1885 Remington Lee Navy

[Dan Shapiro]

Thanks Dick. Keep me in mind when the time comes.

[jon_norstog]

Good score, Ray. The Remington-Lees were a pretty decent rifle, and the detachable magazine was a real breakthrough in military rifle design.

James Paris Lee was a genius who never had John Browning's luck. Perhaps Mr. Hosmer will post some pictures of Lee's redesign of the trapdoor, one of the finest military single shot rifles I've ever seen.

jn

[Dick Hosmer]

This is what Jon is talking about:

[Dan Shapiro]

Dick, please elaborate. How did the action function? Extraction? Tks.

[Dick Hosmer]

Nutshell: If empty, slide a round in at top, just like loading a Winchester on the side, block springs back up, cock hammer, fire. If fired, strike hammer from rear, shell pops out, block stays down, loading a round releases it, cock and fire. Full rifle ballistics in the length of a Cadet (action is 3" shorter). Slicker than ice on teflon. Massively strong. Victim of OD politics. Will be covered in much greater detail in forthcoming book.

[rayg]

Dick or someone, could you take the measurements of the m1879 rear sight ladder. I want to make sure the ladder of the M79 is the same as the Rem Lee so if I find a M79 slider sight it will fit. The R Lee is different as the base is stamped R-L and the ladder has no "R" on it and I'm hoping that is the only difference. Here are the dimensions of the Rem Lee ladder. Ray

.545 wide
.260 inside opening
.125 width each side bar
.100 thickness.

[rayg]

Disregard the above, I received comfirmation the TD M79 sight sider is the same as the RL slider, Ray

[Kragrifle]

Rayg
Ed Knisely would be your best bet for the sight and rod

[rayg]

Rayg
Ed Knisely would be your best bet for the sight and rod

That was who confirmed the TD sight slider is the same as the RL and that he has one. Emailed him back that I would take one and am waiting to hear back from him. Ray

[rayg]

That was who confirmed the TD sight slider is the same as the RL and that he has one. Emailed him back that I would take one and am waiting to hear back from him. Ray

It's been over a week since I emailed him and still haven't heard back from him. Hope he's alright, of course I'm just assuming he's an old guy like me. I will try again.
Dick did you look through your parts for one? Ray