Tin Sign License plate - Remington “America’s Oldest Gun Maker”
“The history of Remington “The history of Remington Arms Company, Inc. mirrors the history of America. 
From the moment that Eliphalet Remington II forged his first gun barrel, Remington firearms became the symbol of quality, accuracy and dur4ability in firearms, traits that continue to this very day. Tradition has it that in 1816, twenty-three years old Eliphalet spent a number of off-hours fabricating a gun barrel in his father’s iron working forge. Realizing that it would make a truly accurate piece only if it were rifled, he carried it to nearby Utica New York, possibly to the gun shop of Riley Rogers. Completing the rifle, young Eliphalet was soon pressed to make barrels for those who wanted a gun that shot where it was aimed. Soon he and his father were in the barrel making business. While The exact number of complete rifles made by the father and son team is unknown, Remington barrels became most sought after by New England gunsmiths. By 1828, the company had grown sufficiently enough that land was purchased adjoining the newly completed Erie Canal, in a place that would later be called Ilion. Soon after, the elderly father died while clearing the land for construction of a factory to produce both barrels and complete firearms. In July 1845, E. Remington and Son accepted its first contract to manufacture weapons in quantity-5, 000 U.S. Model 1841-percussion rifles, also known as Mississippi Rifles. The Army Ordnance Department was so impressed with the workmanship of the Remington rifles that they extended the contract to a total of 20,000 arms. All were delivered prior to 1855.
In 1846, the Remington armory entered into another government contract to manufacture 1,000 Jenks breechloading carbines with Maynard tape-primers for the Navy Bureau of Ordnance. It was clear that a sound business could be built manufacturing quality arms for the government, and additional contracts followed during the 1850’s. The Civil War brought undreamed of prosperity to the company. Numerous contracts for percussion revolvers, rifle-muskets and muzzleloading rigles kept the factory busy morning and night. Eliphalet II did not live to see this growth, as he passed away in July 1861. His sons, Philo, Samuel and Eliphalet then ran the company: E. Remington & Sons, of Ilion, New York. The Civil War was the catalyst for military inventions of every description. Remington stayed on the leading edge of technological innovation by designing breechloading carbines to replace the Federal Government’s array of antiquated muzzleloading arms. Thus, E.
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