These would have all had various markings added and different types of sights as required by their contracts. It could just as easily have been intended for another Military Contract but its not Spanish, Argentinian, Danish, Swedish or U.S. If this is an example of the Egyptian Contract, it stayed in a reference collection here in the United States, and never had any Egyptian markings added. No Egyptian gun ever looked like this condition we have ever seen and we bought 5,000 units from the Ministry of the Interior in Cairo in 1976. 43 caliber, perhaps even the Egyptian 1869 Contract but this gun NEVER SAW EGYPT! There are no other markings other than 2131 which we take as the serial number on the right side of the action. The Receiver tang shows the Remington Patent information very crisply in three lines of small print. The only real detraction is that the read sight cap and slider are missing. The bore is incredible, with a bright finish and crisp lands and grooves, and matches the overall condition. This is a gem, Came to us filthy but now fully cleaned to truly excellent condition. The action was extremely strong, and could easily withstand the increased pressure of the new smokeless powders coming into use by the late 1880s. Remington and Sons (later Remington Arms Company). The Remington Rolling Block rifle was a breech-loading rifle produced from the mid-1860s into the early 20th century by E.
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