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REMINGTON'S, ILION., CIRCA 1866
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A RARE U.S. 11mm REMINGTON TYPE II SINGLE-SHOT BREECH-LOADING CARBINE
REMINGTON'S, ILION., CIRCA 1866
With 30 in. (76 cm.) sighted barrel, barrel-band with front sling mount, butt-plate marked 'US', Liège proof; together with AN AMERICAN 11mm ROLLING-BLOCK SERVICE RIFLE, BY REMINGTON'S, ILION., CIRCA 1870, with 36 3/8 in. (92.5 cm.) barrel, and walnut three-quarter stock with inspectors mark 'H.B.H.' on the left side of the grip; and A U.S. .50 (CENTRE-FIRE SPENCER CARBINE) 'MODEL 1865' REPEATING SERVICE CARBINE, BY BURNSIDE RIFLE CO., PROVIDENCE, SERIAL NO. 20764, DATED '1865', with 33 ¼ in. (84.5 cm.) saddle-bar and ring
Large numbers of the Remington breech-loading carbine, the forerunner to the famed Rolling-Block, were repurchased by Remington's from the U.S. government and sold to France for use during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71
REMINGTON'S, ILION., CIRCA 1866
With 30 in. (76 cm.) sighted barrel, barrel-band with front sling mount, butt-plate marked 'US', Liège proof; together with AN AMERICAN 11mm ROLLING-BLOCK SERVICE RIFLE, BY REMINGTON'S, ILION., CIRCA 1870, with 36 3/8 in. (92.5 cm.) barrel, and walnut three-quarter stock with inspectors mark 'H.B.H.' on the left side of the grip; and A U.S. .50 (CENTRE-FIRE SPENCER CARBINE) 'MODEL 1865' REPEATING SERVICE CARBINE, BY BURNSIDE RIFLE CO., PROVIDENCE, SERIAL NO. 20764, DATED '1865', with 33 ¼ in. (84.5 cm.) saddle-bar and ring
Large numbers of the Remington breech-loading carbine, the forerunner to the famed Rolling-Block, were repurchased by Remington's from the U.S. government and sold to France for use during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71
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