1873 remington rollingblock 16ga shotgun
the barrel appears to be armour steel very good shape 26in ,the only markings on the barrel is the letter B on side of barrel just in front of reciever,did remington make rolling block shotguns or is this some conversion?any history or value would be apreciated,I was told it was called a (foragier model) thank-you,fight crime shoot back,God bless America
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Yes, Remington made Rolling Block shotguns. They are pictured in their catalogs from the 1880's/1890's. However, MANY Rolling Blocks have been modified/pieced together over the years so we can't say for certain that yours is original. Even Remington used old/obsolete parts in some of their RB shotguns.
I do know that on RB sporting rifles the barrel will have a matching serial number on the bottom (under the forearm). But I've never taken apart a RB shotgun so I don't know if it should have a # or not. On the couple of RB shotguns I've held, they both had a groove in the top of the receiver to allow seeing the front sight bead, however I don't know if this is true of all RB shotguns.
Roy Marcot has written a new book on Rolling Blocks which includes shotguns, but I don't have it. You can check the chapter on Remington in Flayderman's Guide for assistance on values.
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