The Remingtons continued to invest in Rider's work, and met with Ordnance Department officials in the hope of interesting them in this new design. In 1865, he was issued the first patent for what would evolve into the Remington rolling block action. Civil War, Joseph Rider experimented with several breech loading weapon designs. Ready to restore or display as is!ĭuring the U.S. This is a very interesting and excellent example of the Model 1871, with some great research potential. There are some chips and small dents in places, but it is overall very nice, especially considering the age. The stock shows significant age, and we have not restored it, instead leaving it with a lovely worn patina. There is a bit of oxidation in areas, but nothing major. The bore is in very good condition, with clear lands and grooves, and a mostly bright finish. However there is no major rust on the exterior, and it is definitely solid, with a strong action. These were originally bright steel, and this has now faded to a peppered patina in places, with overall staining. Most of the components are marked with inspector letters as well, all of which makes this an excellent research opportunity.Ĭondition of the rifle is quite good, but does show a long service life. Underneath it is marked 3K13 by the trigger guard. There are faded inspection cartouches on both sides of the butt stock where it meets the receiver It also is marked with 36 on the top of the stock comb and the left side of the stock. It has the correct full length military style fore stock, with three retaining bands with a cleaning rod and the standard military stock. The top tang has the standard three line markings. It is very similar to the Springfield M1871 Licensed design. It also features a patented half cock hammer safety, which requires the hammer to be fully cocked again after loading a cartridge and closing the breechblock. It uses the standard Remington M1871 military round top rolling block action with a 36 inch round barrel in. These can be distinguished by the high hammer spur and the thumb lever for the breechblock that protrudes to the right instead of up. The state of New York purchased about 15,000 rolling block rifles from Remington in the 1870's.
Further research showed that this is in fact part of a contract supplied directly from Remington to New York for their Militia, a far more desirable item. 50 caliber, and it lacked any type of Egyptian markings. However, measuring the bore confirmed it was in. Initially, we thought it that it was the usual Egyptian Contract rifles that are seen in. We just received this lovely Remington Rolling Block Rifle, along with about 200 other guns, from a collection that sat in an attic for close to 100 years.
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