![]() The barrels are marked: “BEALS PATENT SEPT 14, 1858/MANUFACTURED BY REMINGTON ILION, NEW YORK.” The barrel, lever, frame and cylinder are blued steel while the hammer is casehardened. 44s were equipped with 8” octagonal barrels. six-shot, single-action percussion Beals are found with a 71⁄2” octagonal barrels while the. Additionally, the Beals’ loading levers are found to be smaller than those of the later models. ![]() Also, these wheelguns were not equipped with safety notches between the nipples. ![]() The barrel threads on the Beals revolvers are entirely concealed by the solid frame. Fordyce Beals, a Remington employee, received a patent in 1858 for his design, which required lowering of the loading lever to allow the cylinder pin to be pulled forward.īetween 18, the Remington factory manufactured 2,000 to 3,000.
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