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This is a very strange chambering for the Remington Rolling Block you have considering the chamber cast measurements. It's closest to the .44-90 Sharps than to any Spanish variation of the .43 cartridge. I wonder if someone ran a .44-90 reamer into the chamber to open it up? Or if it possibly got so...

As rare and unusual as a NYS Rolling Block is, it seems a fair number survived as I see them more often than the numbers would indicate. I have seen decent ones sell for $750-$1000, and asking prices don't mean much if the gun doesn't sell at the asking price.
I'd expect yours to sell in that range.

Not positive who the "two Oregon gunsmiths" were, but I do know who one of them was for sure! The late, great Al Perry had a huge volume of gun parts, and was one of the finest gunsmiths I knew who could assemble various old single shots from his parts inventory and make them look unmessed...

This is the only Hepburn I own that's not had some work done to it. This particular one is an extremely rare Match B with a 34" half octagon barrel, and chambered in .32-40 B&M marked barrel. From what I can ferret out, it may be the only Match B built with aa 34" barrel? The buttstock...

Well of all the bad habits a man can have this one sure does seem to be a good one. The end products really show your talent. thank you for posting it, Bill My wife wishes it was my only "bad habit". I build cars as a hobby for longer than the 43 years we've been together. But she knew ab...

I'm beginning to see a pattern here (lol). beautiful work just shows what can be done with these old guns if you're willing to spend the time and money bringing them back rather than dismiss them as not worth it. Bill I've always been on a small budget Bill, so mostly buy train wrecks, and rebuild ...

If it shoots anything as well as it looks you'll do well. Has to be pleasurable just shooting it knowing it's truly your gun. Not many people are willing to work that hard to be able to have a gun that looks as good as it does and I'd be willing to bet it'll shoot just as well. Congrats on a job ve...

Bill Allen wrote: ↑Fri Jan 14, 2022 12:03 pm WOW I'm impressed nice job hope it shots as well as it looks good luck Bill

Thanks Bill!
I hope it shoots well too! I plan to use it in BPCR long-range matches, so will try to wring out what it likes best before those matches start this spring at our range.

Just finished saving this poor old Hepburn. It came to me a decade ago as a set trigger rifle with a very heavy octagon barrel, but chopped off at 22"! I took it to a gunsmith back then who welded on 8" of barrel and relined it to the original .40-70SS chambering. But the first time I shot...

I would hazard a guess that's an early Husqvarna Rolling Block made on one of the Remington built receivers. The earliest versions weren't made in Sweden, as I think I read where Remington sold them 10,000 receivers in the first run for Husqvarna to build guns on? You need to do a chamber casting to...

Tang sight holes for the #2 are 10-32 NF. The tang sight spacing is 1.937" and a sight for a #2 is very rare and tough to find as the base is curved to fit the curved upper tang. I have adapted other bases to them by bending the base to fit, and elongating the rear hole to still fit the spacing...

I'd have to wait for pictures, before I can be much help.

And the #1 1/2 was never chambered in longer rifle cartridges either.

Without a barrel rollstamp I'd have to guess at the date. I do know that Remington Creedmoor rifles used in the 1874 match were around serial number s in the very low 3000 range. So it's likely yours being in the 3200 range is late that year, or 1875. The B.N. Bacon is new to me, and not stamped whe...

There is no barrel rollstamp. Just the markings like I posted in my notes. The serial number and the caliber. The only place it says Remington is on the upper tang. That's a very unusual thing to not have a Remington address on the top flat, forward of the sight! I've got 16 Remington Sporting Rifl...