversion assembly number “631”.

The overall condition is fine. Some original finish is preserved on the barrel and frame, with much remaining on the cylinder. Shiny bright bore retain sharp rifling. Crisp markings. Both grips are solid with are average amount of handling. Matching visible numbers. Here is a very scarce and desirable factory cartridge conversion of Remington’s New Model Navy!

Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.

Barrel is 7-3/8 inches.

Caliber: .38 Rimfire

Overall condition as seen in photos.

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$2800

#259335
 

Antique: Yes

Price: $2,800.00
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