They were the Remington-Beals, “Old Model” and “New Model” revolvers. Remington-Beals Revolvers ... “BEALS PATENT SEPT 14, 1858/MANUFACTURED BY REMINGTON ILION, NEW YORK.” ...

In 1867, Remington did develop a conversion process for the 1858 Army after licensing the S&W bored-through cylinder patent and converted roughly 4,500 1858 .44 Army revolvers to a five-shot .46 ...

William F. Cody’s Model 1858 sits in the Remington Museum, with the following note on display: “This old Remington Revolver I carried and used for many years in Indian wars and buffalo killing ...

Beginning with their Model 1861 and continuing with the New Model Army revolver in 1863, Remington was Colt's closest competitor, selling more than 116,000 revolvers to the Union government. The .44 ...