.357 baby rolling block

[.36navy]

I just picked up a new baby rolling block tonight. It is a beauty with a round tapered barrel.
Has anybody suppressed one of these ? I'm thinking of having the barrel threaded. Any of the old timers object?
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[pressonregardless]

If it were my rifle, I sure wouldn't be threading the barrel.

[Rattlesnake Charlie]

A suppressor on a rolling block just ain't right.

[NSB]

This is a terrible idea for a Rolling Block. Terrible!!!!!!!! Excuse me, my gag reflex is kicking in.

[BK7saum]

While a threaded barrel and suppressor doesn't go with the theme of a rolling block, I think it would be a great suppressed rifle. 310 grain thumper or HP thumper in a 357 magnum case at 1000 fps would have a bunch of energy and be pretty darn quiet. Almost no extra length as well. So even with a 8 or 9 inch suppressor, it is very carry friendly. I still don't know if I'd do it, but it would be tempting.

[bedbugbilly]

eeegads! A can on a rolling block!? ;-) It's your rifle but if you ever decide to sell it, I would imagine the market would be quite slim on it . . . a can and a rolling block just don't seem right.

[DanishM1Garand]

I don't sell guns, resale means nothing to me. A can on a rolling block was likely not unheard of before the NFA.

Big heavy bullet at just under the speed of sound would be a great woods cartridge.

[GhostHawk]

Kind of like hitching a hoverboard to a horsedrawn cart. It might work, but it is never going to look right and you totally blow your style points gained on shooting the rolling block.

But I have to admit, it would be quiet and fun to shoot, poofft, Clang.

[GARD72977]

How is the stock length. I kind of want one!

[TCLouis]

I have always wanted one of those.
Cannot understand why the quit making/importing them.
Didn't Lone Star make some too?

It's your gun so I have no comment on what you want to stick on the front of it!

I have a plan for a 45-70 RB, and many would not like my design for a hunting RB either.

[Jedman]

.36navy, I have a baby rolling block carbine with a miniature red dot sight on it. I cut dovetail cuts in the barrel so there is no mount, it clamps directly on the barrel and the sight is at a perfect height for the stock.
Many would object to a battery powered sight on a RB but it suits me and that's all that counts.
If you want to thread the barrel for a can I say go a head. You could always cut it off and recrown the barrel if you wanted to sell it.

Jedman

[Mica_Hiebert]

I love my suppressors... I also like classic single shot rifles... I believe the old rolling block with a suppressor would function great but would look like an abortion lol... kinda like dating a big girl, she's really nice, kind of fun but don't let your friends see you out in public with her.

[Good Cheer]

A steampunk style suppressor could fit with the action.
But then it might need a brass scope...:rolleyes:

[Rattlesnake Charlie]

I love my suppressors... I also like classic single shot rifles... I believe the old rolling block with a suppressor would function great but would look like an abortion lol... kinda like dating a big girl, she's really nice, kind of fun but don't let your friends see you out in public with her.

Very nice way to put it. Thanks.

[.36navy]

I really don't think it looks bad when i lay the suppressor in line with the barrel. The black coating on the suppressor is fairly close in color to the bluing on the barrel.

I got to shoot it today. its got a 14" length of pull and a 22" barrel. Its a light weight, well balanced gun and i really enjoyed pinking with it..

[Moleman-]

I've been eyeing those and wondering about rechambering it to 357 Maximum!

[marlinman93]

I have always wanted one of those.
Cannot understand why the quit making/importing them?



They stopped making them because many developed headspace issues. It's a #2 action in a pretty high pressure round. Often the pins wore or even bent under firing with hot rounds. And anyone who would convert one to .357 Maximum is just entertaining even more issues with headspace problems.
If this Roller isn't loose or out of whack yet, I'd never shoot anything more than .38 Special level loads in it!

[.36navy]

Its a brand new gun made by uberti.

[Geezer in NH]

Can and 38 specials will be nice!!!

Fudd sighting on this thread.

[Bigslug]

A steampunk style suppressor could fit with the action.
But then it might need a brass scope...:rolleyes:

Exactly my thought. Research the look of the early Maxim cans and Jules Verne the beejeezus out of it!

[mcdaniel.mac]

Cabelas is having a sale on the Pedersoli .357 Rolling blocks this week. Are they any good? I've seen good and bad reviews, but at $500 it's still gnawing at me as an option.

[NF Hunter]

.36navy, It's your gun you do what you like with it. But watch the head spacing on it.

[Moleman-]

Are these Made in the USA versions any better? http://tippmannarmory.com/product_rollingblock357.html

[NF Hunter]

Are these Made in the USA versions any better? http://tippmannarmory.com/product_rollingblock357.html

I don't think I'd be buying one of those. They are a PCP air rifle company, the original air rifle had a aluminum barrel and didn't work very well. Something about the air leaking out. So, I guess they made some pistol cartridge barrels on them. JMO

[mcdaniel.mac]

I don't think I'd be buying one of those. They are a PCP air rifle company, the original air rifle had a aluminum barrel and didn't work very well. Something about the air leaking out. So, I guess they made some pistol cartridge barrels on them. JMO
I don't know about that, but Tippmann made machineguns before '86. I saw one of their scale-model M2's, a .22LR belt-fed MG. Seemed to work very well.

[NF Hunter]

These are two different company's Tippmann Armory and Tippmann Arms. Tippmann Arms did make a 1919 browning style machine gun in .22 cal. Tippmann Armory makes a Rolling Block rifle.

[Ickisrulz]

These are two different company's Tippmann Armory and Tippmann Arms. Tippmann Arms did make a 1919 browning style machine gun in .22 cal. Tippmann Armory makes a Rolling Block rifle.

It looks like:

1. Tippmann Armory who makes the rolling block rifle also makes air rifles under the name Air Ordnance.

2. Tippmann Arms makes airsoft stuff.

[mcdaniel.mac]

These are two different company's Tippmann Armory and Tippmann Arms. Tippmann Arms did make a 1919 browning style machine gun in .22 cal. Tippmann Armory makes a Rolling Block rifle.
The website for Tippmann armory says they made .22 machineguns before '86. Could be a simple name change?

[marlinman93]

Are these Made in the USA versions any better? http://tippmannarmory.com/product_rollingblock357.html

The Tippman Rolling Blocks are ugly in my opinion. Even an old sporterized military has nicer lines than the Tippman does. Pretty crude looking. What's with the giant hammer spur? Must have a very heavy mainspring to require a spur that long!

[.36navy]

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It balances perfectly.

[Artful]

184373

It balances perfectly.

Thumbs up - seen many pictures of Single shot, Lever action, Bolt guns from Maxim research

[curioushooter]

So, is the pic of the Pedersoil or the Tippman?

[JSnover]

A steampunk style suppressor could fit with the action.
But then it might need a brass scope...:rolleyes:
Now yer talkin!
:2_high5:

[GhostHawk]

Yes it would need the brass scope and the suppressor would have to have a second function. Preferably something noticeable and wacky.

[Good Cheer]

Cabelas is having a sale on the Pedersoli .357 Rolling blocks this week. Are they any good? I've seen good and bad reviews, but at $500 it's still gnawing at me as an option.


Good thing I missed the sale 'cause I'd have to have another BP cartridge rifle.
What could be better than a .357 case with FFFg and a paper patched boolit!

[.36navy]

this is a picture of a uberti baby rolling block imported from taylors and company. its smaller than the pedersoli sold at cabelas. Its not drilled or tapped for a scope. I have considered making a leather cover for the suppressor so it "fits in" better but at the moment i am enjoying plinking super quietly with .38 specials. the ring of my steel targets is louder than the gunshot.

[flint45]

It's your rifle do it I don't care what other people think.Will make a great back yard gun.

[Bigslug]

.36Navy,

I wanted to give this a bump and see how the gun's working out for you.

I've pretty much decided that the Uberti .357 Low Wall is going to win the the contest of Low Wall OR Baby Roller, but there's this little voice that seems to be saying Low Wall AND Baby Roller. . .

[.36navy]

I'm really enjoying this rig. i've shot around 500 rounds through it so far mostly .38 special. I have never held a low wall but the thing about the baby roller is its a .22lr size gun chambered in .357. Its really well balanced and fun to shoot. msrp on the baby rolling block is only $720 but they are hard to find. I had my local dealer order direct from taylors and company and it took 5 months to arrive. It doesn't have a target trigger on it but i don't shoot for tiny groups. If they made one chambered in .32 h&r or .32-20 i would buy another in a heartbeat.

[Bigslug]

I have never held a low wall but the thing about the baby roller is its a .22lr size gun chambered in .357.

That's been one of my questions: if it's the #2 or #4 they're cloning, or if it's something else entirely.

The low wall action is definitely more of a beast, but Winchester made 'em all the way down to .22 Shorts. A nine pound target/plinker vs. a 5 pound walker/plinker is part of my conundrum, but both mechanisms are so neat that the actual use is only part of the equation.

[Bubba w/a 45/70]

The Tippman Rolling Blocks are ugly in my opinion. Even an old sporterized military has nicer lines than the Tippman does. Pretty crude looking. What's with the giant hammer spur? Must have a very heavy mainspring to require a spur that long!

The Tippmann is a copy of the 43 Spanish roller, hence the larger hammer spur. I thought the same, then did some picture research, many of the Spanish rollers had longer hammer spurs....but not quite as long as the Tippmann.

It is very hard to find any reports of the Tippmann in use, at least from what I can see.

[Bubba w/a 45/70]

Sorry for the thread resurrection......

[psweigle]

Why be sorry, it shows interest in a very nice rifle.

[KenH]

Yes, and I LIKE the idea of a suppressor on the Rolling Block - "IF (maybe I should say "when") the suppressor is removed from NFA list I just might be threading barrels on a Rolling Block myself. It's nice to shoot quiet guns.

Ken H>

[psweigle]

I would love to have a center fire converted 32 with a can.