![]() ![]() ![]() PHOTO: The rifle shown is a M1868 Egyptian Remington Rolling Block, showing the very typical near century of hard use in the sands of North Africa.ĭISTINGUISHING CHARECTERISTICS: Most Egyptian Remingtons that one is likely to come across (except for French marked specimins) show very substantial wear, especially rounded edges throughout, most noticable at the muzzle, bayonet lug and buttplates which often have holes in them or are missing altogether! The left side of the receiver is marked with a Crescent Moon and the initials E.P. However, the original order was again placed and by 1876 the last of some 60,000 rifles were delivered. It is estimated that some 13,000 such rifles were delivered to France at that time. Before the order could be delivered, Egypt (which had had close ties with the French since the Napoleonic excursions and the building of the Suez canal), "defaulted" so that a large part of the order could be sold to France as she was greatly underarmed during the Franco-Prussion War of 1870-71. 1 Remington Military Rifle to be chambered in the ".43 Egyptian" cartridge, governments at that time considering it a matter of national prestige to field arms with proprietary cartridges. GENERALLY: In 1868 a large order was placed with Remington by the Egyptian Government for the No. ![]()
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