In the 1860's and 70's the Remington Rolling Block revolutionized almost all the armies of the world (except ours!). Their cost and accuracy most likely put Sharps out of business! The Rolling Block set accuracy and competition records on both sides of the Atlantic.

The repeating bolt action rifle seems to have ended the Rolling Blocks usefulness, but Remington has done pretty well with those too.

I'm down to 2 Rolling Blocks and 4 of the 700's. One of these 700's shoots less than 2" groups at 500 yards! Another has shot several flies off my targets!

A friend of mine has 41 model 40x rifles, all in 222 Remington! (most with those primitive Unertl scopes!) 1 of those is a first year 40x made on the 788 action!

Ivan