Well thought I just had to share this one, while its not a Winchester, I wasn’t going to exactly turn down a free Single Shot Rifle. Even if its a parts gun, I never in my dreams thought I’d actually “Find a Gun” somewhere. Just doesn’t happen everyday.

Today while working on a remodel job in the attic mechanical chase space of a College campus auditorium building, I found this puppy leaned in the corner of the attic.

I don’t know a whole lot about Remington Rolling Blocks, but what I gather is that its the military style model #1 and appears to have the Danish crown on the left side of the receiver. It must have been used as a stage prop gun by the art department in the college’s auditorium. The building was built in 1963. So I’m guessing in the 60s or 70s someone in the art department used it for theater play production. It is missing the forearm, forearms bands, the extractor, the firing pin, and the hammer spring. The barrel has been plugged, either on purpose or by accident. Looks on purpose as both ends of the barrel are obstructed not far the way into the barrel. Also the obstruction appears to be made of lead. The barrel has a slight bend to it. The barrel doesn’t have any markings on it that I can find. So I’m assuming someone broke the forearm when they bent the barrel. It has a replacement receiver screw. The upper tang is marked Remingtons’ Ilion NY U.S.A. with the last patent date year of 1866. I pulled the buttstock and found the left side of the top and bottom tangs have mismatched numbers. The buttstock and butt plate doesn’t appear to have discernable markings.

I’m guessing its chambered for the .43 Danish or .43 Egyptian, which I don’t have either one of those cartridges, and a 45 Gov case won’t fit. I have a .43 Mauser case and it fits in the chamber but appears loose. 

Is there a fellow WACA member that is also a Rolling Block collector and can tell me anything more about it?

Sincerely,

Maverick