"Pre" topic question- Remington Lees

[snorli]

GeneM
On mine, the receiver, which is polished, it's marked "København Tøihuus 1887" and the number (106). Nothing else. I'll try to take some better pictures of it. Apparently, after the trials, many of these rifles were sold to the Nordic Film company, as they appear in some thirties films. Most of the Danish Lees seems to have been confiscated and destroyed by the Germans during WW2.

[GeneM]

snorli
Most interesting - it appears that the Danes machined their own actions.

A friend just sent me a note that there is a Danish Trials Lee in a museum in Koblenz, Germany - Wehrtechnische Studiensammlung des Bundesamtes fur Wehrtecknik und Bechaffung. The illustration in the museum booklet shows a Danish Lee wih the cutoff switch. The caliber is listed as 8mm and the action is based on the Modle 1882 Remington Lee. The magazine is the Lee-Diss type with 2 grooves on the side.

Regards,

GeneM

[GeneM]

Peter,

The rifles Herb Woodend mentioned in his correspondence are:


sn 46382 - Trials rifle with cutoff, listed as RB193 in the Pattern Room, a Model 1885 Remington Lee in caliber .43 Spanish.

sn 23075 - a Model 1882 Remington Lee, caliber .45-70-500, listed as RB188 in the Pattern Room. Herb noted that this rifle has been in the Pattern Room Collection as far back as the records go. We corresponded in detail about this rifle as I have sn 23078, a factory sporter in caliber .45-70-500 which is a conversion from the Model 1882 to the Model 1885, one of around 300 done in 1886.

sn 43766 - a Model 1885 Remington Lee, caliber .43 Spanish, a recent addition coming into the Collection in the 1970s.

sn 16082 - a Model 1882 Remington Lee, caliber .45-70-500, with Chinese inscriptions on the receiver ring. Another addition from the 1970s.

sn 1315, 1361 - both are Model 1899 Remington Lees in caliber .30-40. Again we had detailed correspondence on these rifles. They turned out to be Cuban Contract Lees that were returned to the factory, refurbished with the Cuban Crests being polished off and then sold to the French Army Automobile Corps in 1914. These also were 1970s additions.

He did not have any information on the 3 Sharps Lee rifles and 3 Sharps Lee carbines that were part of the 1880 Trials. These were rebarreled in caliber .450 Gatling. Herb sent me a copy of the 1880 Report on Machines Guns that pertained to the magazine rifles.

Regards,

GeneM

[jmoore]

Lovely! Put S/N 45678 on lay-away in hopes it would be close to the trials group. 43 Spanish, no foreign proofs, w/ a cool serial. Now just need a mess of spare mags!