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Originally Posted by sheepherder

A conversion, yes. The barrel looks shorter too. The auction also mentions it is a converted 'Navy' Remington. I didn't see anything like that in the short time I looked.

Nope. It's got nothing to do with being a conversion. The Remington-Beals was the predecessor of the most recognized Remington Army and Navy models of the 1861 pattern. That loading lever is original and so is the 7,5 barrel, standard for the Navy model.