Remington–Keene rifle
Remington–Keene rifle | |
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Subchief Crow Dog with a Remington–Keene rifle, ca. 1898. | |
Type | Rifle[1] |
Place of origin | United States[1] |
Service history | |
Used by | United States Navy[1] |
Production history | |
Designer | John W. Keene[1] |
Designed | 1878[1] |
Manufacturer | Remington Arms[1] |
Unit cost | $17.50[1] |
No. built | 5,000[1] |
Variants | See text |
Specifications | |
Mass | 9 lb (4.1 kg)[1] |
Length | 48 in (120 cm)[1] |
Barrel length | 29.25 in (74.3 cm)[1] |
Cartridge | .45-70[1] |
Action | Bolt action[1] |
Feed system | 9-round tubular magazine[1] |
Sights | folding leaf[1] |
The Remington–Keene is an early bolt-action rifle with a tubular magazine.
Remington manufactured prototypes of Keene's patents for consideration by the United States Army Ordnance Department Magazine Gun Board convened in 1878. Although the Army rejected the design in favor of the Winchester-Hotchkiss, Remington commenced production and offered the rifle to the United States Navy Bureau of Ordnance. The Navy purchased 250 rifles for comparison with their 2,500 Hotchkiss rifles and 300 M1885 Remington-Lee rifles. The Remington–Keene rifles were delivered in 1880 with US and an anchor stamped on the left side of the barrel and WWK and P (proof) stamped on the right side of the barrel by Lieutenant William W. Kimball. These rifles remained in service for less than a decade aboard USS Trenton (1876) and USS Michigan (1843). In July 1880 the United States Department of the Interior purchased 600 Frontier Model carbines with 24 in (61 cm) barrels to arm the Indian Police on a number of reservations in the western United States. Rifles were manufactured for civilian sales chambered for .45-70, .40-60 Winchester, and .43 Spanish.[1]
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Canfield, Bruce N. American Rifleman (April 2009) pp.56-76
External links
- The 1878 Remington-Keene: Tube Fed .45-70 Bolt Action Rifle
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Pump-action | |
Semi-automatic | |
Automatic | |
Single shot |
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Semi-automatic | |
Break-action |
Semi-automatic | |
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Revolver | |
Derringer | |
Other |
- .17 Remington Fireball
- .17 Remington
- 5mm Remington Rimfire Magnum
- .22 BR
- .22 Remington Jet
- .221 Remington Fireball
- .222 Remington
- .222 Remington Magnum
- .223 Remington
- .22-250 Remington
- 6mm BR
- 6mm Remington
- .25 Remington
- .257 Roberts
- .25-06 Remington
- .260 Remington
- 6.5mm Remington Magnum
- 7mm BR Remington
- 7mm-08 Remington
- .280 Remington
- 7mm Remington Magnum
- 7mm Remington Short Action Ultra Magnum
- 7mm Remington Ultra Magnum
- .30 Remington
- .30 Remington AR
- .300 Remington Short Action Ultra Magnum
- .300 Remington Ultra Magnum
- .32 Remington
- 8mm Remington Magnum
- .338 Remington Ultra Magnum
- .35 Remington
- .35 Whelen
- .350 Remington Magnum
- .360 Buckhammer
- .375 Remington Ultra Magnum
- .416 Remington Magnum
- .41 Remington Magnum
- .44 Remington Magnum
- .444 Marlin
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