While Remington Vest Pocket Pistols have always been popular with collectors, very little solid information has been available about them. This new book, based upon years of study and a major survey of surviving examples, will answer all of your questions. Includes over 100 photographs, serial number date, exploded views of all four Remington Vest Pocket Pistol sizes, component parts lists and a guide to disassembly and reassembly.

A highly informative history of the Remington rolling block action firearms by arms and military expert Konrad F. Schreier. Includes black and white photos and illustrations.

Spanish Rolling Block: The Basque-Made Rifles of the Third Carlist War by Fernando de Aguinaga and José Luis Gª de Aguinaga, Edition Revised by Joseph V. Puleo This is the authoritative study of Spanish military longarms made at private arsenals in the 1870s. Replacing or supplementing government manufacturing facilities, these massive gunmaking firms had a huge impact on the industry. The rifles shown here tell this story, focusing upon the transition from muzzleloading longarms to breechloaders. While the main subject is Spanish production of the Remington Rolling Block in the Basque country, this is only part of the story, as the Berdan conversion, muzzleloaders and pistols are also covered. What makes these Rolling Blocks and their bayonets intriguing to American collectors is that so many of them were sent to Cuba and Puerto Rico, where they were captured during the Spanish-American War — making them much more common here than in the country where they were made. (An English translation of a recent Spanish reference.)

The history of the bayonets accompanying the cartridge-period Remington arms is "sketchy" at best. This is due in part to the absence of early Remington records which have been lost or destroyed over the years and has influenced the perception of collectors (who rely on published information) as to the importance of the arms. This material has been organized to provide some guidelines and direction for those who wish to study the subject more intensively.

Immediately following the Civil War, the United States Ordnance Department reported it had purchased 128,575 Remington revolvers during the conflict. During the Franco-Prussian War in 1870-71, Samuel Remington acted as an agent to acquire arms for the French War Ministry. Fifteen to twenty thousand Remington New Model Army revolvers were purchased from the Ordnance Department and sent to France. Donald Ware devoted twenty-five years of research in the Ordnance Department archives, the Remington factory's records, and Army and Navy records to assemble this detailed examination of the development and evolution of Remington revolvers from the beginning of the Civil War through the end of the Indian wars. In addition to information about the revolvers themselves, Ware shares tidbits that he uncovered along the way. For example, part of the equipment issued the Civil War soldier was a bullet mold for his revolver. During the War, the Ordance Department issued combustible ammunition for revolvers, making the mold a superfluous appendage. To avoid carrying the extra weight, the mold was usually tossed away. In 1863, the Ordnance Department notified Remington there was no need to furnish molds with the revolvers and therefore saved the government eighteen cents on each revolver.