.22 Remington Revolver

[Cherokee Reb]

Posted this on the Remington forum and received underwhelming response. Thought I'd try here.

Just watched an episode of American Digger where they were searching around Tombstone. In a small cave they found what they said was a rare .22 cal Remington revolver. It looked like a relic grade 1875 but with a round barrel. Per the local expert about 2000 were made in .22. I've never heard of such a critter and was curious if thus was true.

Thanks

[TwoWalks Baldridge]

Remington produced the Remington Iroquois Revolver in .22 caliber between 1879 to 1886 or 1888 depending on the source.  Remington says there were about 10,000 produced.

[Cherokee Reb]

This was a full size revolver. Looked like an 1858 or 1875 frame. They pulled it out, dancing around like everyone should be excited and proclaimed it a rare .22 caliber Remington. When they took it to the local dealer, she showed the same enthusiasm and gushed on about it. Like I said, I'd never heard of such a thing . I relized most of these shows tend to stretch things a bit, but this was realy out there.

Mingo

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[TwoWalks Baldridge]

This was a full size revolver. Looked like an 1858 or 1875 frame. They pulled it out, dancing around like everyone should be excited and proclaimed it a rare .22 caliber Remington. When they took it to the local dealer, she showed the same enthusiasm and gushed on about it. Like I said, I'd never heard of such a thing . I relized most of these shows tend to stretch things a bit, but this was realy out there.

Mingo

Osiyo Mingo,  I can not remember ever seeing or reading about a full size Reminton of that period in .22, but then my memory is not too sharp these days.

About them shows, I fully agree.  The only place reality is in those shows is the title.