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- Sun Mar 17, 2019 4:40 pm
- Forum: RR / Pre -1899
- Topic: 1871 new york militia rolling block????
- Replies: 20
- Views: 10697
Re: 1871 new york militia rolling block????
Very nice rifle! I hate to keep bringing this up, but the locking-action hammer does NOT "drop to half-cock". It IS released so as to bear against, and drag on, the block, requiring the hammer to be re-cocked before shooting, but it does not fall into the half-cock notch. The EFFECT is bas...
- Sun Feb 17, 2019 11:09 am
- Forum: RR / Pre -1899
- Topic: New Guy and SURPRISE! I have a "ID my RB" question
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8701
Re: New Guy and SURPRISE! I have a "ID my RB" question
Aha, now that we can FINALLY see the whole thing, the crystal ball clears a bit. I wondered why the tip fit so poorly. It is because the rifle was cut down, at some time, by "Bubba", who also left his trademark goofy front sight and wrench/vise marks on the barrel. The NYS arms were either...
- Thu Dec 06, 2018 1:24 am
- Forum: RR / Pre -1899
- Topic: Request info on 1899 Rem Lee Sporter
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3506
Re: Request info on 1899 Rem Lee Sporter
Thanks, Gene!
Wish I'd known that before I parted with the gun - but it went in part of the cash/trade deal which brought me my "Type 2" (Sharps-sighted) Springfield Long Range rifle in .45-80, one of the seven known of the 24 produced in 1881, so I really cannot squawk too much.
Wish I'd known that before I parted with the gun - but it went in part of the cash/trade deal which brought me my "Type 2" (Sharps-sighted) Springfield Long Range rifle in .45-80, one of the seven known of the 24 produced in 1881, so I really cannot squawk too much.
- Thu Sep 20, 2018 9:44 am
- Forum: RR / Pre -1899
- Topic: Request info on 1899 Rem Lee Sporter
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3506
Re: Request info on 1899 Rem Lee Sporter
I used to have a similar (less ornate) rifle, marked ".236" on the bottom of the barrel, just ahead of the forend. I was never sure of the caliber as there are three possibilities: 6m/m Navy rimmed, 6m/m Navy rimless, and .236 Remington. The latter is a VERY rare rimmed cartridge, shorter ...
- Fri Mar 09, 2018 11:30 am
- Forum: RR / Pre -1899
- Topic: Trying to reconstruct a 1870 Springfield Trials Carbine
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4635
Re: Trying to reconstruct a 1870 Springfield Trials Carbine
I'll work on it, but it could easily take months!
- Thu Mar 08, 2018 4:47 pm
- Forum: RR / Pre -1899
- Topic: Trying to reconstruct a 1870 Springfield Trials Carbine
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4635
Re: Trying to reconstruct a 1870 Springfield Trials Carbine
Ed, I do not think so (though I'm sure that what you stated also occurred). While, at the time, I was basically "aware" of the four Trials carbines, I did not know just how rare the Remingtons and Sharps versions were/are, but I particularly recall wording to the effect that what they were...
- Thu Mar 08, 2018 10:29 am
- Forum: RR / Pre -1899
- Topic: Trying to reconstruct a 1870 Springfield Trials Carbine
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4635
Re: Trying to reconstruct a 1870 Springfield Trials Carbine
WAAAAY back in the day (1980s?) someone, quite possibly S&S, advertised the proper forends. Don't know how many they had but it cannot have been a hot mover - maybe they still have one or two in some nook or cranny? On a similar front, I'm working VERY slowly on one of the 28" barrel M1882 ...
- Mon Mar 05, 2018 9:19 pm
- Forum: RR / Pre -1899
- Topic: Trying to reconstruct a 1870 Springfield Trials Carbine
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4635
Re: Trying to reconstruct a 1870 Springfield Trials Carbine
The bar LOOKS to be about the same length as that on the Allin and Ward-Burton carbines made at the same time, though the front attachment would be different of course. Since what you are making isn't going to be "right" anyhow, such a bar might give you a good starting point. Such bars (i...
- Sat Mar 03, 2018 1:05 am
- Forum: RR / Pre -1899
- Topic: Is the family timeline on this rolling block
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2825
Re: Is the family timeline on this rolling block
What is stamped on the right side of the receiver?
- Mon Jan 29, 2018 1:36 pm
- Forum: RR / Pre -1899
- Topic: Help ID’ing an old rolling block
- Replies: 30
- Views: 12007
Re: Help ID’ing an old rolling block
Agrees with mine - note relationship of barrel, rod, and forend - this is not what presents on the 'mystery' piece. Also, not the same arm as described in the SA link (which is the common M1871) provided by OP. So, I think we now what it isn't - though whether we'll ever know exactly how it came to ...
- Mon Jan 29, 2018 11:14 am
- Forum: RR / Pre -1899
- Topic: Help ID’ing an old rolling block
- Replies: 30
- Views: 12007
Re: Help ID’ing an old rolling block
I believe you will find that the correct barrel length for the Trials rifle is 36", and that the statement made about the 1008 rifles completed makes an error in that regard. The Trials rifle was sort of a "missing link" between the Navies and the later M1871, which had an entirely di...
- Mon Jan 29, 2018 10:11 am
- Forum: RR / Pre -1899
- Topic: Help ID’ing an old rolling block
- Replies: 30
- Views: 12007
Re: Help ID’ing an old rolling block
It's fun trying to unravel these little mysteries! I will not be able to measure my own guns for awhile, though I do own specimens of both Navies and the Trials arm. Without getting into specifics it would appear that you have a Trials receiver fitted with a Navy barrel - and then some sort of "...
- Sat Jan 27, 2018 8:08 pm
- Forum: RR / Pre -1899
- Topic: Help ID’ing an old rolling block
- Replies: 30
- Views: 12007
Re: Help ID’ing an old rolling block
My guns are not readily accessible at present, but I believe the hammer is (also) the same between the Navies and the Trials rifles. Barrel length, forend length, rod length, and right-side receiver markings are the determining factors. The hammer and block are both distinctly different on the 1871 ...
- Mon Jan 22, 2018 11:49 pm
- Forum: RR / Pre -1899
- Topic: Help ID’ing an old rolling block
- Replies: 30
- Views: 12007
Re: Help ID’ing an old rolling block
I cannot place my finger on exactly why or what, but there is something "wrong" about the first picture (of the muzzle area). The rod (whose front end dimensions never changed) looks "right", and the rifle (exposed stock wood dimension) proportions look "right", but the...
- Mon Dec 11, 2017 10:15 pm
- Forum: RR / Pre -1899
- Topic: Hybird Carbine?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2413
Re: Hybird Carbine?
Well, thankfully it is just a bunch of parts - as I first skimmed through the post quickly I was dreading seeing that someone HAD messed up an 1870 Trials carbine. That would have been a REAL tragedy since they are SO scarce. I have managed to acquire six of the eight pieces in the 1870 "set&qu...