1885 Remington Lee Navy
I know this is a trap door thread but I think this rifle might be allowed as where the TD was the Army rifle, the Rem Lee was the Navy rifle during the same period.
Anyway I just purchased this rifle at a gun show because I have had a rare magazine cartridge belt for the Rem Navy Lee for many years and I knew I would eventually have to get the rifle and this one came along as a walk in at the show at a reasonable $1,050 price. It's not perfect but liveable and has good rifling and I intend to shoot it.
The rear sight uses, I believe the standard 1879 TD Springfield rear sight, with the exception that the sight base is stamped R-L. The sight on this rifle needs a complete ladder w/sliding sight, (1200 yd range), as the one on the rifle is broken. Also it's missing the cleaning rod. Anyone have any of these items I can buy?
The belt is Khaki color and not blue, so it is Navy, not Army or militia. So I had to get a Navy Lee, The belt has a patent date of 1889 which would be correct for the rifle's early 1890's date. I believe these belts were in existence earlier and used with the earlier rifles also as there is early referrence to the belt. The belt probably didn't receive a patent stamp until later. About an hour before I bought the rifle I found the early TD sling I posted on here earlier, and it will work for the Rem Lee also. Ray
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