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The steel schnabel type forearm tips were used almost exclusively on all Remington Sporting rifles built prior to 1886 or so. Only rifles that didn't use them were the little #4 and #6 versions. #1, #1.5, and #2 all used them unless it was a special order stock that might have a horn tip.

The #2 is a much smaller frame with octagon top and curved edges on each end of the receivers. They are sort of a fancy smaller variation.
My #2 in .32-20WCF:
https://i.imgur.com/ovB1OvMl.jpg

What you have is an early round top #1 Rolling Block, and it's likely in .38 Long which could be a ...

So why choose 18" then? Seems like you'd be better off going traditional length of the .38-55 cartridge. And wont have a stubby looking Rolling Block.

Can't say as I've ever heard of anyone doing the conversion to a sliding extractor, and betting nobody has.
The 18" barrel is going to really limit the effectiveness of the .38-55 cartridge, not to mention the very short sight radius. Most people use a 28" at least and a 30"-32" is even more ...

Thanks for that, found a compatable barrel liner from track of the wolf for 38-55 that i can get into a reamed .43 barrel.

Next problem, rotary extractor breech blocks seem to be impossible to find, any known seller or is there a way to convert this to bar extractor?


Converting to a bar ...

It's a BP era action, and is fine for .38-55 cartridge. Not like the later smokeless actions that are very heavy in the receiver ring and can be milled to octagon top like a Sporting Rifle action. But leave the action round top and it can handle .38-55 loads easily.
.375 Winchester is over 50,000 ...

When I make pins I use a piece of round stock in the lathe and leave it long while turning so I have extra to hold in the chuck. I don't cut the head or length off until I polish it to fit. Then once it's polished down with emery paper to a perfect fit I put it back in the lathe and cut the head and ...

Can't say I've ever checked clearance for new pins I bought or made? I simply make them as close a fit as possible, but no friction that makes the pins snug enough that the movement of the hammer or block makes the pins want to move also. I just polish the pins until the block/hammer moves freely on ...

If you reload ammo this is very easy to make up to shoot your Cadet. The .50 Navy can be easily made using .50-70 brass by shortening it to around 1" long. Once shortened the case walls are slightly thicker, but still accept a proper size bullet that's around .512" diameter. A 450 gr. bullet slips ...

I agree. I doubt the .50 cents per rifle paid to some sheik caused them to lose money. It might have reduced profits, but surely not enough to hurt them.
Eliphat Remington Jr. was more dedicated to the town and workers than he was to the company, and that caused him issues making financial ...

I'll have to look through all my Remington resources to see which mentioned the Winchester relationship. Jerry Landskron's book on Remington pistols has the finest history of the family and company from beginnings to much later. He mentions that a contract with Egypt caused financial difficulties ...

From what little I've gathered concerning the company's bankruptcy it was bad business decisions made by the brothers. One huge reason was their decision to concentrate on military sales, and then compounding it by not representing themselves in contract agreements with foreign companies. They ...

We have a lot to be thankful to Marcellus Hartley as Remington fans. He really took the company from bankruptcy to successful in a very short period. He had the foresight to realize that military sales alone can't keep a firearms maker afloat, and Sporting arms were as important, and sometimes even ...

Not sure why you think I'm not calm Webb? I thought we were simply having a discussion here, not an argument? The mods done to Rolling Block 1865's were a new trigger guard, breech block, and I doubt any repairs were done on handguns that new. I'd expect some refinishing as the new parts needed to ...

If you milled off a barrel rollstamp you'd have to mill the entire length of the barrel or end up seeing where you stopped. And if you mill one flat that flat will be wider than the other seven flats. It takes blending it out to make it disappear and not show. And round barrels would take turning in ...