![]() ![]() SN Stamps: F57478 on Rcvr Tang, E57178 on TG Tang. ![]() ![]() The length of the later 11mm cartridge was very close to the 45-70 though. Receiver: Original 1867 Receiver with straight ejector and screw locked firing pin in hammer. Meanwhile, back in the States, civilians were taking to the new Remington long arms. Those imported in the 1951-58 period which we commonly see, are the m67/96 which were advertised quite wrongly as "45-70" compatible which DOES work, but causes some heavy swelling in the web of the case with smokeless and blackpowder because of the 45-70's slightly undersize dimensions. During the 1867 Paris Exposition, the High Commission on Firearms called the Remington rolling block the finest rifle in the world and awarded it the silver medal (highest award) for mechanical excellence. If memory serves me right, a crown OR a 97 in the aforementioned area, supposedly distinguish these rifles. The older Remington made rifles were not intended to be used with this later cartridge because of age and quality of steels, and were relegated to the Jutland region coastal reserve artillery units or civilian shooting clubs to be used with blackpowder only. Danish made copies were said to be rechambered for an updated smokeless cartridge in this period which was reserved for those rifles made in Denmark by the kjobenhavn Toihuus or Copenhagen Arsenal due to their finer quality steels. 11.7 X 51.6mm Danish issue model 1867 Remington rolling block centre fire / rim fire service rifle. if t does have this, it may well have been rebarreled and was renamed the Model 1867/97 and intended strictly for blackpowder cartridges only in the 1890s. AN2330: Danish issue model 1867 Remington rolling block service rifle. Check between your receiver ring and the rear sight for s crown. It does appear to be one of the original 42,000 rifles of the original Danish contract. ![]()
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