Remington 1861 Army Nickel Plated w shoulder stock

1950indianchief

Does anyone know if the Remington factory finished the first version of the 1861 Army in nickel plating? The grips are original and not stamped with any military marks. This leads me to believe after the army forced the factory to change the design it's probable that any guns not delivered to the army were sold to the public with the possibility of a special nickel finish. The pistol also comes with what appears to be an original steel rod shoulder stock, it fastens to the back/strap and grip/frame bottom with two strong screw type bolts. It's not a backyard/barn type of addition as there's a pin inserted into the bottom of the grip frame adjacent to the screw to help stabilize the stock. Here's a thread to a few pictures I took, they're not very good but if you're interested in helping research drop me an email and I'll take some more photos. Thanks Steve

http://www.hunt101.com/forum/showthread.php?p=457#post457

rufe-snow

Here are instructions for posting photos to the forum.

http://forums.gunbroker.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=259294


As these revolvers were produced for only a short period of time during the American Civil War, (circa 1862). Nickel plating didn't become a common finish for firearms until the late 1860's, it's very doubtful that the finish is factory original.

rufe-snow

Can't see the photos, because of this error message.


http://www.hunt101.com/forum/attachment.php?s=555baac1c7d6d3313a2a20a4c6db7847&attachmentid=145&d=1235688781

1950indianchief

Don't know what to tell you about the error message, but if I click on the link it pops right up for me. Try to copy and paste, if not try in mozilla firefox. Steve

Spider7115

quote:Originally posted by 1950indianchief
Don't know what to tell you about the error message, but if I click on the link it pops right up for me. Try to copy and paste, if not try in mozilla firefox. Steve


Your link requires a login. You need to make your album public.

Spider7115

perry shooter

Thanks spider 1950 I Chief if you get some pictures of the sides of the frame and any markings on the barrel at the same close-up of the stock attachments we may be able to to tell if it has original finish or buffed and then plated. Dont try to get the whole pistol in one shot it will not be detailed enough. Just any part that has a roll stamp of serial number or letters.