Original U.S. Remington Rolling Block Model 1869 Egyptian Contract Rifle with Egyptian Markings U.S. Documents & Books The leather top pad is

The leather top pad is loose from the frame

All that is visible is RUSSIAN MODEL

to guide the barbed wire into the cutting edges

This is a nice Ottoman "SHISHANA" gun dating from the 17th and early 18th Centuries

The design is inspired by the old interwar mail pilots who ferried mail across the US

Original U.S. Remington Rolling Block Model 1869 Egyptian Contract Rifle with Egyptian Markings U.S. Documents & Books The leather top pad isOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Remington Rolling Block rifle was a breech loading rifle produced from the mid 1860s into the early 20th century by E. Remington and Sons (later Remington Arms Company). The action was extremely strong, and could easily withstand the increased pressure of the new smokeless powders coming into use by the late 1880s. This is an original Egyptian contract Remington Rolling block rifle supplied to Egypt starting in