Remington No. 1½ Sporting Rifle

About the Remington No. 1½ Sporting Rifle

The Remington No. 1½ Sporting Rifle is a single-shot, breech-loading rolling-block rifle built on a lightweight, small-frame version of Remington's famous No. 1 rolling-block action. Introduced in the late 1880s and chambered for smaller cartridges such as the .38 Rimfire, it was offered with medium-weight octagon barrels of roughly 24 to 28 inches and was marketed as an affordable sporting and target rifle for small and medium game. Fewer than five thousand were produced before manufacture ended in the late 1890s, making it one of the scarcer members of the Remington rolling-block family.

Joseph Rider's rolling-block action made Remington one of the dominant single-shot makers of the 19th century; the trimmed-down No. 1½ adapted that locking system for lighter sporting cartridges, putting a strong, accurate breechloader in the hands of hunters who had no need for the heavy military-pattern No. 1.

Remington No. 1½ Sporting Rifle specifications

The No. 1½ used a reduced-size frame compared with the full No. 1, restricting it to lower-pressure rim- and center-fire cartridges from .22 up to .44-40. Barrel lengths, sights, and stock grades varied widely as customers could special-order configurations.