Poor Remington rifles in Stavanger shooting club
Stavanger Aftenblad printed a sharp reader's letter from Captain Allum criticizing the rifles and ammunition given to the youngest shooters in Stavanger shooting club. He complained that they were issued old, rusty Remington rifles and ancient corroded copper cartridges and that the rifles shot so poorly that it was difficult to hit the target at 200 meters. On one Sunday, he wrote, none of the available rifles would even fire, so the young shooters had to go home without shooting.

Captain Allum argued that under such conditions it was no wonder so few attended and that those who came once never returned. He did not ask for expensive Krag-Jørgensen rifles, only a couple of converted centerfire Remingtons with proper ammunition.

Breech-loaders against muzzle-loaders at Königgrätz
The Battle of Königgrätz, also called Sadowa, was the decisive battle of the Austro-Prussian War. Austria fielded 160,000 men, but Prussia had about 250,000 and superior weapons. The Prussians were armed with Dreyse needle guns, while the Austrians still relied on muzzle-loaders and were badly outclassed.

The crushing Prussian victory caused a sensation and led countries elsewhere to hurry the adoption of breech-loading rifles and metallic cartridges. Norway, Sweden and Denmark approved the Remington rolling block rifle the following year.