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Remington-Rider Double Action New Model Belt Revolver Large 1863-1873 .36 percussion and .38 RF: 5,500 (based on serial numbers) 6 1/2 inch octagon 1863-1865 some early guns had a fluted cylinder, rest were round, [13] conversions had two-piece cylinder New Model Police Revolver Medium 1865-1873 .36 percussion and .38 RF: 25,000 (estimated)
Remington introduced its first large-calibre centre-fire revolver in 1875, although many Model 1858 percussion revolvers had been converted to .44 Rimfire or .46 Rimfire cartridges, the latter with five-shot cylinders. The new Remington Model 1875 was initially produced in a cartridge of the company's own design, the .44 Remington Centerfire.
Rollin White (June 6, 1817 – March 22, 1892) was an American gunsmith who invented a single shot bored-through revolver cylinder that allowed paper cartridges to be loaded from the rear of a revolver's cylinder. Because the open breeches were unprotected from lateral fire, all charges would instantly explode in a chain fire.
Cylinder, at right center, removed from a Remington Model 1858 revolver. In firearms, the cylinder is the cylindrical, rotating part of a revolver containing multiple chambers, each of which is capable of holding a single cartridge. The cylinder rotates (revolves) around a central axis in the revolver's action to sequentially align each ...
A Remington Model 870 shotgun. Below is a list of firearms produced by the Remington Arms Company, [1] founded in 1816 as E. Remington and Sons. Following the breakup of Remington Outdoor Company in 2020, the Remington Firearms brand name operates under RemArms, LLC.
February 1868, in a deal with Remington Arms, Smith & Wesson allowed Remington to convert Remington Model 1858 [4] Percussion Cap revolvers into metallic cartridge .46 rimfire conversions using the Rollin White patent, against payment of a royalty fee.
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However, sales were disappointing, and Remington followed with two more improved models of the pistol, the last mounting an integral loading lever. Despite these improvements, the only real advantage of the Remington-Beals over well established Colt’s pocket revolvers was in its solid-frame design. So, in 1860 Remington ceased the production. [1]