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The .348 case is a little on the fat side. My guess is what happened here is a 'smith used a .348 reamer in the .43 Spanish chamber so the winchester case would go in, then it was up to the owner to fire-form the case. Like with a primed case, 15 gr of Unique and a load of cornmeal over it. The resu...

That's an interesting rifle - factory sporter stock and probaBLY the original sporting rifle caliber. The Lee is a very strong action - the bolt head on mine was nickel steel and not one but two safety lugs. The biggest drawback is the half-cock safety on the striker. You have to cock it before you ...

This is a very interesting thread! I have a Mexican roller that I bought mail order when I was 15. You could order one with an "extra good bore" for a few dollars extra so I did that. Like a fool I butchered it into a "sporter" but that's what everyone did back then. It has always been an accurate g...

If I knew anything about your carbine I would post a reply. I generally try not to post unless I have the goods to deliver. Good luck with your search.

jn

A little more ... The American plan at El Caney was to neutralize the garrison before combining forces for the assault on the hills above Santiago. Lawton’s division was supposed to roll up El Caney and then join Kent’s division for the assault. It didn’t work out that way. The Spanish resistance at...

General Vara del Rey was in command at El Caney during the Spanish-American-Cuban War. Early on he was hit by a rifle bullet through his legs and turned command over to Lt. Col Punet. When things went south, Vara del Rey was being evacuated on a stretcher when he was hit by a single .43 cal. bullet ...

It IS nice. I wonder if it was a prize? From the 7th Hog Fair!

jn

CC Johnson was a famous butcher of fine old single shot rifles. he was also a sweet guy. When we were teenagers, we visited him at his place. My brother Paul had him put a Douglas barrel on his 7mm Mexican Mauser, and brother Eric had him convert a martini cadet to .218 Mashburn Bee. Both brothers s...

For coil springs, you can find them at Ace hardware --- they are relatively cheap and may or may not work.

good luck!

jn

That's 15 grains, not grams! Hope that helps and all that

Use black powder, the real stuff, not Pyrodex or whatever. Stuff the case full, tamp it down with a felt wad and use a bullet that is 1:16 or better, 1:20 tin:lead.

You can use smokeless too if your bullet fills the bore. 15g of Unique is pretty good in the .43.


Good luck!

jn

Well, JoJo,

It could very well be THE rifle. Or it could be some other, equally fine, factory special custom target rifle. For me, the round barrel profile is the clincher. YMMV. I hope you will take it out and shoot it. Taking care, of course, not to mess it up. Post some targets if you do.

jn

Hello Webb! The .43 Spanish is a very common round for the rolling block rifle. It is a good round too, with (IMHO) a bit of an edge on the 45-70 in terms of velocity and useful range. Most of your concerns are really nothing to worry about as long as you use BP and a soft (say, 1:20 tin-lead) bulle...

It's really hard to state in words what you have to do. It's kind of like a card trick or something. Be careful of how the extractor goes in when you reassemble the dam thing.

Good luck!

jn

I've never had that problem with any 7x57 I've owned or shot. You may have got one with a loose chamber. My own experience is that it is a fine round that gets a lot of value out of its relatively economical powder charge, with a much wider range of available bullets than, say, the .270 Winchester. ...