![]() In 1930, they introduced the 20-gauge Model 11. Circa 1927/8 they changed the safety from the lever inside the trigger guard to a crossbolt behind the trigger. In 1920 the company name changed again to Remington Arms Co., Inc. Shortly after that Rem-UMC began calling that gun the Model No. The company name was changed to Remington Arms - Union Metallic Cartridge Co. Browning designed, "Remington Autoloading Gun" in 1905. introduced their 12-gauge, five-shot, John M. Also probably an inspector's mark or two in that area. 30, 1919?!?ħ6033X Side - After WW-II, probably 1947.įor the guns made after 1921, you can look for a two- or three-letter date code on the left side of the barrel, usually between the front edge of the receiver and the choke marking. The factory ledger gives 199611 as the high number on Sept. It gives by month, the highest serial number receiver put into production, but doesn't tell when the gun was actually finished or when it was actually shipped/sold.ġ9705X Bottom - 1917 from James Tipton's list. His list is the best we have for the early guns, but on the Remington Society's web site is the old factory ledger from between the wars. web site, but unfortunately I didn't print off a copy. He actually improved the list for a later version of the article that was on the Remington Arms Co. What a treasure.There is an extrapolated serial number list in James Tipton's article on these guns that appeared in the 2nd Quarter 2000 issue of the RSA's magazine. Hope this helps in your search, and I agree that you have a great revolver, and to think that it has been in your family for so long. These features, combined with two different front sights, five different hammer types, two variations of barrel stamping, two types of triggers and trigger guards, with or without lanyard, and different milling of the frame can produce quite a variety of variations. The first made had no caliber markings, the first caliber marks appeared on the left grip, the second was stamped on the left frame in front of the cylinder, and the final marking was stamped on the left trigger guard bow. They were made in three different calibers. There are several variations of the 1875, depending on how they are categorized. Most batch numbered revolvers have serial numbers that are three digits or less, although there are exceptions. Unfortunately, we will never know how many batches of 1875s Remington produced. introduced the Model 1890, the caliber marking was changed to 44 WCF, for Winchester Center Fire. On the final version that was introduced about 1882, the caliber mark is now on the left rear of the trigger guard bow. Even later came the caliber marking on the frame between the barrel and cylinder again only 44. When Remington started numbering the 1875s in batches, this feature was carried over also, later batch numbered revolvers were stamped on the grip with 44 W, The W stood for Winchester and better identified the caliber. ![]() 44 Caliber revolvers, the latter was stamped on the left grip with a plain 44. Somewhere near the 14,000 serial number, Remington introduced the revolver in. a cartridge favored by the Egyptian Government they placed an order for 10,000. ![]() The first run of 1875s manufactured were numbered from 1 to about 16,000. The location of the caliber marking on the grip (44 for 44 WCF) and the pinched sight are from (approximately) 1878-1879. However, certain features of the revolver do give a clue to an estimated time of production. Because of duplicate numbering in subsequent batches, "serial" numbers alone are useless in dating production of the Remington Model 1875 Revolver. For want of a better definition, the number "202" is normally referred to as a batch number for the Model 1875.
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