Guns International #: 103379532
Seller's Inventory #: 259434

Category - Civil War Revolvers - Remington Revolvers - Antique

Category
Civil War Revolvers
Remington Revolvers - Antique

CIVIL WAR Era Antique REMINGTON “Improved” RIDER POCKET MODEL DA Revolver .32 Caliber RF Factory Conversion from Percussion

Description:
CIVIL WAR Era Antique REMINGTON “Improved” RIDER POCKET MODEL DA Revolver
 
.32 Caliber RF Factory Conversion from Percussion

Here Ancestry Guns presents a Civil War era Remington-Rider Pocket Model Double Action Revolver, made circa 1860-1873. Around 2,000 were manufactured originally as percussion revolvers between these years and then as factory “improved” cartridge version. This nickel plated revolver is a 5-shot, chambered for the .32 rimfire cartridge. The first ones produced in 1860 were black powder and had a “mushroom” cylinder for the percussion caps. Then, sometime around 1863, Remington took some of them in and converted them to cartridge. Remington’s new approach to the conversion of its percussion revolvers was considerably more diverse than Colt. Remington’s new conversions utilized a conversion method that made use of a two piece cylinder.

This required cutting off the back portion of the cylinder below the percussion nipples, drilling the chambers completely through and counter-boring the back of the cylinder to accommodate the cartridge rims. A cylinder cap, with ratchets to engage the hand and openings to allow the hammer to strike the cartridge rim, completed the conversion. Fortunately, the design of the Remington hammer required only slight modification in order to work with the two-piece cylinders, and it would still work with the percussion cylinder. By simply replacing the old cylinder, the gun could be used as a conventional cap-and-ball revolver, which proved fairly handy on the frontier where a box of cartridges couldn’t always be found!
The overall condition is fine. Much of the original nickel finish is preserved on the barrel and frame, with the cylinder neighboring a brown patina. Fine grips. Markings are legible. Numbers match. Strong action. The bore is in good shape for its age with serviceable rifling.

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

Barrel is 2 inches.

Caliber: .32 Rimfire

Overall condition as seen in photos.

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$1400

#259434
 

Antique: Yes

Price: $1,400.00
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