Just a heads up on ".32-40 wcf". There's no such cartridge. The .32-40 was originally called ".32-40 Ballard & Marlin" as it first was offered in the Ballard rifles, and shortly after in the Marlin...
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Just a heads up on ".32-40 wcf". There's no such cartridge. The .32-40 was originally called ".32-40 Ballard & Marlin" as it first was offered in the Ballard rifles, and shortly after in the Marlin...
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Frank DeHaas is one of my favorite sources for rolling Block info, but some of the guns he built, or knew of are sketchy as to chamberings he did or others did. As much as I admire his work, I've...
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Personally I would never push even a later smokeless action Roller to pressures that high! I think most feel that 30,000 psi is fine, and maybe push them to 35,000 psi.
I prefer 4198 as it operates...
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I'm going to call and speak with them about pricing on a full length 56" wooden case for my Schoyen Ballard #6. But with no interior as I want to build that out myself with dividers for gun and...
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Pull can be reduced by replacing the trigger return spring with one made from .045" piano wire. Likely it will reduce the pull by about 50%. I make them for all my Rolling Blocks, whether rifle or...
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No, his site states they don't bore anything smaller than .338 caliber.
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They do offer custom built cases if you call them.
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Just received my display case from Hampels Woodland Products. Hampels makes a lot of products for shooters and collectors, with prices so reasonable it makes me wonder how they can make any money at...
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Thanks. My first "military" type Rolling Block. All my others are Sporting Rifles, but this will fit in with either type.
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Thanks Matt!
I will have the gun with me at our monthly collector show and there are several friends there who collect 1800's military rifles and accessories also. One of them may be able to put...
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Took the Cadet down to it's basic pieces today and cleaned a lot of dried up oil out of it, but found it very clean inside. Once I got it sprayed out with brake clean, and then oiled it went together...
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Thanks!
I think from the images, and descriptions the numbers are for M. Hartley's catalog and likely not what Remington used maybe?
The top is the Cadet built on the 1867 Navy pistols, next the...
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Thank you much! That's the first advertisement I've seen for these and firs documented paper to show what they are, along with a Model number! I wonder if the "No. 206" is what Remington called this,...
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Well glad I didn't get anymore competition, as I wasn't much above the end bid when it stopped!
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Dug through my case of spare sights and found a brand new Remington windage globe with spirit level in my stash with the correct .437" dovetail. But it's a lot of sight for this little rifle, so I...
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Big surprise just now! The #1 Rolling Block in .32-20 just got delivered! Didn't check this morning as yesterday it still said Tuesday delivery. Suddenly a knock on the door and there was the brown...
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Thanks John.
Hoping it cleans up a little bit, but not planning on doing anything too aggressive in the way of cleaning.
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No way it could be .43 Spanish or any of the other large base cartridges foreign Rollers were made in. First because the #1 1/2 uses a small .850" thread shank, and those cartridges are too large to...
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Almost forgot that I tossed in a bid on an early Lyman #17 globe sight too! It's the style built before they made interchangeable apertures like later had, so it has a peep and a post with a tiny...
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Thanks! It's been terrible waiting as their auctions are up for a month before the bidding ends, and then that stupid 30 second clock reset thing to make the end go 5 hrs. more!
I hoped I was high...
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Now this doesn't look like much, and being military appearing, it's outside my area of collecting. But it's one of only three I've ever seen, and they were never cataloged by Remington. And no...
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Bore scopes listed as "endoscopes" can be found all over Ebay for around $15 each. They plug into your computer, laptop, or phone and work very well. I have two of them and one stays at home, the...
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I wouldn't waste any money on that barrel to fix it. I would replace it with a good NOS, or used barrel. Just going to cost more than the gun is worth to try to reline, or fix this barrel.
I...
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Well I wouldn't have reamed the chamber myself, and would have gone with making a breech seating tool to shoot it as a breech seater. Most likely the original rifling was recut specifically to make...
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Not sure if my pictures will be better quality, but I will take more once I get it here. Never dealt with this auction house, so not sure how fast they ship?
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |