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I happen to have an 1866 Yellow Boy Winchester 44 Henry rimfire rifle and of course I do not have any Boolits for it. Not that I really want to go hunting with it but I make it a point to have...

I also just acquired a 218 Bee with a Redfield scope mounted. I understand that the only barrel drilled for a scope was in 1958. Is there any marking that would identify the year of the Bee? I would...

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I am going to machine the next center fire block for the other Spencer. I will now use the S&S block for a starting concept.
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I checked real close fo a piece of brass in the bore and all is clean. The problem was a hang up with the shell ejector but all that works well now and the 56-50 enters the chamber...

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I have been trying to get my S&S Center fire conversion to work smoothly but the upper curved part of the block catches on the edge of the gun housing just in front of...

I checked under the wood on the Burnside Spencer and the serial number matches. To not confuse the issue I will only speak here of the one Burnside carbine Dated 1865 and has the 3 groove barrel.
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My barrels on both Spencer's are 20" long and one has 3 rifle grooves,pic. below [56-56] 1865 Ser#22xxx and the other has 6 [56-50] 186? with no ser# apparent. Appreciate all the info you supplied....

Thanks Bill for the input. Sounds like we have the same Carbine. I decided to convert the 56-50 to center fire and leave the 56-56 alone for now I am now ready now to start loading. I had also...

Just looked through my cabinet and found that I had ordered 5 56-50s a long time ago from Buffalo arms and they are cut down 50-70s. Thats the reason they were so expensive. I started designing a...

This is dynamite information you guys are giving me. This is beginning to be a fun project. I enjoy the challenges presented here. I just installed the S&S Spencer center fire conversion [$170] and...

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I am machining several aluminum blocks to fit my Lee handles and going to machine up some bullet molds since I cannot find any of the correct ones. I guess I will be loading...

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Now I would not have thought of that with the tapered case and all. How do you go about reforming it? Do you get cracked cases after firing?

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I will do it to my 50-70 die. I don't have to worry about the depth on that one. I have a lathe so I will just chuck it up and grind off a little. Hopefully then the shell holder will allow...

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I agree with you on conversions and this is why I went with one where there are no permanent changes to the original. It only takes a couple...

Well I just made a cast of the second Spencer and here are the numbers
First of all it has 6 groove rifling and measures out to .516" bore and the distance from the base of to the start of rifling...

I did use cerracast or?? or whatever it is called and because the rifling has 3 lands I wrapped it with .005" copper , measured it and then subtracted .010" to get .535" bore. Pretty large but...

Well here I am back to the forums again pleading for the great help I have always received.
I have 2 original Spencers 1865 and through all my research the caliber is 57-50. I always thought they...

I am a horse trader from way back. I do not think I own anything that I would not trade.
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I only have 1 cartridge for the rifle right now and I am going to have 40 made for me by Rocky Mountain when I find out if Brass instead of steel will work. I will let you know how things go. This...

I know somebody out there must know the answer to this question...The .41 cal Roper Bullet has a steel case. It may be steel because of the way it feeds the bullets. I do not know if a brass case...

Rocky Mountain said they can make them for $70 for a box of 20. Also the link supplied may still have some.Not too bad as I pay this much for some other off the shelf cases for other rifles like the...

The biggest reason I bought it-----It was different than the rest of my guns and supposedly they only made 475-500 of them. Most of them were shotguns. I would like to find one of those. It gets less...

Rocky Mountain said they can make them for $70 for a box of 20. Also the link supplied may still have some.Not too bad as I pay this much for some other off the shelf cases for other rifles like the...

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