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Eliphalet Remington (October 28, 1793 – August 12, 1861) was an American engineer who founded what would become known as Remington Arms. Originally the company was known as E. Remington followed by E. Remington & Son and then E. Remington and Sons.
Aug 8, 2024 · Eliphalet Remington II (born October 28, 1793, Suffield, Connecticut, U.S.—died August 12, 1861, Ilion, New York) was a U.S. firearms manufacturer.
Eliphalet Remington Sr. also owned an iron forge. Here he both fabricated and repaired tools, equipment, and hardware, and Lite, as Eliphalet II was nicknamed, worked alongside him and learned the trade as well.
Mar 18, 2016 · Eliphalet “Lite” Remington, Jr.’s first rifle was a flintlock half-stock muzzleloader. It is thought that for the first 30 years of business, Remington produced only rifled barrels at the...
Jul 27, 2016 · Whatever Eliphalet Remington II did to turn his barrel into a rifle, it launched a gunmaking dynasty. This year, 2016, is the 200th year for Remington in the gun business. That makes it America’s oldest gunmaker.
Jan 29, 2022 · It was 1816 when Eliphalet Remington founded what is America’s oldest gunmaker. From those modest beginnings—filling orders for flintlocks that impressed so many at a shooting competition ...
Eliphalet Remington (ĬlĬf´əlĬt), 1793–1861, American inventor, gunsmith, and arms manufacturer, b. Suffield, Conn. Trained in blacksmithing, he turned to gunsmithing at an early age. With his father he founded a firearms firm at Ilion, N.Y., and took over the firm upon his father's death (1828).
