During this period, the Remingtons specialized almost exclusively in the manufacture of rifle barrels. Remington's third son, Eliphalet III, would later join the company as well. Remington & Son"), and in 1845 his second son, Samuel, also joined the company, afterwards called "E. In 1839 Eliphalet was joined by his oldest son, Philo Remington (to make the business "E. The move coincided with the elder Eliphalet's death, and Eliphalet II assumed control of the business.
To meet the increased demand for rifle barrels, in 1828 the Remingtons moved their forge and foundry from its rural setting to 100 acres (0.4 km²) of land they had purchased astride the canal and abutting the Mohawk River near a town then called Morgan's Landing (later Ilion), New York. With the completion of the Erie Canal, connecting Buffalo with Albany, commerce in the Mohawk Valley expanded remarkably as did the demand for rifle barrels. Despite not winning the match, he proceeded to make barrels to meet the growing demand for flintlock rifles in the Mohawk Valley. Įliphalet II forged his first rifle barrel as a young blacksmith in 1816 and finished second place in a local shooting match with it. Both versions have him taking the barrel to a gunsmith to have it rifled. The other states that he forged a barrel from wrought iron to see if he could build a better rifle than he could buy. One holds that the younger Remington wanted to purchase a rifle and lacked the money to buy one so he made his own. There are two versions of the origin story of the first Remington rifle barrel.
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