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Hi all, proud owner of a new to me Model 1861 Old Army in original condition. No fillister screw installed on the loading lever. Serial number is 2159 matching on the frame and barrel. Small W stamp under trigger guard. All else is worn but can make out a little of the patent date and "Illion&q...

Thanks to everyone here for the information. Got the locking lever in the mail and after a lot of cursing and elbow grease, got the receiver all apart and pieces swapped. Hammer goes back and fully locks now. I haven't read up yet on how the half-cock safety is supposed to work but it all seems good...

Thanks Matt, just checked out their website. Can you help me clarify....part RB215 "locking lever" seems to be the part in question. But it also says for the Original Army Model, not also the NYS one. I would doubt that they're swappable? Here's a shot from the website. The part that stick...

Hi all, I've become the new owner of a NYS Rolling Block and it's a real beauty. But I noticed the half-cock safety didn't work as I figured it should and the trigger doesn't set at the full cock (borrowed the photo from somewhere else on this board because I couldn't figure out how to fully disasse...

So an empty (never formed) 43 Spanish case seats properly. Don't have an actual cartridge with a bullet yet and still have to buy chamber casting materials/eqpt (was hoping to have this answered by now, lol) so a little more research to do. Oddly enough though, 43 Spanish doesn't seem to be in the C...

Yes, I was just recently told that as well. I've got a 43 Spanish case coming in the mail to try. It should be okay to test with just the brass, correct (no bullet)? I couldn't find any single Spanish cartridges out there to buy just one.

Got the Berdan cartidge in the mail today - fits like a glove! Well, the hand inside the glove I guess is the more correct analogy. The extractor closes flush with the rest of the breech and the rolling block seems to sit flush on top of that when closed making a tight seal. No wiggle or anything st...

I purchased a Remington Rolling Block I originally thought was the early Type 1 Remington-made Danish contract rifles (model 1867) due to the crown but absent the Danish-applied serial number on the receiver. But having just received my copy of Layman's 'Remington Rolling Block Military Rifles of th...