Rolling Block project

[Gary @ R&G]

Bought an old military Rolling Block with a Gun Parts Corp "Buffalo" 45-70 conversion. Decided to make it a hunting rifle. Put a Smith ent. Model 95 long range rear and a Pedersoli folding front. Decided to side lever it. I have the easy part done. The side lever roughed in and pinned to the new breech block pin I turned. Next step is to mill a slot for a locking pin to mate the breech block to the pin. Dave at Lone Star was helpful in giving me instructions on how he does it.

[3t]

Nice rifle Gary, I do like to shoot the roller now and then. I have one of Dave's rollers in 38-55. I have spoken with him on the phone and via email. A very nice guy, shares his time and info. freely.

[Gary @ R&G]

Dave was a great help and a real nice guy to visit with. I keyed the breech block to the breech block pin using Daves method. Was easier than I expected. Only broke one 3/8 end mill. Oh well they are cheap. Seems to work very well and is very positive. Gives it a classy look. Now I have to detail finish the lever and bob the tab off the top of the breechblock.

[Gary @ R&G]

tab trimmed and lever 80% cleaned up.

[Mark Terry]

That's turning out very nice Gary. I've always liked the rolling blocks and did manage to acquire one a few years back (.43 Spanish). I ended up giving it away before I did anything with it. Haven't replaced it.

Thanks for sharing the project and the progression.

[Gary @ R&G]

I hear the 43 spanish is actually a pretty good round. I dont have any experience with it.

My partner and I are looking for a couple #1's to build Custer rifle 50-70's with.

[wickerbill]

Actually, the 43 spanish is real close to the 44-77 sharps bottle neck cartrage, witch we all know was a dandy.
Bill

[Mark Terry]

My friend (actually my wife's brother in law) eventually ended up having it rebarreled to 45-70, cleaned up and new wood. Turned out very nice.

He did find brass and bullet molds and shot it as .43 Spanish before.

[barryinin]

That is looking pretty nice. I like the sidelever.

I bought a Model 1902 Rem Rolling Block in 1988. It had been restocked and rebarreled (to .22-250) so I was essentially buying the action. I had the idea of bringing it back to either it's original 7mm military configuration or turning it into a BPCR.
After 19 years of doing nothing with it, I took the first step and bought an original 7mm barrel. That was about three years ago, and is where the project still stands.
I'll get to it someday.