Antique Firearms 1849 -1899 A Four Decade Anthology: Volume III Remington Military Longarms And Bayonets Paperback – May 19, 2025

When young Eliphalet Remington, Jr., held his first rifle in his hands in 1816, he probably did not foresee the impact that he, along with his sons, would have on the American firearms industry. This was the era of the Industrial Revolution and he contributed to that revolution: his entrepreneurial skills would grow a company that started by making gun barrels in the back woods of New York into a thriving gunmaker by the Civil War. His namesake company, E. Remington & Sons, would become a major armory that provided weapons to the Union armies. More importantly, in the post-war years that armory would expand into a world class business, producing breechloading firearms and ammunition to arm countries around the world.Yet Eliphalet was not a firearms designer; he was a hard working visionary that saw the potential in other inventors — foremost among them midwesterner Joseph Rider — and brought them into his company. The factory at Ilion, New York, became a laboratory of innovation. After his death in 1862, his sons carried on that tradition through the 1880s. Then, under new leadership, the name Remington continued to be recognized as a foremost producer of arms and ammunition, both military and sporting, into the 21st Century.The stories told in this volume focus on some of the company’s military arms, especially the breechloaders of the 1865 to 1899 era. During this time the company would manufacture over a million Rider System “rolling block” rifles and carbines, and deliver them worldwide: from Mexico to Argentina, and from Europe to China. Even the Springfield Armory fabricated rolling block arms under license for the use of the U.S. Army and Navy.The 21 stories collected here add detail not otherwise found in general histories about this great American company. Included are histories of:U.S. Model 1841 RiflesThe development of “rolling block” designs by Joseph Rider, Leonard Geiger and othersRemington Model 1867 Navy CarbinesRemington’s various conversions of muzzle-loading muskets into breechloadersRemington’s foreign sales to various Central and South American countriesSpringfield Armory production of Remington “rolling block” rifles and carbinesUnique bayonets for Remington rifles Read more