The Remington New Model Army was one of the most widely used revolvers of the Civil War and became the primary revolver issued to Union cavalry after the fire at the Colt factory in 1863. The New Model Army was manufactured from 1863 to 1875 with a total production of approximately 132,000 and represented the last of Remington's .44 caliber percussion revolvers. These revolvers were incredibly rugged owing to their top strapped frames and were much faster to reload than the Colts of the same era. While reloading the cylinders could still take more than three minutes, cylinders themselves could be switched out very quickly due to the ease of removing the cylinder pin on the New Models. This allowed soldiers with multiple cylinders to be able to fire six rapid shots and reload another full cylinder in under twenty seconds. Buffalo Bill Cody is said to have given his New Model to a foreman on his ranch after using it for decades saying: "It never failed me." He had used the revolver from his time as a soldier in the Civil War through 1906 and even hunted buffalo with it. The revolver has an 8 inch barrel, primarily blued finish, casehardened hammer, fire blued trigger and brass trigger guard. The top barrel flat is marked: "PATENTED SEPT. 14. 1858/E. REMINGTON & SONS. ILION NEW YORK. U.S./NEW-MODEL". The serial number is located on the bottom barrel flat, underside of the grips, and on the left side of the frame under the grip. Small single letter inspection marks are stamped on most components. It has smooth oiled walnut grips. The left grip panel is marked with an "RH" cartouche.

Excellent. This revolver clearly saw very little use and has been well cared for. The revolver retains 90% plus of the original blue finish with some patches of brown patina throughout, some thinning on the front strap, and a light drag line on the cylinder. The trigger guard has an aged patina. The hammer retains nearly all of the dark case colors, and the trigger retains most of the fire blue finish. The correct replacement grips are excellent with some faint handling/storage marks. The action is excellent, and the markings are crisp throughout.