Original U.S. made Mexican Contract M1897 Remington Rolling Block Rifle in 7×57mm Mauser - serial 2777 Manufacture Type_Original Items Made by melting down lead

Made by melting down lead bullets

we uncovered a cardboard carton of some of the original slings that we got with those parts sets

1940 (Heft 21)

Serial #519272 indicates manufacture in 1891

this is stunning documentation of atrocity as witnessed by a USGI at the end of WW2

Original U.S. made Mexican Contract M1897 Remington Rolling Block Rifle in 7×57mm Mauser - serial 2777 Manufacture Type_Original Items Made by melting down leadOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Remington Rolling Block rifle was a breech loading rifle produced from the mid 1860s into the early 20th century by E. Remington and Sons (later Remington Arms Company). The action was extremely strong, and could easily withstand the increased pressure of the new smokeless powders coming into use by the late 1880s. For this reason, production continued into the 1890s, chambered for the new smaller cartridges such