The ordered 100,000 new Rolling Blocks in late 1914, chambered for the 8mm Lebel cartridge. The French had bought black powder Rolling Blocks during the Franco-Prussian War, and were familiar with the gun. AN AMERICAN 11mm ROLLING-BLOCK SERVICE RIFLE, BY REMINGTONS, ILION., CIRCA 1870. was offered for sale to the United States Army and Navy in 1866. 11mm REMINGTON TYPE II SINGLE-SHOT BREECH-LOADING CARBINE.
France needed a reliable but inexpensive simple rifle to arm rear echelon troops like drivers and guards so that the modern Lebel and Berthier rifles could be concentrated on the front lines of the repidly growing First World War where they were needed most. The Remington Rolling Block rifle is one of the most successful single shot weapons. This rifle has the Days patent rotary extractor, Edwards military.
The combination of aggressive marketing, low cost, and an excellent design led to Remington selling literally millions of Rolling Block rifles to a huge number of military forces for several decades.īy 1914, the era of the single shot military rifle was pretty much over, and Remington had ceased production of all their centerfire models of the Rolling Block. The barrel and other metal has a smooth brown patina.
The Remington Rolling Block, introduced in 1866, was one of the most prolific single shot military rifles in the world.