Collection Highlights
Receipted bill, John Vernon to Benjamin White
Date:
1794
Object Number:
MSS.3
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Remington New York State Contract Rolling Block Military Rifle
Object Number:
1951.408
Date:
1872
Medium:
Wood, steel, iron, silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 52 1/8 in. ( 132.4 cm )
Part (barrel): 36 in. (91.4 cm)
Marks:
stamped: barrel bands, left frame: "B"; barrel breech: "P"; "S"
stamped: barrel tang: "REMINGTON'S ILION, N.Y. U.S.A./PAT. MAY 3D. NOV. 15TH 1864, APRIL 17TH 1866/AUG 27TH 1867, NOV 7TH 1871"
incised: buttstock: "71"
stamped: wrist: "H.B.H." (inside ba
Description:
Wood, steel, iron, and silver rifle; iron furniture; steel ramrod with knotted and slurled head; silver oval with foliate engraving mounted on right buttstock; stamped marks on barrel tang, barrel bands, breech end of barrel, and frame; stamped cartouche inside banner on left side of stock at wrist; incised number on top of buttstock.
Gallery Label:
Developed in the late 1860's by Joseph Rider, Remington rolling blocks were among the breech-loading rifles and carbines that replaced the muzzle-loading firearms that had been used during the Civil War, and became the standard American weapons of the postwar years. About 15,000 contract rifles were made in 1872 by Remington for the New York National Guard.
Credit Line:
Gift of the 7th Regiment, National Guard New York
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
