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Offline JCP

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Two line and Three line RRB tang
« on: July 30, 2004, 03:17:27 PM »
I have 2 Remington no.# 5 rolling block rifles. They are identical except for the writing on the tang , one has 3 lines of writing and the other has 2.
They both have pat. dates of oct.22 1901. any info would be appreciated.

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Two line and Three line RRB tang
« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2004, 05:56:33 PM »
What is on the lines of writing? Is it the E Remington address, or ? Is it the same info on both guns, but spread over 3 lines on one of them?
 On earlier Rolling Blocks they used 3 different tang stamps. Two were two line, and one was three line. My guess would be that newer #5 actions used different rollstamps, in earlier or later runs of that model.
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Two line and Three line RRB tang
« Reply #2 on: July 31, 2004, 12:45:30 AM »
I can't read it right now , it has a tang sight covering it. I've just read articles where they called some 3 line and some 2 line and just wondered if one might be a lot older than the other. I do believe they both said the same thing, just stamped different. They are both no# 5's though, identical in every way except for the stamp.