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Old March 6, 2013, 10:03 PM   #7
Old Dragoon
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The Remington - Beals Elliot's patent was the R -B Model that had the sliding cylinder pin, it is an Old Army, there was a spring inside the frame that was supposed to put enough pressure on the pin so as not to move forward, but did not work well. These were reworked at the factory to place a screw placed on the loading lever to hold the pin in place. Later the Slide Mortise was eliminated.
The models that were modified to include some or all of the NMA improvements was the Remington - Beal's Elliot's Transition to the NMA, all made during the last 6 months of the Old Army/Navy production These can be found in the Remington Army and Navy Pistols 1861-1898, pages 342-349, available at Amazon and other booksellers. The modifications were performed on the Army and Navy pistols.

Armi San Paolo/Euroarms "1858" revolvers were patterned after the second of these 3 Remington - Beals Elliot's Transition to NMA models (barely a relief at breech) made during the last 6 months of R-B framed Old Army/Navy.

NONE of the reproductions are real 1858 copies, all are copies of original Remington pistols. The 1858 name is because of the patent date on the bbls.

I believe you can find my thread on the Remington - Beal's Elliot's Transition to NMA in a question about Euroarms pistols, on this site and others.
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