After today's ram bash match I went to a nearby gun shop to get a pound of unique. The next thing I know I'm looking a 6 different rolling block rifles a Danish in .45 Danish, a Springfield 1871 .50-70, and Remington's in .43 Egyptian w/bayonet & scabbard,a .43 Argentine w/bayonet & scabbard,.43 Spanish and then a tin plated one in .50-70. Well I have wanted something in .50-70 for a while and keep missing out on Shiloh's so I started looking at the two .50's the Springfield was in bad shape with a pitted bore and the left side of the butt stock had been charred. So I started looking over the Remington in .50-70 upon examination it has a mint bore, rack numbers on the side of the butt and butt plate, and the rifle looks like it was built with all metal parts tin plated. Some of the plating has come off over the decades since it was built but underneath its either the original steel or steel thats turning to patina and the wood just needs a good scrubbing with furniture polish. Now I have to figure out exactly what I got. I'm thinking it's some sort of navy cadet rifle because of the tin finish,rack numbers & barrel length. Here's a description of what Followed me home.
Remington #1 military model rolling block rifle (Navy model?)
.50-70 Govt caliber
32 5/8" barrel length
Tinned finish on all metal parts
I can't find a blessed thing out about it so I'm hoping someone in our collective can tell me what neat rifle I just got.
Thanks all