Two Tone Remmie ??

sundance44`s · February 09, 2006, 11:55:38 PM

well it was that time again ups left a small brown box on the pourch today .. aw the asm remmie i bought off the net for 100 bucks arrived . new in the box asm 1858 remmie still covered in packing grease , small frame at the grips nice .. front dovetail sight ..nice loading lever stud dovetailed in .. nice very good blueing job on the barrel, cylinder and loading lever ........ the frame ..box says steel ..humm looks like black paint to me , scratches off like paint too .. ok so i stripped it down in the hot soapy water she goes , noticed black paint comming off in places .. decided to help it out with a brillo pad , in seconds it`s all off ... what is this ? time for the magnet test .. magnet won`t stick to it . so what i have here is a two tone remmie stainless steel frame blued barrel and loading lever . has anyone ever seen such a piece

hellgate · February 10, 2006, 12:15:36 AM

Some stainless is magnetic and some is not. Could it be nickel plated brass? Take a file to it some where where it'll never show to see if it's brass underneath the silvery surface.

Marshal Will Wingam · February 10, 2006, 01:38:38 AM

Nate Kiowa Jones made one. He started with a stainless gun and put blued cylinder, barrel, loading lever, trigger and cc hammer on it. I think he said ht got the idea from a real one with a nickel plated frame. At any rate, it looked good. I've often thought about doing one myself.

Quote from: hellgate on February 10, 2006, 12:15:36 AMSome stainless is magnetic and some is not. Could it be nickel plated brass? Take a file to it some where where it'll never show to see if it's brass underneath the silvery surface.

Maybe under the trigger guard would be a good spot to check it.

sundance44`s · February 10, 2006, 09:28:02 AM

It`s stainless steel alright . i could tell when i was cleaning up the forgeing burrs on the frame under the brass trigger guard // at first i didn`t like it the stainless steel is high polish ... but with the nice blueing job on the barrel and cylinder ... your right this thing could grow on me .. the grips were stained to light for my likeing so i sanded them to fix ... and aplied my walnut/ cherry mix to them .. now i like it even better .. i`ll try and get some pictures on here soon .. thanks from the info ..

sundance44`s · February 10, 2006, 12:39:24 PM

I almost forgot .. the trigger came already slicked up nice smooth edges and its blued same color as the barrel and loading lever , the trigger guard is brass .. the hammer is case hardened steel ... i only have pietta models to compair too , no uberti`s .. my pietta cylinders won`t fit .(.too long .). are the uberti cylinders shorter than the piettas ? `i`d like to order a drop in conversion from R&D fot it .. the blueing on my piettas is much darker than this one , this blueing is more like you would see on a newer smith &wesson pistol .. and the only writeing markings on the barrel are underneith nothing on top .the cut notches on the rear of the cylinder for the hand look just like the ones on oldelm`s pics of the uberti cylinder in the way the groves run all the way out instead of stopping short of the end like the piettas . thanks for the help ..

willyboy · February 17, 2006, 06:44:40 PM

Pietta made a nice one they called''Old Silver'',IIRC.I think Fall Creek Suttlery carried them.Probably still do if you wanted to make that pistola into a pair.

sundance44`s · February 18, 2006, 07:03:30 AM

I found an invoice in the bottom of the box where the guy bought it back in 1999 .. they are still in business and have them only now 269.00 for the stainless steel frame blue barrel .. i still might get a mate thinking .... never heard of this company before the web site is www.iar-arms.com they don`t show a pic of it but its listed .

Rapid Lee · February 19, 2006, 07:27:39 AM

Thought you might find this interesting...apparently there is some historical basis for a two tone Remington. I found this on Hermann Historica's website:
"Lot Nr.1935
A Remington Dualtone model 1875 - A Remington exhibition piece for the "Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition of 1876".
A transition model from the "First Type" to the "Second Type". "Pinched post front sight", but without the lanyard ring and with the calibre designation "44" already on the left side of the barrel frame in front of the cylinder. Serial number "334", calibre .44 CF. Smooth, round barrel, 7 1/2 inches long. Six shot. Inscribed "E. Remington & Sons, Ilion, N.Y. U.S.A." on the barrel, reading from the frame to the front sight. Barrel and trigger guard are completely blued. The hammer is case-hardened and has edge engraving. Factory nickel-plating on the frame and cylinder is intact. In addition, the cylinder has light vine engraving alongside each chamber. Black, hard-rubber grip panels with monogram. Unfired, almost new condition with minimal storage marks.
According to the included evaluation in 1981 by Larry Wilson and Larry Goodstal (curator of the Remington Gun Museum), the revolver was a part of the Remington Company's Presentation at the 1876 Fair in Philadelphia.
Provenance: Remington Gun Museum Collection."

If totally original, I think it's interesting that this piece sports a pair of the hard rubber grips usually only associated with the 1890 model...

Marshal Will Wingam · February 19, 2006, 11:00:08 AM

Thanks for posting the pic, Rapid Lee.