Remington Army and Navy Revolvers 1861-1888 VAN VINKLE

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Remington Army and Navy Revolvers 1861-1888 VAN VINKLEImmediately following the Civil War, the United States Ordnance Department reported it had purchased 128,575 Remington revolvers during the conflict. During the Franco Prussian War in 1870 71, Samuel Remington acted as an agent to acquire arms for the French War Ministry. Fifteen to twenty thousand Remington New Model Army revolvers were purchased from the Ordnance Department and sent to France. Donald Ware devoted twenty five years of research in the