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I don’t see any swivel on the butt stock??
I’d graft a couple of pieces onto the rear of the forend . . .then take it into the Whitetail woods!

limeaura wrote: Wed Aug 26, 2026 9:59 pm . . . . toaurguns . . .

“toaurguns”???

Never heard of that term!

mikemiller69gs wrote: Sun Aug 16, 2026 8:19 am . . . . . I can’t seem to focus on the front and rear sights together. . . . . . .

Concentrate ONLY on the FRONT sight . . . .allowing the rear sight AND the target bull to be “fuzzy”.

My guess is:
A #1 Military . . . .with the earlier “long” lower tang.
Looks like it was cleaned up a mite.

. . . . .and divert harmlessly downward into the magazine well. . . . . .


IMO . . . . .Gas diverted downward into the magazine is NOT “harmlessly”!
(I blew a magazine to pieces in a handgun when a case let go!)

Still believe that expecting gas to travel 180 degrees around the inside of the ...

A coincidence side note happened last night at our Historical Arms Collectors dinner meeting. A friend brought in a Springfield Navy Rolling Block is excellent condition for show and tell! As he passed it around the group I cocked the hammer and noticed half cock is only about 1/4 cock. I then ...

marlinman93 wrote: Thu Jul 23, 2026 8:27 am . . . .I'm also not sure the safety feature on the Egyptian Rolling Blocks is the same thing as what Springfield designed. . . . . .

I did not know there WAS a safety on the Egyptian RBs.

The rifles made at Springfield with this safety design change were a modification done by Springfield, not Remington. The only involvement Remington had was to agree to a royalty from Springfield for each rifle they produced. The drop to half cock feature on these rifles is only found on those ...

Sitting here musing over my 1993-era, M700 Classic, and I see an “error” in the making of this otherwise fine rifle . . . .

As some of us know, Springfield Armory, way-back in 1936, realized that the “gas relief” hole in the right side of the M1903 rifle was not only blocked by the claw extractor ...

What little I know of the 7mm Mauser chambering, is that headspace is “generous”.
I have no knowledge of the RB handguns.
If possible, I suggest you acquire a copy of Norm Fladermans’ “Guide to Antique American Firearms” . . . and see particularly description #9A-397 (Navy) and #9A-399 (Army).

I ...

Daniel . . .
I’m not at all sure what caliber (or frame size) you have in your 1910 RB.
Dunno’ if the smaller caliber/frame size have the locking action, but I do know the big, #1 frame does have BOTH normal (early) and locking (later) actions.

Springfield made at least two runs of RBs . . .
The ...

TommyJoe wrote: Mon Jul 06, 2026 5:41 am
A clear close-up photo of the stamp would really help. It's hard to identify the initials without seeing them.

As I posted above, I have identified the final inspector as Orville Wood Ainsworth.

I believe this is a term coined by Norm Flayderman (maybe/probably others) and refers to a safety device incorporated in the later RBs.
Somewhere, I read some foreign users of this action FAILED to maintain these rifles adequately . . . .allowing the fire-pins to “freeze” in the forward position ...

I have two RBs . . .
A Springfield-made, 1870 U.S. Navy rifle and a NY State militia model.
The militia model has the “locking action” while the Navy model does not.
Did the 1871 Army model (Springfield) have the “locking action”?
When did the “locking action” come into being?
Inquiring minds, etc ...

Though this is an old thread, I believe I can “shed some light” here . . .
The machining of the block and hammer is such that when the hammer goes completely into “battery”, all clearance twixt the hammer and block is eliminated.
Until that happens, some clearance is normal.
Remington engineers knew ...