A clone of the French M1866 Chassepot bayonet, the Egyptian Remington bayonet is distinguished from the French M1866 by the lack of a chamfered mortise and lack of the tenon slot at the inside top. 1 rolling block rifle produced by Remington for the Egyptian government. Theres a rather lengthy story connected to the rifle, Egypt & Remington. Remington Sword bayonet for use on the 11 mm (.43 Egyptian) Remington No. What do you think? worth the money to have it belch smoke and fire again or hang it back on the wall. Im not the rolling block expert but, I believe what you have is an Egyptian, Remington Rolling block and as such should be chambered for the 43 Egyptian cartridge. Realistically speaking, any Remington Rolling Block rifle whether re-chambered or modified from other versions that were sold by the company or its agents Schuyler, Hartley & Graham, (which would by 1900 become M. t mind having a modern reproduction of the Egyptian or Danish() infantry rifle.
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I'm looking at ( if I neck size and buy bullets ) about $130 plus $70 for a sight so right at $200 to shoot this beast. HomeBook reviewBook Review: The Military Remington Rolling Block Rifle. The fly in the ointment is the rifle is in 43 Egyptian, Brass is expensive, Dies are made out of gold(Very expensive) and a mold or bullets(.446) is more $. This rifle has been hanging on a wall for fifty years and I really didn't expect much, I ran a couple patches down the bore and was surprised to see it was still shiny and had good rifling with only a couple small pits, On further inspection the action was tight the wood while dinged up had no cracks the only things I found wrong were the mainspring was broken and the rear sight was missing the slide, I already ordered a replacement mainspring, I haven't decided what to do with the sight yet. I was given a Remington rolling block made in 1875 that was shipped to Egypt.