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If you are interested in Remington NMA conversiona you need to get a copy of "Remington Large-Bore Conversion Revolvers" by Roger Phillips. Unfortunately only 250 copies were printed and they are a little pricy.

Bill

Hi Mark, There are no U.S. markings on New Model Army or Navy revolvers like there are on the Colt revolvers. Usually there are several small letters on various parts which are inspection marks. The cartouche on the left grip indicates the revolver has been accepted by the Ordnance Department. It ...

Hello Ty. A little more information about the revolver characteristics, (e.g. type of front sight, barrel address, caliber of the revolver, caliber mark if it has one, type of hammer and firing pin, does it have an early or late trigger, the presence of a frame rebate and or bevels and the presence ...

Hello, If your revolver has a cartouche on the left grip and small letters stamped on various parts it would have been accepted by the Ordnance Department in July of 1864. Whether it was issued to a unit is another story. Revolver serial number 88268 and revolver serial number 89557 were both issued ...

Hello, I believe you have a Model 1888 revolver. A very early 1875 would have a long barrel with a pinched front sight, a flat top hammer with a rectangular firing pin, no frame rebate or bevels, a lanyard post and ring, a barrel address which read from frame to muzzle and would be chambered in .44 ...

Hi Oliver, In the book, U.S.Military Arms Inspector Marks, Daum and Pate state the JWK cartouche is that of John W Keene. They reference two Remington New Model Army revolvers serial numbers 139807 and 140438 that Keene inspected. They go on to say John W Keely was a Navy Lieutenant and his service ...

Roger, Please do not make the assumption the three revolvers you are looking at were not used in the Civil War. The Ordnance Department did not have a First in First out inventory system so just because the closest revolvers on the Springfield list were issued late in the war does not mean the three ...

Hello Hunter,
Welcome to the Remington Society Forum. Just to add some information to what Jim wrote. The Ordnance Department purchased approximately 122,000 Remington revolvers during the Civil War. The serial numbers ranged from 1 to 148,550. There were some civilian purchases along with the ...

Hello Grainger2,
Your revolver was accepted by the Ordnance Department in August of 1864. The letter stamps are inspection marks and are different because there were multiple inspectors inspecting parts. The BH cartouche is that of Benjamin Hannis who inspected New Model Armies at the Remington ...

Hello GreyGus,
The barrel address on your revolver should have a “E” before Remington in the second line. It may have been removed when the revolver was refinished. The dovetailed front sight was used on the Elliot or Old Model revolvers and was carried over to the early New Models to use up ...

Hello LongueCarbine,
There are two main reasons for mixed serial numbers on Remington revolvers. One is a factory error when applying the serial numbers because the digits were stamped one at a time and sometimes a digit was transposed or not stamped at all. The second reason is Remington’s policy ...

Hello bczrx,
Your revolver was manufactured in November of 1864. If it has small letters on various metal parts and a cartouche on the left grip it was accepted by the Ordnance Department and most likely shipped that month. Unfortunately there are no records to which person or unit the revolvers ...

Yes, I have a NMA conversion to 45LC which was done by Frank Osgood in 1908. It only has a five shot cylinder much like the 46RF Remington conversions.

Bill

Ob,
Thanks for the additional pictures. Your revolver is the first one I have seen with the batch number on the cylinder. It may have been placed there when the gun was taken apart to mill the frame bevels. The bevel shown in the picture with the number “8” on the frame is about twice as thick as ...

Hello ob98,
The 8 on the left side of the frame looks to me like it might be a rack number. I have never seen one on the side of the frame like that, however I have seen a couple of 1875’s with a rack number on the bottom of the frame.
I do not believe the 152 on the back of the cylinder is a ...