It hard to put a value on guns without being able to inspect it, if you go to some of the gun auction sites and search under rolling blocks you will see that prices will range for $350 to $700 for this model, it all depends on the condition and the collectability of the gun. of this period having a long list of patent dates stamped on them. You will see Remington’s, colts, Winchesters, etc. About the patent dates on the gun, I think it was common practice in the 1800’s to mark the firearms with all of the old and new patent dates for that gun. Will try to answer some more of your questions.
Don’t know why there is no more input from other members of this forum at times.
Sorry for taking so long to get back to you. My rifle is chambered in 43 Spanish, which was the most common cartridge the rolling block rifles and carbines were made in. cartouche stamped on the buttstock, will have to pull it out of my safe this weekend and compare it to your rifle. I have a gun in my collection with the same H.B.H. It looks like some of the parts on the gun were nickel plated at some point in time this would not be original to the gun. The H.B.H cartouche was probably the final inspection stamp placed on the gun after final assembly by an inspector that would be working for the military organization or group that had place the order for that lot of rifles.
The other stamps, V, B, H were inspection stamps placed on the various parts during manufacturing. If the gun passed this test firing, it would then have the HP stamped on the barrel. The HP stamp is the proof mark, after the rifle was manufactured the gun would be test fired. Your gun is a Remington Rolling Block Rifle made between 1874 and the late 1880’s.
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