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How Often Are "Remington" Marked Barrels Seen On Completed Percussion Rifles?

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victorio1sw

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This rifle has a 34" octagon barrel that is 1" across the flats. Rear of barrel is stamped "Remington". Rifled bore measures 0.365" land to land. Lock is marked "Warren & Steele, Albany". Fancy DST's. Brass buttplate, toe plate, patchbox, trigger guard, and rear thimble are scroll engraved. That rear brass thimble has been hit by a returning ramrod so many times that the front portion is gone. Patchbox is hinged downward. The left cheek piece is inlaid with a German silver hog, and the barrel key escutcheon is also German silver. Fore end cap is pewter. Barrel rib includes two steel thimbles. The 5/16" ramrod is missing, but it will "tag bottom" inside the stock at a point even with the breach plug.

The breach plug tang at one time was equipped with a screwed-in peep sight. Both barrel sights are incorrect replacements.

This gun needs some work to restore to original appearance.

Can anyone out there show pictures of other Remington rifles?
 

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As Rich said, during the 2nd quarter of the 19th century, Remington & Sons were primarily a barrel manufacture. Towards the middle of the century, they started making military long arms, but they don't seem to have made muzzleloader rifles for the civilian market.

Their barrels received widespread distribution and Charles Hanson in The Plains Rifle included a phrase common in the collecting circles of the 1950s and 1960s, namely, "Backwoods gunsmiths seem eventually to have settled upon a regular component list for their rifles: barrel by Remington, lock by Golcher, and fittings by Tryon." This seemed to sum up how frequently collectors encountered rifles made with these components.

Your rifle is likely a target rifle of post-1850 manufacture. More knowledgeable people may recognize the area it was made by the unique style of trigger guard, stock architecture, and decoration, but I would guess New York or a New England state.
 
Warren & Steele, Albany, the manufacturer, is on the web. Google the name and you'll see examples of their work and the distinctive trigger guard.

Yes, I have seen the Warren & Steele enterprise as listed in several books on early gun makers. I had assumed that Warren & Steele actually made (assembled) this rifle, unless Warren & Steele also sold their locks to other gunsmiths.

Thanks for your reply.
 
As Rich said, during the 2nd quarter of the 19th century, Remington & Sons were primarily a barrel manufacture. Towards the middle of the century, they started making military long arms, but they don't seem to have made muzzleloader rifles for the civilian market.

Their barrels received widespread distribution and Charles Hanson in The Plains Rifle included a phrase common in the collecting circles of the 1950s and 1960s, namely, "Backwoods gunsmiths seem eventually to have settled upon a regular component list for their rifles: barrel by Remington, lock by Golcher, and fittings by Tryon." This seemed to sum up how frequently collectors encountered rifles made with these components.

Your rifle is likely a target rifle of post-1850 manufacture. More knowledgeable people may recognize the area it was made by the unique style of trigger guard, stock architecture, and decoration, but I would guess New York or a New England state.

Thanks for your reply with this information. I know that Remington celebrated their 200th anniversary recently, and this legacy mostly began with barrel manufacture.
 
I have a percussion rifle with a Remington barrel that I assume was made in the 1850s.
It is the only Remington barrel I have seen. However, it's possible that many of them have
the Remington name on the bottom of the barrel so it can't be seen.
 
I have a percussion rifle with a Remington barrel that I assume was made in the 1850s.
It is the only Remington barrel I have seen. However, it's possible that many of them have the Remington name on the bottom of the barrel so it can't be seen.
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Thanks for your reply.

I had heard that many times "Remington" was on the bottom of the barrel. I guess it depended on whether the actual rifle maker thought that the Remington name would add value and appeal to his rifle.

When I built a 50 caliber Hawken rifle in 1966, I turned "Douglass" to the bottom of that octagon barrel. Same reasoning.

Can you add some pictures of your rifle with the Remington barrel? I have about 100 antique gun books, but was amazed to find so few pictures of rifles with Remington barrels (Flint or percussion).
 
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