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by DoctorBill
Thu Oct 21, 2021 1:40 pm
Forum: RR / Pre -1899
Topic: No 4 Take Down .32 Cal Rimfire - Year made ?
Replies: 7
Views: 2968

Re: No 4 Take Down .32 Cal Rimfire - Year made ?

. I just found this YouTube Video on retrieving Scratched Out Serial Numbers .... I may try it ! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ld4hJmxP9Zk No reason not to.... Copper Sulphate is sold as a Root Killer in Garden Supply places (Lowe's) Muriatic Acid (Technical grade Hydrochloric Acid) is sold in Har...
by DoctorBill
Wed Oct 20, 2021 10:22 am
Forum: RR / Pre -1899
Topic: No 4 Take Down .32 Cal Rimfire - Year made ?
Replies: 7
Views: 2968

Re: No 4 Take Down .32 Cal Rimfire - Year made ?

. Here are the first attempts to photograph the scratched out Serial Numbers. I am trying light at various angles and manipulating color, saturation, contrast and sharpening (focus). 10x Close Up Lens. LUMIX Camera - More to come - I hope. The Razor Blade is to help FOCUS the Camera..... https://i.p...
by DoctorBill
Wed Oct 20, 2021 9:45 am
Forum: RR / Pre -1899
Topic: No 4 Take Down .32 Cal Rimfire - Year made ?
Replies: 7
Views: 2968

Re: No 4 Take Down .32 Cal Rimfire - Year made ?

. . I cannot see any number just in front of the forarm wood, so I took a Jeweler's Loupe to it. YES - there IS something there very faint and spotty. Whatever is there was not stamped very deeply at all ! A lot of scratches are there.... I will attempt some Photographic "Abby Sciuto" ala ...
by DoctorBill
Tue Oct 19, 2021 2:21 pm
Forum: RR / Pre -1899
Topic: No 4 Take Down .32 Cal Rimfire - Year made ?
Replies: 7
Views: 2968

Re: No 4 Take Down .32 Cal Rimfire - Year made ?

. First off, there is NO SERIAL NUMBER on this rifle - other that the one shown in the second Photo. I have looked over every square inch of the rifle - NO serial number anywhere. Here is the Receiver with the Barrel Out: https://i.postimg.cc/KjG96W9R/Barrel-off-Open-Receiver.jpg The Camera picks up...
by DoctorBill
Sat Oct 16, 2021 10:01 am
Forum: RR / Pre -1899
Topic: No 4 Take Down .32 Cal Rimfire - Year made ?
Replies: 7
Views: 2968

No 4 Take Down .32 Cal Rimfire - Year made ?

. I just acquired a Number 4 Remington .32 Caliber "Take Down" rolling block for $250. https://i.postimg.cc/9M7K92hv/32-Rimfire-Take-Down.jpg It is in good shape - I have it all cleaned up. Good rifling. It has the following ID on the barrel underneath the Forend Stock. (picture). It had h...
by DoctorBill
Mon Oct 04, 2021 9:44 am
Forum: RR / Pre -1899
Topic: Solved - MY 43 Spanish Reloads would not fit chamber
Replies: 5
Views: 3250

Re: Solved - MY 43 Spanish Reloads would not fit chamber

That depends on what equipment YOU have. I crimp the cartridges with the LEE Die. If you know that you have flared the case too much, either run the case back into the die enough to constrict it back or perhaps push the empty case into the receiver to re-constrict it. Take it easy with the Wine Gizz...
by DoctorBill
Wed Aug 04, 2021 12:14 pm
Forum: RS / Pre - 1899
Topic: .43 Spanish Brass made from Starline 50-110
Replies: 8
Views: 7078

Re: .43 Spanish Brass made from Starline 50-110

Holy Moley !

I must have been in the usual "Hurry" and clicked the wrong Forum !

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Can this me Moved to the RIFLE forum ? If so - please move it !

DoctorBill
by DoctorBill
Mon Jul 26, 2021 3:34 pm
Forum: RR / Pre -1899
Topic: Solved - MY 43 Spanish Reloads would not fit chamber
Replies: 5
Views: 3250

Solved - MY 43 Spanish Reloads would not fit chamber

. . I have had problems trying to reload for my Argentine 43 Spanish Remington Rolling Block Rifle using the LYMAN 439186 Molded cast bullets. The reloads would NOT fit into the chamber - even if the empty Brass Cartridges would ! Figured out that it was the NECK DIAMETER ! Long story short - the la...
by DoctorBill
Thu Jun 03, 2021 11:42 am
Forum: RS / Pre - 1899
Topic: .43 Spanish Brass made from Starline 50-110
Replies: 8
Views: 7078

Re: .43 Spanish Brass made from Starline 50-110

I just recvd the Buffalo Arms 44-77 Brass. It is "44-77 Sharps Bottle Neck Cases for Originals .085" Rim Thickness" It has Starline .50 Alaskan on the base ! https://i.postimg.cc/QdMD39CP/Buf-Arms-44-77-Brass-1.jpg I wonder if one could reform .50 Alaskan DIRECTLY to .43 Spanish? THE ...
by DoctorBill
Sun May 30, 2021 10:25 pm
Forum: RS / Pre - 1899
Topic: .43 Spanish Brass made from Starline 50-110
Replies: 8
Views: 7078

Re: .43 Spanish Brass made from Starline 50-110

Thank you - profusely - oscarflytyer for that bit of information ! I just ordered such from Buffalo Arms today - 30 cases ! They HAD some ! Didn't know such a caliber existed ! Ignorance is expensive..... ADDED as a "postscript" (5-31-2021) .......After MUCH inquiry, I found the Dimensions...
by DoctorBill
Thu May 20, 2021 8:03 pm
Forum: RS / Pre - 1899
Topic: .43 Spanish Brass made from Starline 50-110
Replies: 8
Views: 7078

.43 Spanish Brass made from Starline 50-110

I just acquired an Argentine .43 Spanish Remington Rolling Block. Nice rifle - the rifle is in great condition - the Stock has been brutalized over time. Right now, for reasons I don't fully understand, Brass is as scarce as "Hen's Teeth" ! Buffalo Arms in Idaho has sold .43 Spanish Brass,...
by DoctorBill
Thu Nov 19, 2020 11:53 pm
Forum: RR / Pre -1899
Topic: 8mmx58r Brass Cases - how do I make them ?
Replies: 19
Views: 11529

Re: 8mmx58r Brass Cases - how do I make them ?

. . I have already fired 13 rounds made the same way I just did mine, by the person I bought the rifle from. i.e. the purchase included his attempts to reform the Brass. Long story short, they work fine . He just had some made from 45-70's and 45-90's. Kinda vague on their origin. I tried 13 grains ...
by DoctorBill
Thu Nov 19, 2020 1:20 pm
Forum: RR / Pre -1899
Topic: 8mmx58r Brass Cases - how do I make them ?
Replies: 19
Views: 11529

Re: 8mmx58r Brass Cases - how do I make them ?

. . wlw - the 45-90 brass is .010" thick at the start, 0.18" thick when reformed into the 8mmx58r cartridge. No worries - they reload and fire well in my rifle. I have gone thru a bag of 50 Starline 45-90 Brass and am done. Here is the result.....whew ! https://i.postimg.cc/xddcGWrF/Reform...
by DoctorBill
Wed Nov 18, 2020 10:48 am
Forum: RR / Pre -1899
Topic: 8mmx58r Brass Cases - how do I make them ?
Replies: 19
Views: 11529

Re: 8mmx58r Brass Cases - how do I make them ?

It is frustrating at first, but once you get in the groove, it becomes fun
and satisfying.

I still have about 14 45-90's to reform into 8mmx58r's.

One of several "Hobby Jobs" that keeps me sane in these Adolf Hitler 'Lock Downs".

DoctorBill
by DoctorBill
Mon Nov 16, 2020 2:44 pm
Forum: RR / Pre -1899
Topic: 8mmx58r Brass Cases - how do I make them ?
Replies: 19
Views: 11529

Re: 8mmx58r Brass Cases - how do I make them ?

. . I have been on a "Learning Curve" reforming Brass for this rifle. Here is what I do.... .................Reforming 45-90 to 8mmx58r Danish Krag................... This requires infinite PATIENCE...... Cut a 45-90 Brass Case to ~57.5mm on the Lathe. File flat and debur the EDGE on the l...