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The Remington is a single-action, six-shot, percussion revolver produced by E. Remington & Sons, Ilion, N.Y., based on the Fordyce Beals patent of September 14, 1858 (Patent 21,478). [2] The Remington Army revolver is large-framed revolver in .44 caliber with an 8-inch barrel length.
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.
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.
29 sty 2018 · In 1858, Remington and Beals raised the bar for .44-caliber handgun designs with the introduction of the Remington-Beals Army model, an immediate and successful rival to the Colt Dragoons and their comparatively outdated (in Beals’ opinion) construction.
The Model 1875 revolver was originally produced in one caliber, the now obsolete .44 Remington cartridge. Poor sales evidently prompted Remington to offer the revolver in the more popular .44-40 WCF and .45 Government calibers. The .45 Caliber revolver will accept either the .45 Colt or the .45 Government centerflre cartridge.
1858 Remingtons. The ruggedness of the solid frame and the ability to quickly change cylinders made the Remington Army a favorite of officers and infantry alike during the Civil War. More than 125,000 of these revolvers were produced by Remington. EMF offers this piece of history in your choice of brass, steel or stainless steel.
The one Old West sixgun I’ve never owned is Remington’s Model 1890. Many sources I’ve consulted say the Model 1890s were only made in .44-40s with 5 3/4″ barrels and to the tune of a couple thousand built.
