Mike Irwin
Staff
Nice pictures!
OK, UMC marked, which I thought they were. That means that they were produced post 1912, when Remington and UMC merged.
AH! I was wrong, my estimate was a bit early...
These are slightly older than I thought based on this 1922 advertisement I just found...
https://books.google.com/books?id=00woAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA267&lpg=PA267&dq=remington+oilproof&source=bl&ots=e0Uc-zy7co&sig=6c2Tm8agKiACRyW2hRZXQjgsPks&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjD5MeWzNLPAhVGlx4KHVo_CEcQ6AEIMjAF#v=onepage&q=remington%20oilproof&f=false
OK, UMC marked, which I thought they were. That means that they were produced post 1912, when Remington and UMC merged.
AH! I was wrong, my estimate was a bit early...
These are slightly older than I thought based on this 1922 advertisement I just found...
https://books.google.com/books?id=00woAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA267&lpg=PA267&dq=remington+oilproof&source=bl&ots=e0Uc-zy7co&sig=6c2Tm8agKiACRyW2hRZXQjgsPks&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjD5MeWzNLPAhVGlx4KHVo_CEcQ6AEIMjAF#v=onepage&q=remington%20oilproof&f=false