The rifle will have new fitted wood (shotgun style) and a heavy profile barrel (34 inch) but haven't decided on octagon or round at this moment.Īny suggestions or favorites or perhaps a cartridge I haven't thought about. It has a bayonet lug on the right side of the barrel at the 3 oclock position. Civilian variants The success of the military contracts allowed Remington to use their extensive manufacturing facilities to cater for single shot rifles in the civilian market and their products provided competition for the likes of Sharps. The 1867 date on this Danish rifles receiver is clear. However, it would go on to see extensive military use throughout the later half of the 1800s. First designed by Joseph Rider in 1864, the original Rolling Block design was finalized too late to see action in the American Civil War. Most were in excellent to nearly unfired condition The cartridge is the 11.35x51R Danish its only rifle was the M1867 Remington rolling block. The Remington Rolling Block is a single-shot, breech-loading rifle that was produced by Remington. 45-70 GOVT PEDERSOLI NAVY ARMS REMINGTON ROLLING BLOCK Used. Thousands of rifles chambering it came into the U.S. 22LR 20 INCH ' BARREL Mechanicsville, VA 23116 Used 1,136.00 OTHER MODEL. Markings, features, finishes, fakes, rare specimens, and more. It is estimated that over one million rolling block military rifles were produced between 18. 22 LR REMINGTON 6 SINGLE SHOT ROLLING BLOCK RIFLE. Specifications-Year of Manufacture: 1880 Caliber: 11x41.5mmRF or 11. A fine rifle worthy of any Remington or Scandinavian collection.
Thereafter they were constructed under license in Copenhagen, Denmark, as this one was. I had a Rem RB in 50-90 Sharps at one time and wouldn't mind another one, family member fell in love with it and after a lot of begging pleading and monetary persuasion they took it home with them. The Model 1867 Remington rolling block rifle was the first metallic cartridge rifle to be adopted by Sweden. The first 30,000 Danish Rolling Blocks were Danish built on Remington made actions. Perhaps a 44-90 Remington Special or Sharps necked. I thought about the 45-100 Remington necked (front runner) (based on the 450 #2 NE) or 45-90/100 even the 120 (using FG and 600 + bullets) though I know they can be finnicky and can have fouling issues and brass get into the "You want what?" range. Contact Us Numrich Gun Parts Corporation 226 Williams Ln. This rifle is intended for long range shooting (1000 - 1500 yds longest range available to me) and will have a Soule sight and possibly optics at a later date. 1 & 1-1/2 Single Shot rifle parts and schematics with Numrich Gun Parts. The 45-70 is not a real option since I have an Marlin 1895CB and I want to eliminate any chance, that one of my heavy Moose/Bear loads getting into a BP action (300 Partition at 2200 fps/5 fps). I have an original 1867 Remington RB, that has a damaged barrel (deep gouges in the outer surface of the barrel) and since I do not want to sell it, I am looking at changing it into something I don't have.