1868 Transformed Rifle :?:
Re: 1868 Transformed Rifle :?:
Possible. Photos always help here.
Re: 1868 Transformed Rifle :?:
Hello Calcollector,
Very nice find!!! It is one of the rifles that was made by Springfield and later converted from the 3-band rifle to 2-band. For the past 2 years I have been trying to pick up original parts to rebuild one of them. Will have to take some photos of it later on and post them for you to see. Thanks for showing it to us. One of the parts at I am still looking for is the forearm. Will have to send you a email to see if you could give me some measurements, so in case i have to make one, I can get the barrel bands in the right spot.
Have A Good Day,
Matt
Very nice find!!! It is one of the rifles that was made by Springfield and later converted from the 3-band rifle to 2-band. For the past 2 years I have been trying to pick up original parts to rebuild one of them. Will have to take some photos of it later on and post them for you to see. Thanks for showing it to us. One of the parts at I am still looking for is the forearm. Will have to send you a email to see if you could give me some measurements, so in case i have to make one, I can get the barrel bands in the right spot.
Have A Good Day,
Matt
Re: 1868 Transformed Rifle :?:
Hello Calcollector,
Your wife pick up a very good rolling block rifle to start you out with. I seen one at a gun show about 20 years ago, but didn't know if it was correct or not, so I didn't buy it. Back when I starting collecting them 25 years ago, there just was not a lot written about them. I dealer in England had one about 8 to 10 years ago for sale, but it had the standard length trigger guard and not the longer one as seen on most of these rifle. Didn't know if it was correct or not, so I passed on it. Here are some photos of the one that I am putting back together. Started out with the barrel and found the receiver, ramrod, nose cap, and the correct longer trigger guard. Have a butt stock for it, but will have in inlay it for the longer trigger guard.
Here is the over all rifle, the photo is a liitle dark, the sun was going down at the time the photo was taken
Here is photo showing the longer trigger guard
Here is photo of serial number on barrel in back of rear sight
Have A Good Day,
Matt
Your wife pick up a very good rolling block rifle to start you out with. I seen one at a gun show about 20 years ago, but didn't know if it was correct or not, so I didn't buy it. Back when I starting collecting them 25 years ago, there just was not a lot written about them. I dealer in England had one about 8 to 10 years ago for sale, but it had the standard length trigger guard and not the longer one as seen on most of these rifle. Didn't know if it was correct or not, so I passed on it. Here are some photos of the one that I am putting back together. Started out with the barrel and found the receiver, ramrod, nose cap, and the correct longer trigger guard. Have a butt stock for it, but will have in inlay it for the longer trigger guard.
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Have A Good Day,
Matt
Re: 1868 Transformed Rifle :?:
Belgian reworked Rolling Blocks frequently have various punch marks in the metal for maybe in-house identification. Any Belgian marks on the barrel? ie crown/ a letter, the perron (a shaft-like structure on a pedestal) or a crown/ ELG in an oval?