The Remington No. 6 Rolling Block Rifle
After doing this video I learned that it is a 32 cal. and the wood is American Walnut! I also learned that this is a rare find in this caliber as most are 22 cal. This is a great little 110 year old rifle and will pass it on down to the grandson.
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The Remington-Rider rolling block rifle is a 19th century design, patented around 1863 by a Remington employee named Leonard Geiger and improved over the next few years by Joseph Rider, who was the Remington factory superintendent. By 1866 the Remington-Rider rolling block rifle had evolved.
Remington Rolling block single shot rifles were produced throughout the latter decades of the 19th Century and the first decades of the 20th Century. I believe that the last (.22 rimfire) rolling block rifles were discontinued during W.W. II.
All Remington rolling block rifles use the same basic principle of design, which is a pivoting or hinged breechblock pinned to the receiver below the axis of the barrel and ahead of the breech. The traditional exposed hammer placed behind the breechblock ("rolling block") must be manually cocked for every shot.
This action is adequately strong but not particularly fast to operate. It is, however, smooth and reliable. And Remington rolling block rifles on all action sizes have always had a good reputation for accuracy.
To operate a rolling block rifle, first cock the hammer. This frees the pivoted breechblock. Then thumb the pivoted breechblock (rolling block) backward and down to reveal the chamber. If there is a fired cartridge case in the chamber, it will be elevated by the extractor for removal by hand. Next, manually insert a cartridge into the chamber. Roll the breechblock upward and forward to again seal the breech. The rifle may now be fired by squeezing the trigger, or the hammer may be eased forward to its half-cock "safety notch" position for carry in the field.
Of course, like any hammer safety notch, the rifle could discharge if a strong enough blow were directed at the hammer to break the sear or the safety notch. This is unlikely to happen in the real world, but theoretically it could if you managed to drop the rifle "just right" on its hammer with a great deal of force. If you are exceptionally clumsy, carry the rifle with the chamber empty.
The Remington rolling block rifle models No. 1 through No. 5 are all similar but with different size actions to accommodate various calibers. The No. 6 was the economy version of the rolling block action. It appeared later with a longer, thinner, less contoured and slab-sided receiver. The patent date for the No. 6 was July 22, 1902. As far as I know it was the last of the rolling block models.
No. 6 rifles were chambered for various rimfire cartridges up to at least .32 caliber, but it is most commonly seen as a .22 rimfire. Being a single shot with a .22 Long Rifle chamber, my personal No. 6 can handle .22 BB, .22 CB, .22 Short, .22 Long and .22 LR cartridges interchangeably.