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I’m having some difficulty determining the correct cartridge as a .38/55 fits a little to snug, and the hammer doesn’t want to fall, I’ve done a chamber casting but perhaps a .38/50 Ballard is it’s true chambering?? Thoughts?


If .38-55 is too snug then .38-50 Rem. will be even tighter as it ...

mikemiller69gs wrote: Fri Aug 21, 2026 5:11 am Thanks. Good to know it’s not just me that can’t see

These were military rifles, not target rifles, so pretty tough to really get target type accuracy. But a thinner front blade will help get it more like it was when it was new.

The original front sight was a blade that was thinner and easier to line up in that rear notch. You might try removing the front blade and use a file to make it ore of a knife edge shape to work better.
These military rifles with the rear sight located so far away from the shooter's eye are really ...

Vintage Grips sells copies of original hard rubber buttplates, but your stock has been modified for the Swiss offhand buttplate and it has a longer spur than the originals had. So it will require you to make a filler to make up the gap, and that wont be easy to blend in to hide the filler.
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Your Rolling Block rifle is not a #1 1/2 Model. The 1 1/2 models had flat sided receivers, and were thinner. Yours with the stepped side receiver is a #1 Sporting Rifle and was originally a .32 Long RF as they made no such cartridge as a .31 caliber. The #1 action is plenty strong for the rework to ...

I've never seen a military Rolling Block #1 with the longer Sporting Rifle tang? And the military Rolling Blocks had thicker and wider tangs than Sporting had, and those tangs appear to be the thinner Sporting style.
I think this action is the early Sporting round top #1. There should be a ...

I've never seen a military Rolling Block #1 with the longer Sporting Rifle tang? And the military Rolling Blocks had thicker and wider tangs than Sporting had, and those tangs appear to be the thinner Sporting style.
I think this action is the early Sporting round top #1. There should be a serial ...

From the stamps on the barrel it appears to be an Egyptian Rolling Block. The wear on the receiver tells me it's seen a awful lot of handling since all the original sharp edges are now rounded over. Likely it's in the .43 Egyptian cartridge, and tough to say a value without knowing the bore and ...

A coincidence side note happened last night at our Historical Arms Collectors dinner meeting. A friend brought in a Springfield Navy Rolling Block is excellent condition for show and tell! As he passed it around the group I cocked the hammer and noticed half cock is only about 1/4 cock. I then ...

. . . .I'm also not sure the safety feature on the Egyptian Rolling Blocks is the same thing as what Springfield designed. . . . . .


I did not know there WAS a safety on the Egyptian RBs.


I have no idea either, but was replying to your comment where you mentioned safeties on Arab or Egypt ...

Yes, the hammer doesn't drop to a true half cock, but as you say maybe a 2/3rds drop. I'm also not sure the safety feature on the Egyptian Rolling Blocks is the same thing as what Springfield designed. It's a sort of lever device that intersects the firing pin to ensure it's drawn back when the ...

The rifles made at Springfield with this safety design change were a modification done by Springfield, not Remington. The only involvement Remington had was to agree to a royalty from Springfield for each rifle they produced. The drop to half cock feature on these rifles is only found on those made ...

Go back and look at MVA again! They also sell a nice copy of the Combination front sights too! And if you want a closer copy you can even order it with the wide dovetail base that Remington used! Mine are all around that .469" dovetail size, but when I'm building a modern off an original action I ...

Large rifle primers wont work as they require a centered firing pin strike. Unless you made the pocket perfectly centered, and then also got the adapter perfectly indexed when chambering it. Considering how little you'll likely shoot this with RF adapter cases I don't think you'll spend a huge ...

Since you've done a lot of metal working, you might decide to make the adapters yourself. Just buy some .22 blanks and once you make up a Cerrosafe casting then you can turn a case and bore and shape it to fit a .22 blank in it. Give one a try and once you've got it you can make as many copies as ...