Rifle arrived DW.  Groove is .438, gain twist. Near as I can tell it ends at about 22-24.  Six groove, equal width land and groove. The bore is silky smooth all the way down. Think I'll start out with paper patched bullets. 


                                            Joe. 

Pictures?       Is that some kind of forum Rule?  

From what I remember reading, I think it was one of Ned Roberts books. Remington supplied the barrels with a small starter hole so a smith could drill ream and rifle it to whatever size he needed. I'm not sure if Remington made the false muzzles also. 

Havent had this one apart yet. The front sight isnt original. The barrel has the windage marks just back of the muzzle like yours.  I'll get my camera going here perty quick. No marks on the outside. 

                        Joe.

yeah,  its got the cast steel stamping.  I've got a note from Dick Binger here somewhere commenting on remington's sales---leseee--
here it is

 "Wayne:
 Remington supplied barrels for many top name gun builders from the 1850-s until the early 1900-s
You could get any size or caliber. they asked for a second choice. You could also get 'em with a false muzzle fitted in either smooth bore or rifled. Rem. installed false muzzles had a knurled ring near each end of the f.m. Rem. also sold locks, triggers and castings for the triggerguard buttplate, capbox and toe plate. These have a distinct shape and can be picked ou easily
 Rem. barrel blanks were used by Zischang and some by Schoyen & Peterson. Buying already octagon, smooth-reamed blanks saved the builder a tremendous amount of time and work.
 Rem. blanks are found on a great number of rifles made in the mid-west. The Erie Canal delivered them to western New York and wagons took them to their destination.
 Many experts and "experts" agree that Rem. didn't make any complete rifles, except 1 or 2, until he won the contract to produce the Jenks rifle for the army."  RB

Wouldn't it be delightfully cool to find an old catalogue with all the Remington stuff in it.  Next time I'm working down in his part of IN I'll have to stop and talk with Dick and learn more about it.

Joe you need to leave Santa an especially nice plate of cookies and something more than a glass of milk for making sure you got that rifle in time for Christmas

I sure hope all you guys are safe and warm this Christmas Eve. and that no matter how 2009 was---2010 will be a big improvement over it.

A merry Christmas morning to you and congratulations on a fine looking vintage rifle.   Interesting markings on the barrel and breech.  Your index marks on the muzzle are much more complete than mine I just have a single center nick that is shaped such that it look like the maker gave the barrel a light punch with the edge and corner of a chisel.   
Yours are complex enough they might have been used with some sort of adjustable wind-gauge sight.  the rear is similar in style but with a fair number of differences.
   Nice engraving on the breech-plug, looks like it might extend onto the tang as well; at lest it looks like a border line on the tang.

Is the muzzel flat, or drilled / recessed for a false muzzle or plunger starter?

On my Pauli sidelever break-open stalking rifle there was a fairly even coating of fine red rust on the barrel when I got it.  A bit more and slightly coarser than if you were doing a neidner rust blue so I rubbed it down with 4/0 steel wool and boiled it just like I would have done with a rust blue job. Oiled it with PB Blaster (an automotive supply penetrating oil I use for a lot of things) while it was still hot then polished it again. It turned out great a slightly patchy hard patina somewhere between a blue and a brown that looks like natural wear.

correct bullets are a real challenger are they not?
  I was hoping that Santa would bring my moulds, but he must have been busy too with the good kids.  I put out some Springerli and schnapps for him--but since he didn't show  .  .  .  .  .
What few moulds and bullets Rowe shows are mostly the earlier sugar loaf style.  I have to wonder what he might have left out due to space or art requirements.

Enjoy the Day

That looks like a really unique rifle.  Is it my imagination or is that ratchet-groove pattern rifling?   

Way cool on the shooting, I still have not gotten to fire mine yet .  Maybe later this weekend, or when I get down to TN later in the week--I'm taking a couple guns to play with.
  What grade Swiss were you using   I have some 3x Goex and also some old oval can 3 and 2x DuPont.   I'm going to start with some Minie' type bullets as well as some 400 gr 45-70 bullets.

The Grooves are cut with one side rounded, the other square. The bottom of the groove is not the same depth at both sides but gets shallower at the rounded side.  The grooves are narrower than the lands by .030. Odd for sure. 

      Joe.

False muzzle is done. 


                        Joe.