Remington Naval Model 1865 Pistol
date: label: date made
content: ca 1866
name: label: unknown
content: United States Navy
label: maker
content: Remington Arms Company
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description:
label: Description
content: This .50 caliber smoothbore single shot rimfire pistol was made by Remington Arms Company. It has a rolling block breech, a spur type trigger, and walnut grips and forend.
label: Description
content: There is an anchor stamp on the barrel. On the side is “P./F.C.W”. The side plate is stamped “REMINGTONS ILION N.Y. U.S.A/PAT MAY 39 NOV 15TH 1864 April 17TH 1866”.
label: Description
content: History:
label: Description
content: The Remington Arms Company was established by Eliphalet Remington in 1816 when he purchased land at Steele’s Creek in New York. That same year, Eliphalet’s son produced the company’s first rifle. The Company stayed at that location until 1831 when it began expanding its business.
label: Description
content: Many different pistols and rifles made Remington famous. The rolling block pistol was one of them. It was developed from the split breech carbine invented by Leonard Geiger. Remington Chief Designer Joseph Rider modified Geiger’s model to create the Rolling Block in 1866.
label: Description
content: The rolling block pistol was easy to use, reliable and accurate. Cock the hammer and slide the breech back for easy cartridge insertion. Then move the block forward. When the trigger is pulled, a projection rolls under the breech.
label: Description
content: There were five models made of the rolling block design. This is the first model of Remington Rolling Block pistols.
label: Description
content: References:
label: Description
content: Flayderman, Norm. Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms…and their Values, Gun Digest Books, Iola, 2007. 9th edition.
label: Description
content: Gardner, Robert E. Col. Small Arms Makers: A Directory of Fabricators of Firearms, Edged Weapons, Crossbows and Polearms, Crown Publishers Inc, New York: 1963, p. 159.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Ilion
label: associated place
content: United States
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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content: The Bitter Collection of Firearms
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Adriana and Edwin W. Bitter Family Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0748.03
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0748.03
label: accession number
content: 1989.0748
label: serial number
content: 3181
label: collector/donor number
content: P102
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pistol
label: Object Name
content: pistol, rolling block
label: Other Terms
content: pistol; Firearms; Caliber .50; Rim Fire
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 33.35 cm; 13 1/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/8 in x 13 1/4 in x 5 7/8 in; 3.4925 cm x 33.655 cm x 14.9225 cm