Second specimen with indented primer was converted to some form of dummy. The Farrington primer was used from 1872 РІР‚вЂњ 1882.Р”Р‡irst specimen has a blackened wooden bullet. 166.Р”Р‡arrington Primer on US Cartridge Co contract loadings for Egypt. This is the original Egyptian Remington cartridge made by American manufacturer B.C English on the Rodman-Crispin pattern. 44-77 BN (bottle-necked) cartridge, reworked to meet Egypt's requirement for a unique cartridge of their own.Р”Вunn J, Remington 'Rolling Blocks' in the Horn of Africa.pdf document, - The American Society of Arms Collectors. The cartridge was based on Remington's original. A committee was formed with mostly American advisers and their unanimous decision was the Remington Rolling Block Rifle and Samuel Remington was invited to Cairo for tests of the rifles and on the 30th of Jube 1869 the first order was placed for 60,000 rifles for the РІР‚Сљ.43 Egyptian calibreРІР‚Сњ.

The Egyptian military was expanding and modernising at that time and was in the market for a suitable rifle. It was here that Samuel Remington met Khedive Ismail, who happened to be the grandson of Muhammad Ali Pasha and the current ruler of Egypt. This led to Remington being awarded the silver medal at the 1867 Paris International Exposition. Compared to what was available at the time in Europe with Snider-Enfield conversions, Prussian Needle-fire Rifles, the French Chassepot, as well as factories not being able to match the high-quality design and ability for mass production, the Remington Rolling Block was superior in every way. The period after the Civil War was earmarked by superior arms manufacturing facilities with the capability for mass production, but no orders. Fast forward a few decades to the end of the American Civil War and the development and subsequent refinement of the Remington Rolling Block action by gunsmith Leonard M. 433 Egyptian Remington started in 1820 with Muhammad Ali Pasha, an Ottoman governor who was responsible for founding the first modem military-industrial complex in Egypt.

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