geo57
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What year was the 1875 Remington first produced in .45 Colt ? Thanks.
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Gordon
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I think the early 1980 s in Italy. Ar.i San Marcos ,I think.
I haven't been able to find an exact date, but several sources say "a few made in .45 Colt" between 1875 and 1889.
From Chuck Hawkes
"Most 1875's had 7-1/2 inch round barrels, while a very few late production guns were supplied with 5-3/4 inch barrels. Calibers were .44 Remington, .44-40 and .45 Colt. .45 Colt revolvers had slightly longer cylinders to prevent inserting a .45 Colt cylinder in a .44 caliber frame."
From Chuck Hawkes
"Most 1875's had 7-1/2 inch round barrels, while a very few late production guns were supplied with 5-3/4 inch barrels. Calibers were .44 Remington, .44-40 and .45 Colt. .45 Colt revolvers had slightly longer cylinders to prevent inserting a .45 Colt cylinder in a .44 caliber frame."
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The Model of 1875 was actually introduced in 1874, called the Model of 1874, then in 1875 renamed "The Remington No. 3 Revolver, Model 1875" for commercial sales. In 1877 Remington an effort to win a Government contract. From 1877 through 1880 Remington catalogs referred to the revolver as the “Remington Improved Army." In later catalogs it is called “Remington Improved Army, or Frontier Revolver." This much is on the Remington Society pages. What the Remington Society doesn't say is if the Improved Army, Frontier Revolvers, and Model of 1875 revolvers in .45Gov't were produced in 1875 and later marketed to civilians through normal distribution or if they were made in 1877, when the Improved Army name was adopted. In the 1885-87 catalogs the name changed again to “Remington New Model Army Revolver” but I can't find anything about if the .45Gov't chambering was available.
The loading was marked and marketed as ".45Gov't" probably both to avoid having to put Colt's name on Remington revolvers and to identify that run as a contract piece.
Remington didn't get a contract in the US but did get foreign contracts. They made a deal to sell the Improved Army revolvers to Egypt, who never paid, so they were sold again to Mexico, who did pay. That's where the .45Gov't revolvers ended up as far as I can tell.
The loading was marked and marketed as ".45Gov't" probably both to avoid having to put Colt's name on Remington revolvers and to identify that run as a contract piece.
Remington didn't get a contract in the US but did get foreign contracts. They made a deal to sell the Improved Army revolvers to Egypt, who never paid, so they were sold again to Mexico, who did pay. That's where the .45Gov't revolvers ended up as far as I can tell.
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