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does this look like I might be on right trail?

Be on the right trail for what?
* You need to do a chamber cast to determine the caliber
* The extractor is missing
* Don't see a firing pin
What's the bore look like? If it is sewer pipe - don't recommend investing money in the rifle

For those interested, the answers for this post were covered by the duplicate questions on the ASSRA forum ... http://www.assra.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB. ... 750366/6#6

c327 ... you are off by a 100 years for your post. This category on the forum is for Pre ... 1898

Are you sure they were on the receiver?

Which Rolling Block models had receiver sights that were graduated for meters?
I'm lead to think only those that were military sales to foreign countries like the 43 Spanish sold to Argentina. Any others?

I'm new to black powder shooting and I was wondering what powder do you all use in your cartridges. http://www.goexpowder.com/load-chart.html The charts are not specific to Goex granulations. Hodgdon got the data from Nobel Industries back in the '70's. It is the best comprehensive loading data the...

The 500gr bullets have been loaded and ready for testing:
* Lee 515-500-F ... resized to 0.510, 1:20, homemade lube - BC 0.283
* Starline Brass
* Remington 9.5 LR Primers
* 70grs DuPont Fg (vintage pre 70's)
* 0.030 Fiber Wad
* 0.040 Mutton Tallow Lubed Felt Wad
Seated out to 3rd GG band

What kind of groups do you get at 100, 200 and 300 yards with the rifle? Matt, I don't remember. When I get good groups with a rifle, I snap a picture for reference or save the targets. Have no pictures so they had to be not stellar Overall, there had to be a lot of hail mary's and fire for effect ...

Matt - tis the same rifle that went to Michigan and for all the personal reasons, have never called or written the AG there for any archive data on the 2 shipments. Guess I better make it a To-Do because it would be nice to have an AG's report of the era for historical reference. OK, the #1 Musket 5...

Interested to hear experiences which weight bullet shoots better in a 50-70 #1 Rolling Block
Have shot the 450gr (1:20) to 1000yds with good accuracy. Before I cast some 500's, is it worth it and will accuracy will be better?
Rifle: #1 RB - (501/507 bore) Argentine Ladder

http://www.hc-collection.com/PBSCCatalo ... e=.32%20RF
http://www.dixiegunworks.com/product_in ... ts_id=8154

JV, I have a gun crank collecter friend (800 plus long arms) whose mother bought one for him as a kid from Bannermann in the late '40's or early '50's that had the markings scrubbed and was reblued. As for Neither firm reblued any Argentine rifles... Remington didn't either. In fact, I've never hear...

Charlie, 1st of all, the Argentine Infantry and Police did not do much shooting, so the bores on the 1879's were usually in plus condition. Anyway, they contracted for 43 Spanish and then decided they wanted 7mm's. So they surplused the 43's. The rifles went to 3 locations * Schuyler, Hartley, and G...

Barrel measurments from a '79 Argentino (43 Spanish -Remington) I have:
Barrel - 35 13/16"
Bore - 0.431
Grooves - 0.436
Trigger Pull - 11# 10.5oz

* ...tang numbers are mismatch, the top is 19509 and the bottom is G 85365 - It was my understanding through Don Muno and my historian friend, Bill Roth, that the numbers were always the same. I'll get Don's telephone number and ask him about mismatches and get back to you with his answer. Matt: Ta...