Marcot also spent hundreds of hours over the past eighteen years combing through the Remington company archives drawing material from original surviving production, sales and shipping records.Ī leather-bound, slip-cased deluxe edition is also available. Countless trips were made by the author to museums and private gun collections throughout the United States and Great Britain. place made United States Measurements overall, rifle: 45 in x 1 3/4 in 114.3 cm x 4. Research on this epic study of one of America s most famous hunting and sporting rifle began twenty-three years ago. rifle rifle, rolling block Other Terms rifle Firearms Center Fire 8 Mm Rifled 09 Sa maker Remington Arms Company, Inc. book sets a new standard that all future arms books will be held to. Norm Flayderman, the noted antique arms authority in writing the Foreword to this book, said, the quality of the photography in this. The United States military evaluated them but chose the trapdoor Springfield instead, although there were military pattern rolling-block rifles produced in. France (along with dozens of other nations) had issued Remington Rolling Block rifles in the late 1800s, when the RRB was one of the most prolific military rifles on the planet. An American designed the action, and Remington had the patent. Besides the quality of the text and photography, what sets this book apart is the 12 x 10 inch layout of text and photographs in a series of flowing matrixes designed by well-known graphic artist, Ron Paxton. The primary rifle of the French army at this time was the M1886 R93 Lebel, which was a reasonably expensive and time-consuming weapon to produce. The No.1 expanded section includes full chapters on the development of the rolling block system, early sporting rifles, engraved and embellished rifles, Creedmoor Long Range rifles, Mid-Range and Short Range rifles, Schuetzen rifles, Bench Rest rifles, and Buffalo rifles.Įvery model is described in great detail, with over 250 comprehensive color photographs of all important aspects of each rifle. Individual chapters describe in detail the Remington No.1, No.1 1/2, No.2, No.4, No.5 and No.7 rolling block firearms. This new 330-page hardbound book is printed in full color. Roy Marcot's long-awaited book on one of America s most famous hunting and sporting rifles is now available.

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