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Remington rolling block
hunter.b
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I have acquired an Old Remington Rolling block action from an estate sale. I have two questions: what is something like this worth ( not that great of condition, but can be worked on by a gunsmith ), and since it has a serial# am I able to ship to someones home address or does it need to be shipped to a FFL dealer?
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What it is:
When it was made:
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The gun was covered in a light surface rust. I took it home and cleaned on it for a few days and was suprised on how tight and smooth the hammer and trigger were. But it looked very old.
It has a Republic of Mexico seal on top of the reciever. Being unfamiliar with these types of rifles I called Remington...and, after several days of calling I finally got hold of their rifle historian. She asked lots of questions about markings and such and told me that it was a Type 1 rolling block, sn 2777, 1870's vintage. It had a 7mm barrel on it to which she said it had been rebarreled in the late 1890's (probably) to fire the newer and more powerful smokeless powder
rounds.
Are these guns worth anything?
My WAG is that you have a sporterized version of the above. If you can prove that Remington sporterized it. Rather than an aftermarket gunsmith. Likely it would be a very big buck collectors item.
Slug the bore and do a chamber cast if you do not know.
It might be a shotgun conversion.
50 cal of some sort and is rifled. On the small frame. When you take the stock off ser# 54.
You need a hands on, with a pro Remington collector. Who specializes in R-B's.
In the 1870's, when the Army went to the T-D in 45-70. All the old obsolete guns. In weird calibers, were dumped on the surplus market for chump change. Going to be rough to prove, that Remington sporterized your RB. Instead of the much more likely, local gunsmith.