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Joseph Rider was a Remington "in-house" designer and designed a number of guns for Remington.
There was a Remington Rider .31 pocket percussion revolver, of which about 20,000 were made from 1860-1873; there was also a factory conversion to .32 RF.
There was a R.R. single shot .17 caliber (no error, that is seventeen caliber) derringer with only the cap for a propellant source. It may have been intended for indoor practice; only about 200 were made.
There was a R.R. magazine pistol, made from 1871 to 1888; about 10,000 were made. The little thing fired .32 extra short rimfire, and had a 5 shot magazine under the barrel.
There was also the revolver FAL308 describes.
In addition, Rider improved the rolling block action (though it was patented by Leonard Geiger) and the Remington "split breech" carbine is sometimes called the "Remington Rider" carbine. Oddly enough, Remington did not make these; they were marked with Remington's name, but were made by Savage Revolving Arms Co. under contract to Remington. At the time, Remington was up to its neck in revolver production, so farmed out the carbines.
Hope this helps.
Jim
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