Beware of scammers.

You might contact Steve Evans in Utah at 801-554-5120. Steve at one time had a huge selection of Gun Report magazines he was selling for a few dollars each, and they went back to the late 1950's and forward to 2008.

rudybolla wrote: Sat Jun 06, 2026 10:30 am IIRC, I made cases from .45-70 brass some years back.

.45-70 cases are a lot smaller rim, and might result in the extractor slipping past the rim.

rudybolla wrote: Sat Jun 06, 2026 9:54 am Do you recall what type of rifle was in the Morphy auction?

It was a muzzleloader, but don't recall details.

Rood was indeed another Denver gunsmith, and he and Gove had a real feud going over who was the best shooter. The Denver gunsmith feud was well publicized at the time and made the local papers with both men making jabs at each other.
Here's some more info from a Morphy auction some time ago that ...

It's a .629" rim and .509" base diameter with a 1.89" length. That large rim and base diameter will make finding any donor brass as tough to locate as the original .45-60 brass.
I think your only option might be Rocky Mountain Cartridge Co. and their lathe turned brass. Unfortunately that's not ...

I know you've posted this same gun several other places, and I can only address what I know from Gove guns in my collection. None have this "Pineapple" stamp on any of my guns, and all of mine have Gove's stamp on them which is simply, "C GOVE DENVER, CO." Or on my shotgun it's C. GOVE on each lock ...

I'm late to this topic, but own a pair of rolling Block target pistols. In 1871 Remington made significant changes to the frames that included the hump in the grip frame just above the grips, and also the concave curvature to the rear of the frame where it meets the grips. All models built after ...

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Go away scammer!

With the exception of length it matches closely to 11.43 Egyptian, but length is closer to .43 Spanish Reformado. I wonder if it started life as the Egyptian and someone ran a .44-77 BN reamer in to open up the length?

Where is this number stamped on the receiver? A picture of the complete receiver from a couple angles will help identify what it may have come from. And other markings besides the number also might help.

Have you tried a simple image search? I got this in a quick search just now:
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=remington+Lee+1899+magazine&atb=v458-1&ia=images&iax=images

And also a magazine for sale, but crazy expensive at $415!!
https://oldarmsofidaho.com/product/remington-lee-model-1899-magazine-30-30 ...

I only collect Remington Sporting Rifles in Rolling Block and Hepburn models. Early Rolling Block Sporting Rifles have always been extremely tough to find as Remington directed almost all of their efforts towards filling government contracts all over the world. I own just one Rolling Block Sporter ...

Thanks to whoever finally got this forum back up and running! I've been checking daily and sent messages to people telling them the forum was down. Glad to see it back up again!

Are you sure the "brass" parts are really brass? Have you held a magnet to those parts to see if it sticks? I've never heard of those parts ever being brass, and if they were they'd never withstand the pressures of firing any rifle cartridge. My guess is someone removed those parts and plated them ...

Yes, a tig weld is the way I do them. Be sure not to cool the welds with a wet rag after welding or they can harden the metal. Let it air cool and then you can polish or file off the welds.
I've had hammers, breech blocks, and actions all tig welded on before and no problems at all.