Something I discovered about my old vintage 1881 made trapdoor rifle;...the chamber is just as tight or tighter than my Browning SRC .45-70. This means that bullets over about .460 diameter or so loaded may not chamber!
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Something I discovered about my old vintage 1881 made trapdoor rifle;...the chamber is just as tight or tighter than my Browning SRC .45-70. This means that bullets over about .460 diameter or so loaded may not chamber!
Well I put it together from pieces.Originally Posted by StrawHat
Dutch
Speaking of pieces gentlemen...
A friend of mine has a trapdoor receiver (nothing else) and I was wondering if rethreading a 45 or 50 caliber modern muzzleloading barrel to fit to the receiver would be feasible to begin the process of building a trapdoor replica as a home shop project over the next couple of winters. A piece here and a piece there so to speak until its all together. Purely a blackpowder/pyrodex planned shooter at this point.
I Cast my Boolits, Therefore I am Happy.
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