Odd trapdoor upper band

[Tkacook]

I've had this band for some time. I realized the other day that the U was on the wrong side. It looks exactly like my other bands of this type, but if installed correctly, the U is on the left. Has anyone seen one like this before. My research has not been able to find any others. Maybe just mis-stamped?

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[Dick Hosmer]

And the "U" is in the center, not at the front edge, right? It's a Remington - they show up on the "fraudulent" Springfields assembled by Bannerman, et al. Never used by SA.

[Tkacook]

It's in the middle. So what model Remington would have used these? I bought just the band many years ago and put it in an 1884 Trapdoor that needed one.

Thanks!

[Major Tom]

Sell it as "rare" on ebay! You'll probably get many bids.

[Tkacook]

So it looks like it fits a Remington-Keene Navy Rifle? Does that sound correct?

Major Tom,
List is a "rare" arsenal mistake?

[Tkacook]

I found this picture. Mine even has the relief for the cleaning rod. Never even noticed that before.

[Dick Hosmer]

If the band has a relief for a side-mounted rod, it prety well has to be for a Remington-Keene (a rifle about which I know VERY little). FWIW, I do not belive the rod in that photo is genuine, but I could well be wrong. Remington DID use two-piece (applied head) on their rods, as opposed to SA, whose rods were homogenous, but the shape was different - that (at least to me) looks like an attempt to create "something" by a person who had never seen an original.