Description
The classic book on the famed Remington rolling block family of military rifles is once again available in an expanded fourth edition.
This 4th edition includes newly discovered information and photographs of military rolling blocks which are extremely rare, and provides tips on identifying such scarce specimens.
Additionally, the inclusion of a recently uncovered shipment chart of Remington military rolling block rifles and carbines from 1888 through 1921 is listed.
Softcover, 11 x 8-1/2″, 148 pages, Illustrated.
The Table of Contents includes the following:
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword
- Prelude to Success
- Chapter 1 The No. 1 Rolling Block – the First of Many
- Chapter 2 The Remington No. 1 Rolling Block Rifle and the Foreign Export Trade
- Chapter 3 The Remington Rolling Block Rifle and the United States Military
- Chapter 4 The Smokeless Era and the Remington No. 5 Rolling Block
- Chapter 5 Cosmetic Details, Markings, and Variations of the Remington Military Rolling Block
- Chapter 6 Advertising Literature of the Remington Rolling Block
- Chapter 7 Down Memory Lane – Surplus Sales of the Rolling Block in the Twentieth Century
- Chapter 8 Shooting the Remington Rolling Block
- Chapter 9 The Future of Collecting the Remington Military Rolling Block
- Chapter 10 Miscellaneous Data of the Remington Military Rolling Block
- Chapter 11 Belgian Rolling Blocks by Francotte and Spanish Made Copies by Oviedo and Eibar
- Appendix