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Offline Swampman

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Interesting Rifle At The Gunshow
« on: June 18, 2012, 09:00:30 AM »
At the gunshow this weekend I saw a really nice original Remington rollingblock.  It had started life as a 7mm but had been rebarreled to .45-70 with an octagon barrel.  The case colors were as nice as I've ever seen.  It had been restocked with a sporting style forearm and a military style buttstock.  The only thing I didn't like was a bronze coin with the US Army logo inletted into the stock on the right hand side.  I think a Sharps style patchbox could have eliminated the coin.  He wanted $950.00.
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Re: Interesting Rifle At The Gunshow
« Reply #1 on: July 09, 2012, 03:46:11 AM »
That was a very popular thing to do to Rollers over the past 30 years. The 7mm was preferrable because the firing pin was already a small one and didn't need to be shimmed out like the older rollers. 

Both Navy and Numrich sold barrels for such conversions.  Even forestocks, inletted for the barrels.

You got to see it and judge it.    It could have been the deal of the decade.  I get leery of what barrels were used, and how well the gun is chambered, etc.  I made the mistake of paying almost a grand for a really nice looking reworked lo wall that had a ring in the chamber that can't be seen with any amount of looking.  I have seen beautiful guns built on rollers that had one or another problems.   About 30 years ago, you could send a roller action to an outfit, (IRRC in New York state) to have it case colored the old fashioned way with Cyanide.