While modern cane guns are classified as AOW’s by the ATF, several such firearms over time have been removed from the NFA list as collector’s items due to their age. Over the years, this pool has shrunk as old cane guns break, are lost, or discarded by people who don’t know what they have. 22 Rimfire, all black powder, the Remington Rifle Cane remained in production until around 1888, with less than 4,500 of all types made.
Burka, “It weighed from 16 to 24 ounces, looked more like a true gentleman’s cane, was less cumbersome, and was not as obvious as were the other cane guns that were on the market at that time.” 22-caliber version running on the shorter end of that spectrum.Īs noted by Remington Rifle Cane collector Elliott L. Barrel length ranged from 6- to 10-inches, with the. The tip of the tapered steel ferrule could be removed before firing to keep it intact or, in an emergency, fired through, as it had a cork-capped channel through the middle of it. The steel barrel shaft was encased inside the brass cane and the whole thing had a thin coating of gutta-percha, a natural latex with hard rubber-like properties. More cane-like than the typical bamboo- or steel-shafted devices hailing from Belgium and England, it had a self-contained single-shot firing mechanism in the top half of the rifle and could accept several different heads, ranging from carved dogs to traditional L-shapes and balls. Thomas in 1858, Big Green’s gun was arguably superior in many ways from what was being offered across the pond. Patented by Remington gunsmith and master mechanic, John F.
WALKING CANES FOR MEN UPDATE
To update the market with a more American take on the concept, Remington began producing its own Rifle Cane just before the Civil War. Hailing from the day in which a gentleman would be educated in the manly arts of boxing and stand ready to sally forth to tackle the occasional brigand, cane guns were offered from gunmakers in mid-19th Century Western Europe. Just the ticket for curbing an attack from a rabid animal or a rapscallion along the highway, this trusty cane belongs to another era. “This arm is new in its construction and character, combining the advantages of Walking Cane and Rifle,” billed Remington on their Rifle Canes, which were in low-rate production in Ilion, New York between 18.