M1867 remington rolling block rifle update#

45-70 will function but will expand at the base and may over crimp at the neck, not safe conditions. Centerfire converted rifles chamber a cartridge near to the US Govt.45-70, the 11.7x51R, a bit shorter and a bit larger. The right receiver wall is generally bare and the upper tang is marked Kjobenhavns Toihuus 18xx (Copenhagen Arsenal date of manufacture). Left receiver flat is stamped with a Crown over the royal cypher over the marks M-1867. ДISTINGUISHING CHARECTERISTICS: Have we mentioned the long backsight leaf? At 3 1/4 inches it's quite long :). PHOTO: The rifle shown is a M1867/96 Danish Remington Rolling Block, having been converted to centerfire and having the extraordinarily long backsight leaf. After World War II a large quantity were sold surplus back to the US where these type first entered civilian hands, being misleadingly sold in large quantity as. At that time a new much longer rear ladder sight was also fitted to the rifles. In 1896 they were withdrawn from infantry service, converted to centerfire cartridge and issued to coast and fortress artillerymen.

M1867 remington rolling block rifle update#

However, with the adoption of the 8mm M1889 Krag-Jorgensen the need to update or abandon the Remington became acute. The Danish model first utilized a rimfire cartridge and that stayed in service well into the smokeless era. GENERALLY: The Danes elected to license the Remington design for manufacture in Denmark at the Copenhagen arsenal, which they did in fairly large quantity.