I have had very good luck with mine as well. Please keep us posted on your progress.
2 2012-09-09 08:53:52
Re: Remington Rolling Block (19 replies, posted in Black Powder Firearms)
bluelake wrote:
Fortunately, the gunsmith was able to use my second action and put together a workable carbine. The only problem with it was the extractor was a little short and didn't engage the rim. He's working on that one for me.
Glad to hear that your problem is solved, I think you will enjoy shooting the rifle very much.
I fell in love with these Remingtons at a young age, they were very inexpensive at the time as many thousands were brought into the USA as surplus.
I still have five examples; The above mentioned .45-70, a 12.7x44 (I just use .50-70 brass for this), one Mexican and one Spanish military 7x57, and a sporterized 7x57 I still use for deer and antelope hunting. All see regular use.
This is a relatively strong action, and a great model of simplicity in design and ease of maintenance.
You might see if you can find one of the old Navy Arms .45-70 kits for your spare action. They came with a barrel (full or half octagon), a new extractor, and new fore and butt stock with butt plate. Mine is very accurate, I have won several competitions with it over the years.
3 2012-09-08 07:57:57
Re: Remington Rolling Block (19 replies, posted in Black Powder Firearms)
The barrel fit problem you describe has also happened to me, when re-barreling a 7X57 to .45-70. This is fairly common in my experience between different years of manufacture. What I did was cut the shoulder above the threads back to where the barrel would screw in correctly, then reface the breech end, re cut the ejector slot, and had a gunsmith run a chamber reamer to correct the length.
I did this work (except the chamber reamer) myself with hand files and a Dremel tool (while in secondary school some 42 years ago), you must be patient and work slowly. The gun still shoots very well today, never a problem, and I have shot a thousands of high pressure smokeless handloads through it.
It is very possible that your chamber will actually still be long enough to correctly fit the round, not uncommon to have a very long chamber for these old straight wall cases. Mine was; had the smith ream it just to make sure.
4 2011-10-14 14:51:47
Re: Intention to remain a member (39 replies, posted in General Interest)
Please keep me on the membership list, thank you.
Paul C