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Let’s play the “What is it?” game!

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Another one from the back of the safe…
 
None of the above.
It's a Remington.
So, can anybody give the model name
or model number?
EDITED: I don't know whether it was designed by Remington's own team in-house or whether it was designed by some independent person or firm and then Remington bought the patents and began producing them.
 
On it:

Yes. That's it.

"The choice of the Remington-Keene Frontier Rifle for use by the Indian Police is an interesting one. It may have been motivated by the decision to purchase the Model 1875 revolvers from Remington, with the theory that adding long arms to the same order might improve the pricing on the entire purchase. When the order was placed in 1880, the Remington-Keene Magazine Bolt Action Rifle was the only repeating rifle offered by Remington that was not a revolving firearm. Remington had concentrated on the development and marketing of its rolling block series of single-shot rifles at the conclusion of the American Civil War and had not actively pursued the development of a repeating rifle. With the announcement that the US Army was convening a “Magazine Gun Board” to hold trials for a repeating rifle design in 1878, Remington was left scrambling for a potential submission. They obtained the rights to a series of patents held by New Jersey gun designer John W Keene. Keene’s design..."
 
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