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by garrys02
Tue May 04, 2010 7:52 pm
Forum: RR / Post - 1898
Topic: Model 14 1/2 woodwork
Replies: 1
Views: 1164

Model 14 1/2 woodwork

Is there anyone making replacement stocks and fore ends for the 14
& a half?
Have this nice pre 1920 back in working order, a nice chequered steel butplate and the foreend screws but no wood.
Appreciate anr recommendations.
by garrys02
Fri Jan 08, 2010 9:24 pm
Forum: RR / Post - 1898
Topic: Model 14 1/2 firing pin extension; How to secure?
Replies: 3
Views: 1477

Re: Model 14 1/2 firing pin extension; How to secure?

Thanks Jim, This rifle is pre 1920 as there is no riveted attachment to the striker. The firing pin extension is actually listed by Numrich as a separate part so there must have been a method to secure it. The front end of the striker appears to show signs of heat so maybe it was a hard solder job. ...
by garrys02
Mon Jan 04, 2010 12:27 am
Forum: RR / Post - 1898
Topic: Model 14 1/2 firing pin extension; How to secure?
Replies: 3
Views: 1477

Model 14 1/2 firing pin extension; How to secure?

Re assembling a nice old 44-40 for a friend who had the parts in a sack in his barn the last 30 or so years. The drawings on other threads here would have been a great help, but the metal work is now all good except the firing pin extension. The pin, about 5/16ths long and a sixteenth in diameter is...
by garrys02
Sun Jan 03, 2010 3:49 am
Forum: RR / Post - 1898
Topic: Model 14 - Dissassembly
Replies: 32
Views: 53661

Re: Model 14 - Dissassembly

Regards from Australia. Those drawings would have been helpful recently in re assembling a 44-40 Model 14 1/2 that had seen the last 30 years in a sack in a friends barn. I would appreciate advice if anyone knows how to fix the firing pin extension to the striker? The drawings will be great for refe...