Welcome to today’s Photo of the Day! Here we have a cool rimfire Remington. This is the Remington Smoot revolver. This particularly gaudy one is a Remington Smoot Model No 2. These Remington revolvers were made in small rimfire cartridges like 30 Rimfire. They were introduced in order to compete with the very similar Colt pocket pistol called the Colt New Line. Unfortunately for Remington, Colt had more notoriety when it came to revolvers.
“Only around 3,000 New Model No. 1 revolvers were manufactured around 1877-1885 compared to over 25,000 of the related New Model No. 3 revolvers. Most of these revolvers were plain whereas this beautiful example has nearly full coverage scroll and floral engraving along with dot pattern borders. Only the lower surfaces and some of the recesses are left plain. These same engraving pattern has been seen on at least two other Remington-Smoot revolvers. The top of the barrel has a rounded blade front sight and “E. REMINGTON & SONS. ILION. N.Y. PAT. W.S. SMOOT. OCT. 21. 1873.” An integral notch rear sight is at the back of the top strap.”
Lot 1072: Factory Engraved, Gilded Remington-Smoot New Model No.2 Revolver – Exceptional Factory Engraved and Gilded Remington-Smoot New Model No. 2 Revolver with Pearl Grips. (n.d.). Rock Island Auction Company. photograph. Retrieved February 8, 2023, from https://www.rockislandauction.com/detail/83/1072/factory-engraved-gilded-remington-smoot-new-model-no2-revolver.
