The Remington Rifle Cane: For the Properly Equipped 19th Century Gentleman

By Chris Eger

“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 1858 and 1888.
Just the ticket for curbing an attack from a rabid animal or a rapscallion along the highway, this trusty cane belongs to another era.
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. To update the market with a more American take on the concept, Remington began producing its own Rifle Cane just before the Civil War.
Patented by Remington gunsmith and master mechanic, John F. Thomas in 1858, Big Green’s gun was arguably superior in many ways from what was being offered across the pond. 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.
The steel barrel shaft was encased inside the brass

Source: Guns.com