Remington-Keene rifle

Remington-Keene

Type	Rifle^[1]
Place of origin	United States^[1]
Service history
Used by	United States Navy^[1]
Production history
Designer	John W. Keene^[1]
Designed	1878^[1]
Manufacturer	Remington Arms^[1]
Unit cost	$17.50^[1]
Number built	5,000^[1]
Variants	See text
Specifications
Weight	9 lb (4.1 kg)^[1]
Length	48 in (120 cm)^[1]
Barrel length	29.25 in (74.3 cm)^[1]

Cartridge	.45-70^[1]
Action	Bolt action^[1]
Feed system	9-round tubular magazine^[1]
Sights	folding leaf^[1]

The Remington-Keene is an early bolt-action rifle with a tube magazine. Remington manufactured prototypes of Keene's patents for consideration by the United States Army Ordnance Department Magazine Gun Board convened in 1878. Although the Army rejected the design in favor of the Winchester-Hotchkiss, Remington commenced production and offered the rifle to the United States Navy Bureau of Ordnance. The Navy purchased 250 rifles for comparison with their 2,500 Hotchkiss rifles and 300 M1885 Remington-Lee rifles. The Remington-Keene rifles were delivered in 1880 with US and an anchor stamped on the left side of the barrel and WWK and P (proof) stamped on the right side of the barrel by Lieutenant William W. Kimball. These rifles remained in service for less than a decade aboard USS Trenton (1876) and USS Michigan (1843). In July 1880 the United States Department of the Interior purchased 600 Frontier Model carbines with 24 in (61 cm) barrels to arm the Indian Police on a number of reservations in the western United States. Rifles were manufactured for civilian sales chambered for .45-70, .60-40, and .43 Spanish.^[1]

Notes

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Canfield, Bruce N. American Rifleman (April 2009) pp.56-76

Remington Firearms and Cartridges

Rifles

Bolt-action	JuniorTarget 521TL Remington-Keene rifle M1903 Springfield rifle Model 5 Model 6 Model 7 Model 30 Model 34 M40 Model 241 Model 341 Model 504 Model 511 Model 512 Model 513 Model 521 Model 580 Model 581 Model 582 Model 600 Model 660 Model 673 Model 700 Model 710 Model 720 Model 721 Model 722 Model 725 Model 770 Model 788 Model 798 Model 799 M24 Sniper Weapon System M2010 Enhanced Sniper Rifle Modular Sniper Rifle R5 Remington Gas System

Pump-action	Model Six Model 14 Model 121 Model 141 Model 572 Model 572 Fieldmaster Model 760 Model 7600 Model 7615

Semi-automatic	Nylon 66 Model Four Model 8 Model 24 Model 522 Model 552 Model 597 Model 740 Model 742 Model 7400 Model 750 Model R-15 Model R-25 RSASS

Automatic	Adaptive Combat Rifle

Single shot	Rolling Block

Shotguns

Pump-action	Model 10 and 29 Model 17 Model 31 Model 870 Model 887

Semi-automatic	Model 11 Model 11-48 Model 58 Model 878 Model 1100 Model 11-87 Model SP-10 SPR 453

Break-action	SPR 100 SPR 310

Handguns

Semi-automatic	1911 R1 Model 51 R51

Revolver	Model 1858 Model 1875 Model 1890

Derringer	Model 95 Rider Single Shot Pistol Zig-Zag Derringer

Other	XP-100

Cartridges

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