The later New Army Model had approximately 135,000 manufactured and ran in the serial number range of 12,000 to 148,000. Some reference books state only 10,000 were manufactured and the serial number range starts at where the Remington-Beals model ended at approximately 1900 and runs through serial number 12,000.
Total production of the 'Old Army' was between 1000 revolvers in 1862. I know its not a model 14 1/2 because of tha caliber and not a 141 because it says model 14 and 141 serials dont. Biggest problem im having is that the remington website is sayin the highest production serial numbers went were 6 digit first 3 numbers being 126 and mine is 127. I e-mailed remington today ill see what they say. Use the serial number of a Remington firearm to determine its approximate date of manufacture by calling or emailing Remington's Help Center with the serial and model number. Remington's made before 1968 may not have a serial number.Serial numbers are found on the barrel, cylinder and butt under the grips/stocks. The later 'New Model Army' has a 1858 patent date in three lines of print on the barrel with the third line reading 'NEW MODEL', this is one way to differentiate the two revolvers along with the serial number range. 17, 1861/Manufactured by Remington's Ilion, N.Y.' all in upper case. The barrel legend on the 1861 is two lines and reads ' Patented Dec. This revolver has the 'New Army Model' short spur hammer and loading lever configuration making it a transition revolver (shortened hammer was requested so a person with a small hand could cock it more easily).Īccording to Flaydermans guide to antique firearms three varieties of the transition have been observed in the serial number range of 10,000 and 22,000.
On the later manufactured specimens safety notches were introduced at the rear of the cylinder and the loading lever utilized was the New Model type as the earlier type of loading lever and long spur hammer found on the early production 'Old Army' was found not suitable for military use. The model pictured on this page is a transition version of the 1861 or 'Remington Old Army'. 44 caliber percussion revolver with a 8 inch octagonal barrel and 6 shot cylinder. During the last two years of the Civil War more Remington revolvers were bought by the Government then Colt revolvers. This revolver was originally part of contract order dated June 13th, 1862 and was delivered in December of 1862 along with 501.
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