Remington made these ring-trigger, multi-barrel, repeating deringers in .32 caliber from 1863 to 1888. Production is estimated at around 17,500 (70 percent of the combined total of 25,000 in both .22 and .32 caliber.) The barrel assembly tilts forward for loading or extracting cartridges. The ring trigger made it hard to tangle up in a pocket or fire by accident and actuates a rotating firing pin that moves to the next round as it is pulled, giving the user some firepower in a close-in fight across a card table, out a stage coach window, or in a theatre alleyway.

The right channel of the barrel assembly is marked, “Elliot’s Patents. May 29. 1860 – Oct. 1. 1861.” The left channel reads: “Manufactured by E. Remington & Sons. Ilion. N.Y.” The rosewood grip panels are very good. The frame and barrel are smooth metal shows traces of blue. The frame preserves some strong blue in recessed areas, around the screws for instance, and a mix of thin blue, steel gray with dark gray spots elsewhere. The barrel assembly shows more thin blue with a scattering of gray and brown speckling coming up underneath.

The serial number is 22391, likely dating it after the war, but as a type it would fit a Civil War or early western display with production starting in 1863 and running right through the Wild West era.  [sr]

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