Remington New Model Army 1863 serial numbers

Farmer Brown

March 24, 2017 20:28

Does anyone have the serial number range of these pistols issued to the 5th Illinois Cavalry Company A?
Thanks.

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  Henry0Reilly

  March 25, 2017 03:14

  Still looking but not hopeful on finding it. Here's a link to the members of that unit which might help?
  
  http://civilwar.illinoisgenweb.org/acm/cav005-a.html
  
  
  Here's a little more info but still no serial numbers:
  
  Produced from 1863-1875 the New model army came in .44 caliber and 8 inch barrel. The navy version was .36 caliber and a 7 3/8 inch barrel. A new front blade sight was added to the army version,the navy version kept the older german silver cone front sight. The New Model Army replaced the easy cylinder removing feature at the request of the Army. Remington now added a low spur trigger. The loading lever was now a large web design. The cylinder pin had 2 ears as did the previous Old model army. More than 130,000 pieces of this Model were purchased from 1863 to 1875.

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  Henry0Reilly

  March 26, 2017 03:03

  I linked this thread over on General Discussion and got a few replies you might like to see. drobs posted these links:
  
  http://www.icollector.com/5th-Ill-Volunteer-Cavalry-Remington-1858-Army-Revolver_i16268946
  
  http://www.remingtonsociety.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=23152

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