kwqd
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...some really interesting information surfaced.
I called EMF to see if they could identify the manufacturer of my 1980s (1982?) Remington New Army revolver. During my conversation with them over a few days, I discovered that the wooden presentation case was still in the original box in my gun safe. The only additional clue on the box was on a white label with a hand written ink notation that reads "Remington 44 Steel, u 5013".
Back to the folks at EMF. Everyone working there compared notes but couldn't identify the manufacturer's mark, if that is what it is. To make things a bit harder, when Mr. Davis, the owner, died in 2014 they thought they would be closing EMF so shredded and disposed of all of the records for their black powder firearms since there is no Federal legal requirement to maintain them. Records for other firearms were also headed for the shredder, before it was decided the company would not close. There is, though, no guarantee at all there would have been anything in the shredded records that would have helped in identifying the mark on my revolver. To the contrary, they believe that they had no records going that far back, anyway.
Next, they called the gentleman who was the owner of EMF at the time my revolver was sold. He is apparently very old and in shaky health. It took a while before he could call back, but he did, and talked to them at length about the history of the company, but could not recall who his suppliers were.
So, kudos, to the folks at EMF for their tenacity and desire to help a customer. They definitely did everything that they could and went way beyond what most businesses would have done, IMHO. A big thank you to EMF!
It looks like the manufacturer of my revolver may remain a mystery, at this point, but I thought it worth mentioning my search to document what I discovered for future researchers benefit.
I called EMF to see if they could identify the manufacturer of my 1980s (1982?) Remington New Army revolver. During my conversation with them over a few days, I discovered that the wooden presentation case was still in the original box in my gun safe. The only additional clue on the box was on a white label with a hand written ink notation that reads "Remington 44 Steel, u 5013".
Back to the folks at EMF. Everyone working there compared notes but couldn't identify the manufacturer's mark, if that is what it is. To make things a bit harder, when Mr. Davis, the owner, died in 2014 they thought they would be closing EMF so shredded and disposed of all of the records for their black powder firearms since there is no Federal legal requirement to maintain them. Records for other firearms were also headed for the shredder, before it was decided the company would not close. There is, though, no guarantee at all there would have been anything in the shredded records that would have helped in identifying the mark on my revolver. To the contrary, they believe that they had no records going that far back, anyway.
Next, they called the gentleman who was the owner of EMF at the time my revolver was sold. He is apparently very old and in shaky health. It took a while before he could call back, but he did, and talked to them at length about the history of the company, but could not recall who his suppliers were.
So, kudos, to the folks at EMF for their tenacity and desire to help a customer. They definitely did everything that they could and went way beyond what most businesses would have done, IMHO. A big thank you to EMF!
It looks like the manufacturer of my revolver may remain a mystery, at this point, but I thought it worth mentioning my search to document what I discovered for future researchers benefit.
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