Remington Rider Magazine Pistol

About the Remington Rider Magazine Pistol

The Remington Rider Magazine Pistol is a compact repeating pocket pistol designed by Joseph Rider and produced by E. Remington & Sons from 1871. It feeds the small .32 Extra Short Rimfire cartridge from a five-round tubular magazine beneath the octagonal barrel, cycled by manually working a vertically sliding breechblock. It was one of the few American handguns of its era to combine a tubular magazine with a hideout-pistol form factor.

Joseph Rider, a prolific Remington designer, also co-developed the Remington rolling-block action; the magazine pistol was an unusual attempt to put a repeating mechanism into a vest-pocket handgun.

Remington Rider Magazine Pistol specifications

Most examples were nickel-plated with walnut grips; optional rosewood, pearl, or ivory grips and color-casehardened frames were available.