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The Remington 1911 R1 is a semi-automatic pistol modeled after the classic Colt 1911 which has served the US armed forces for over 100 years. Like the Colt 1911, the Remington 1911 is single action only, and has a grip safety and a manually operated thumb safety ; it also has a Colt Series 80 style firing pin safety .
Remington Conversion cal .46 RF Remington Conversion, Rollin White Patent In 1868, Remington began offering five-shot metallic cartridge conversions of the revolver in .46 rimfire . Remington paid a royalty fee to Smith & Wesson , owners of the Rollin White patent (#12,648, April 3, 1855) on bored-through revolver cylinders for metallic ...
At the end of the 20th century, the most widely adopted method of loading and unloading a revolver is the swing-out cylinder, invented by several people in early 1860s, not counting Daniel S. Moore's swinging barrel and cylinder assembly [12] in 1860, [13] amongst them were Charles W. Hopkins in 1862, [14] and Benjamin F. Joslyn in 1863, [15 ...
Remington 1911 R1: Remington Arms.45 ACP United States: 2010 Remington Model 51: Remington Arms.32 ACP.380 ACP United States: 1917 Remington R51: Remington Arms: 9×19mm Parabellum United States: 2014 Remington Rider Single Shot Pistol: E. Remington and Sons: 4.3mm United States: 1860 Remington XP-100: Remington Arms Company.221 Remington ...
The Model 8 didn't sell overly well and Remington felt that a manually operated gun would sell better. Since Winchester had a near lock on the lever-action market, Remington chose a sleek-packaged pump action along with the same four calibers introduced with the Model 8 rifle. The Model 14's design incorporated several innovative concepts.
Remington Model 1875 Single Action Army (a.k.a. Improved Army or Frontier Army) [2] was a revolver by E. Remington & Sons. It was based upon the successful New Model Army ( Remington Model 1858 ) with both revolvers having the same size, appearance, and the removable cylinder.
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.
The Remington Model 30 is a US sporting rifle of the inter-war period based on the military P14/M1917 Enfield rifle action, which was manufactured for the British and US governments during World War I. [4] [5] Initial specimens used surplus military parts with some modifications in order to consume the stock of parts, though further modifications were made as production progressed and later ...