The barrel is marked 7mm SM (Spanish Mauser). Or at least someone's estimation of their strength. It is undoubtedly a testamonial to thier strength. The factory 444 cartridge is a 44,000 lb cartidge and that is some chutzpah to consider barreling an old BP Rem RB with one. Yet the other barrel was chambered in 444 Marlin which to me is sure stretching things a might when you consider possibly some RB's from the late 1860's early 1870's might have had one screwed on. At one time the then Numrich Arms offered replacement barrels for the big #1 Military action (of which this is one) consisting of a 45-70, which is no big as factory loads were safe in Trapdoors. 303, 8x50R Lebel, 7x57, and a couple I guess I'm missing.
These were chambered to about 6 different cartridges including the 30-40, 7.62x54R. I will be sure to post before & after photos upon completion thanks much in advance, take care & God Bless. Numrich has parts for a Model 4, (I believe this is a 4S), will they work? I want to replace all of the exterior screws and the hammer & block pins as I will be having the receiver engraved & finished in French Grey and I fear that by the time I polish out all of the dings in the pins & screws there won't be enough left to work. The weapon is destined for a complete re-build and will probably be re-barreled to. Any help I could get with the identification and or dating would be greatly appreciated thanks much. It is a carbine, barrel length is approx 20.5" and there is a saddle ring. There are also a set of initials 'GC' carved, (not very well), into the buttstock. above that is a '2d' that was done a little better. The buttstock has the number '710', appears to have been put in with a nail, (the 7 is European style with a dash). There is the remnant of another dash intersecting this hole, followed by a 'Y', (maybe a'V'), and finally a 2. There is an approx 3/16" hole bored approx 1/16" deep at this point. There is a long horizontal dash that almost connects to a stylized 'P' (possibly a 'D') the 'P' has a 'tail' on it that continues down and loops back to the left ending with what looks like a fish hook barb. The only other markings I can find are on the under side of the barrel at the reciever. Approximately 8" back from the muzzle it is stamped "CAL 7MM".
On top of the reciever is a serial # (?) of 22208, stamped. PATENTED OCTR 22nd 1901, (slashes indicate seperate lines). I've finally got my hands on the weapon, and was hoping someone could help me with ID/dating. Hopefully some of you can help me out I'll paste my description below to save myself some typing. Chapter 4 The Smokeless Era and the Remington No.I have posted this same Same information on the Remington Society's message board, but so far no hits.
Chapter 3 The Remington Rolling Block Rifle and the United States Military.1 Rolling Block Rifle and the Foreign Export Trade The Table of Contents includes the following: Additionally, the inclusion of a recently uncovered shipment chart of Remington military rolling block rifles and carbines from 1888 through 1921 is listed. This 4th edition includes newly discovered information and photographs of military rolling blocks which are extremely rare, and provides tips on identifying such scarce specimens. The classic book on the famed Remington rolling block family of military rifles is once again available in an expanded fourth edition.