![]() ![]() ![]() There is a NY gun on GunsAmerica for $750, but assorted foreign contract rolling blocks start at $365 in their ads. It will take close inspection by a knowledgeable person to ID the actual model and caliber. What is the barrel length? A NY rifle would be 36", most others are 39", but vary down to 32". This rifle has an octagon barrel between the rear sight and the receiver. But that is a big IF, there were only 15,000 sold to NY out of over a million worldwide.Īre there any other markings on the gun? US military rifles usually have an inspector's stamp on the stock, usually on the left side of the grip area. Marked on the rifle is: REMINGTON & SONS, ILION N.Y., U.S.A. 50-70, same as an 1870 Springfield Trapdoor. If the "US" bayonet frog is original to the gun, it might be a New York National Guard rifle of 1872. The companys primary duty was in Elmira, NY to guard rebel prisoners at Camp Chemung from November 1864 to June 1865. The dates are patent dates and say nothing about the actual time of manufacture, except that it was sometime after the latest patent. They made over a million of those for sale to many different armies in their own calibers. ![]() Certainly a Remington Rolling Block No 1 military model. ![]()
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