HISTORICAL
General Grant’s Magnificent Set Of Lost Remingtons A recent discovery brings to light a pair of Remington New Model Army revolvers that had been presented to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. With engraving and carved ivory stocks by L.D. Nimschke, the remarkable guns were a “thank you” for a wartime cotton-smuggling scheme. BY S.P. FJESTAD
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SEPTEMBER 2018
AMERICAN RIFLEMAN
Photos by Douglas Sandberg Photography