Activity, or the lack thereof

[Dick Hosmer]

Is anyone left alive out there? Have never seen the forum so dead.

[stanforth]

Is anyone left alive out there? Have never seen the forum so dead.

Hi I was thinking that I was the only person left alive.
I check this forum every morning and again in the early evening and I was getting depressed about the lack of activity.

[Dick Hosmer]

Is anyone left alive out there? Have never seen the forum so dead.

Hi I was thinking that I was the only person left alive.
I check this forum every morning and again in the early evening and I was getting depressed about the lack of activity.

As do I! Of course, I'm sort of a fish out of water here, as my RB interest is extremely narrow/limited, covering only the Springfield-assembled martials, some of which are quite scarce.

[stanforth]

My only 'Remington' interest is the Rolling Block rifles. My other main interest is Colt fixed cylinder revolvers from the Patterson to the Double Action Army of 1978.
As you will realise my twice a day visit to this forum was getting depressing.

[tjack]

Good to see a new post....even if it does not require me to clear the cob webs of my brain coming up with info!
I check this every evening when I'm home.

[bcowern]

I think most people just look and don’t respond. I posted a question about No.1 Sporting Rifle barrel sights: 630 views, 1 reply.

Perhaps most of the expertise and interest in Rolling Blocks is in the military models and not the sporting rifles.

Regards

[stanforth]

I think most people just look and don’t respond. I posted a question about No.1 Sporting Rifle barrel sights: 630 views, 1 reply.

Perhaps most of the expertise and interest in Rolling Blocks is in the military models and not the sporting rifles.

Regards

I think the reason is that while Remmington made thousands of sporting rifle they made millions of military guns. I have a small collection of Rolling Blocks and most of themn are military arms, they are more prolific so more people own them. Despite this there are very few posts on Rolling Block rifles in general.

[Dick Hosmer]

I believe you are correct!

Of course, I have dug myself an even deeper hole within a hole, limiting my collecting to only those military RBs assembled at the Springfield Armory!

That said, I read every post in this niche, and respond when I think i can contribute.

[stanforth]

It must be great to be able to specialise like that. Here in the UK there are less specimens available.
I limit my collecting to anything I can find and afford I particularly enjoy finding a calibre where ammo is unobtainable and make up my own ammo to suite. All of my guns get used or, in the case of metalic cartridge pistols where it is now illeagal to shoot them, mine have been used before the door slammed shut in 1998.
My usual shooters are 12.7 Swedish, .43 Egiptian and for gallery shooting a No.4 RB in .32 rimfire.

[bc350astro]

I am a newish member, was a member years ago and rejoined the fold. I have posted a few questions but other than a revolver question (answers were very helpful ) they have gone unanswered. Does not seem to be a lot of traffic here. I belong to the Mosin Nagant group and they are very busy.
So my question is , where can I find info about Boy Scout / Military bayonet scabbords? Saw a bayo and scab for crazy money on eBay. Also, is there a trick to posting photos?

[stanforth]

Just go on to 'Post Reply', add your message then scroll down to 'Uplload attachment' use Filename' or 'Browse' and thats it.

There you go.. Your post replied to this time.

[ChuckD]

First a comment about the lack of activity. speaking just for myself.
While I read all of the posts, in most cases the inquirer has more knowledge
of the subject than I could add.
With that said, I have a question regarding a sporting Rolling Block.
A friend of mine just purchased an unusual one from Rock Island Auction.

http://www.rockislandauction.com/viewit ... 5/lid/1075

He doesn't have a computer, so asked me if I could help explain the use of "Remingtons"
rather than "E. Remington & Sons" on this rifle. We know some O/U Derringers were marked this way, but in the late 1860's. With the last patent marking of 1874 it would have had to be later.
We discussed the time frame when it might have been produced. Was it before, during, or after the reorganization?
His thinking is it was made in the late 1870's or early '80's.
If I remember correctly, it is 44 rim fire.

So here is something think about!

[stanforth]

What a nice rifle. That is just what I am looking for when I visit Arms Fairs.
.44 rimfire would be a super challenge as realoadable cases in .44rf are not obtainable over here anymore since Dixie stopped exporting them. I can ge .32, .38 and .41 from France and do so shooting a No.4 Rolling block (.32rf)frequently on Gallery ranges.
The problem is guns in larger rimfire and sporting Rolling Blocks are seldom seen in the UK.
Good luck to your friend whith this rifle and I hope that the experts come along to add to this thread.

[Scorpion8]

I think most people just look and don’t respond.

Have to agree. I just joined here because I wasn't getting answers at other places, and my RB thread has gone unanswered for days. No expectations of "instant gratification", as a veteran of many forums for a long time. The active membership seems low, but I was hoping that a more specialized forum would provide some answers.

[wsmrto]

I have been a member maybe a year or so, I finally made ou my mind to turn my focus on Rolling blocks and original (Affordable) single shot rifles and carbines. I have always been partial to Short rifles and Carbines. I have on several occasions asked for help on ID's with several of my RBs. Not a peep on this forum. Mostly I end up back where I started, now over 20 years ago which is Parallax Bill's C&R. I have just found a nice NYS 50/70 which originally was "Tinned". When I got it I got a very good 1/2 discount as 1st the sellers didn't know what it was and I showed them the fact the entire metal surface was a brown patina. I called it RUST. well I had already moved one of the bands and saw that the metal underneath was bright and shiny. Well I took it home and pulled the wood and found the most beautiful shiny tinned finish. All I have done now so far is soak the barreled action in Kroil soaked rags and them use BRONZE wool to wipe away the brown leaving the tin surface bright and shiny again. Now I know some must be about to scream about ruining it, however the tinned finish is still there, I am just cleaning the surface rut off. I am curious about the numbers on the inside of the wood on the tang. Are they actual serial numbers or just production #s like the other RBs I have?