Remington Breech Loading Carbine
date: label: date made
content: 1864
label: associated date
content: 1864
name: label: patentee
content: Rider, Joseph
label: patentee
content: Geiger, Leonard M.
label: maker
content: Remington Arms Company, Inc.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This second type Remington Breech Loading Carbine features Remington's famous rolling block action. It fired a .50 caliber metal rimfire cartridge and was the last type of firearm purchased by the Union government during the Civil War. Approximately 5,000 .46 caliber Type I carbines were delivered in 1864 and 1865. The first .50 caliber Type II carbines were not delivered until September 1865. The U.S. government sold the bulk of these carbines back to Remington in 1870 who sold them to France for the Franco-Prussian War.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
topic: label: Subject
content: Firearms
label: related event
content: Civil War
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Civil War
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content: Military
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: War Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.247495
label: catalog number
content: 247495
label: accession number
content: 47226
objectType: label: Object Name
content: carbine
label: Object Name
content: carbine, split breech, rimfire
label: Other Terms
content: carbine; Firearms; Rim Fire; .50 In; Rifled; 09; Sa
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall, carbine: 34 in x 1 3/4 in; 86.36 cm x 4.445 cm