Rare Side Address Remington Model 95 Double Derringer Without Extractor

.41RF. 3" barrels. SN: 1278. No finish remaining, smooth rosewood grips. Single action spur trigger, trip up barrels over and under double derringer with pivoting firing pin, hinge notch rear sight and blade front sight. Markings are between the barrel ribs on the sides of the pistol, reading E. REMINGTON & SONS ILION, N.Y. on the obverse and ELLIOT'S PATENT DEC. 12, 1865 on the reverse. Matching serial numbers on left of frame under grip and under barrel. Made without an extractor. A rare example of the earliest of the classic "Double Derringer" variation produced by Remington, with only about 2,000 of these extractor-less, side address guns believed to have been produced circa 1866-67.

More than 150,000 of these Model 95 "Over & Under" Derringers were produced by Remington between 1866 and 1935, spanning the range of "Antique" under Federal law to "Curio & Relic" for those guns made after 1898. As the majority of the production were only batch or assembly numbered and did not receive true "serial numbers", dating them by this system is essentially impossible. As a result these guns are typically dated by their barrel address types, locations and verbiage. All addresses that include "E Remington & Sons" are antique and essentially prior to the firm's first bankruptcy that resulted in their purchase by Hartley & Graham circa 1888. At that time the name was changed to "Remington Arms Company." Variations of the Remington Arms Company markings were used circa 1888-1911. Circa 1912 the addition of "U.M.C." for "Union Metallic Cartridge Company" appeared in the address. All Model 95s with "UMC" markings are post-1898 are classified as Curio & Relic firearms by the ATF, not as antiques. The guns with Remington Arms Co. markings from the 1888-1912 period are the most problematic to date accurately, as nominally half of that production is antique and the other half is not. As such, these guns are dated as accurately as possible with the available information but when they cannot be definitely proven to be pre-1898 antique firearms they are classified as Curio & Relic firearms to comply with ATF regulations and modern handgun laws apply. {ANTIQUE}

This lot is located in Cincinnati.