Remington No. 7 Rolling Block Target

About the Remington No. 7 Rolling Block Target

The Remington No. 7 Rolling Block Target is a single-shot .22 rimfire target and sporting rifle built on the rolling block action. Introduced in 1903 and assembled from leftover Model 1871 rolling block pistol receivers, it is regarded as one of the finest rifles ever produced on the rolling block system. The hand-fitted rifle wore a part-round, part-octagonal barrel of 24, 26, or 28 inches, fancy tang-mounted aperture sights, and finely checkered imported walnut. Only about 350 were made before the supply of 1871 receivers was exhausted, making it among the scarcest of all Remington production rifles.

The No. 7 was Remington's last rolling block sporting rifle, a graceful target gun born from the company's effort to use up its inventory of obsolete 1871 single-shot pistol frames. Its pistol-grip frame geometry gave it superb balance for offhand short-range target work.

Remington No. 7 Rolling Block Target specifications

Serial numbers ran from 300001 to 300350. Chambered to order in .22 Short, .22 Long, .22 Long Rifle, .25-10 Stevens rimfire, and the .32-20 Winchester centerfire. Listed at $24 in the 1903-04 catalogue, double the price of a standard No. 2 pattern rifle.