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Currently US $237 First bid $125 Quantity 1 # of bids 3 Time left 14d 16h 9m 8s+ Started 2024-11-06 00:00:00 Ends 2024-12-05 17:00:00

Remington, Model: No.1 Rolling Block, Cal: .58, MFG: 1860's, S/N: None, Single shot rifle, 39'' barrel.

CONDITION: the straight wrist wood stock is good, with some nicks, dings, scratches & wear from use/age. The stock has darkened from oils & age. The metal is a mix of gun metal gray & spots of brown patina. The upper tang on thew wrist is marked ''REMINGTONS ILION N.Y. U.S.A.'', ''PAT. MAY 3D NOV. 15TH 1864. APRIL 17TH 1866''. The bore is very good. Its bright with thinned rifling & light roughness. The barrel holds a barleycorn front sight with a three position flip up U-notch rear sight. The stock carries a surplus springfield steel buttplate marked ''US'' on the upper tang. Buttplate has rust & roughness. Rifle has both sling loops. Antique No FFL Req.

HISTORY: This is a rolling block that was built with a surplus .58 caliber Springfield musket barrel. After the civil war there were many surplus muskets coming on the market since the military was switching to breech loading cartridge guns. Remington bought many of these rifles & used the barrels off of them on rolling block rifle to save costs. They would be chambered in either .58 Berdan or .58 Roberts. Many of the barrels were relined to .50 cal & chambered in .50-70 government but some were left unmodified like this rifle. Antique No FFL Req. - Value: 250 to 500

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Remington, Model: No.1 Rolling Block, Cal: .58, MFG: 1860's, S/... Item # 4332 Current bid: US $237   Bid increment: US $12 Your minimum bid or spread bid: (Minimum bid: $249) (Do not include a dollar sign in your bid amount)   Your bid is a contract - Place a bid only if you're serious about buying the item. If you are the winning bidder, you will enter into a legally binding contract to purchase the item from the seller.

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