You could call it petite and get no argument from me.
This particular rifle was manufactured in January of 1926 and purchased later that year by my father.
32 caliber, but it is most commonly seen as a. 6 rifles were chambered for various rimfire cartridges up to at least. As far as I know it was the last of the rolling block models. It appeared later with a longer, thinner, less contoured and slab-sided receiver. 6 was the economy version of the rolling block action. 5 are all similar but with different size actions to accommodate various calibers. The Remington rolling block rifle models No. If you are exceptionally clumsy, carry the rifle with the chamber empty. This is unlikely to happen in the real world, but theoretically it could if you managed to drop the rifle "just right" on its hammer with a great deal of force. Of course, like any hammer safety notch, the rifle could discharge if a strong enough blow were directed at the hammer to break the sear or the safety notch. The rifle may now be fired by squeezing the trigger, or the hammer may be eased forward to its half-cock "safety notch" position for carry in the field. Roll the breechblock upward and forward to again seal the breech. Next, manually insert a cartridge into the chamber.
If there is a fired cartridge case in the chamber, it will be elevated by the extractor for removal by hand. Then thumb the pivoted breechblock (rolling block) backward and down to reveal the chamber.
To operate a rolling block rifle, first cock the hammer. And Remington rolling block rifles on all action sizes have always had a good reputation for accuracy. This action is adequately strong but not particularly fast to operate. The traditional exposed hammer placed behind the breechblock ("rolling block") must be manually cocked for every shot. II.Īll Remington rolling block rifles use the same basic principle of design, which is a pivoting or hinged breechblock pinned to the receiver below the axis of the barrel and ahead of the breech. I believe that the last (.22 rimfire) rolling block rifles were discontinued during W.W. Remington Rolling block single shot rifles were produced throughout the latter decades of the 19th Century and the first decades of the 20th Century. By 1866 the Remington-Rider rolling block rifle had evolved. The Remington-Rider rolling block rifle is a 19th century design, patented around 1863 by a Remington employee named Leonard Geiger and improved over the next few years by Joseph Rider, who was the Remington factory superintendent.