No.1 Rolling Block w Ladd Double Set Triggers

[JoJoDo]

I found a rifle locally last week. It's a custom Remington No.1 Rolling Block rifle with double-set triggers that has been converted and re-lined to .22 and restocked. ... and topped off with an early Fecker scope.

The action is an original No.1 action with a rebated octagonal top. The photo here doesn't show it, but there are light traces of original case color. The breech block has some sort of modification. The hammer has been "lightened" considerably with a lot of metal removed.

The double-set triggers functioned properly. I partially disassembled them to clean up old dried grease with Q-tips and solvent to see if I could find a gunmaker's name. Other than custom gunmakers (e.g. Carlos Gove and maybe Freund), Remington never made a double-set trigger for the Rolling Block rifle. They made a single-set trigger, but not double-set. A similar set of triggers by C. D. Ladd (San Francisco) is shown in Marcot's Rolling Block book.

The barrel is originally marked "44" (44 Long Rimfire) but has been relined to 22. The bore is mint. It may be a stainless barrel liner.

I am not exactly sure what I'll do with this rifle if anything. With its unique triggers, I am tempted to either re-barrel or reline the rifle to something larger ... and restock it with a standard Remington pattern.

Thoughts and opinions are appreciated ...

[stanforth]

Personally I would leave it alone respecting the person who converted it.
It looks like a beautiful rifle that someone has spent hours of hard work and love modifying.

[JoJoDo]

... close ups of the triggers internals ...

[ForumAdmin]

I think it's downright awesome, wish I would have found it, I'd have no question what I'd do with it!

[Naladier]

Im currently making one of these but still having trouble figuring out the intricacies of how the double set actually works from drawings, wish i had one like yours to study.