You have two, the butler reloads one while you shoot the other. The butler says "An excellent shot, sir/madam," after every shot regardless of if you can hit anything.
I am flabbergasted with that comment of yours, my dear gentleman. What day and age has befallen into this community of ours, in which a properly presentable individual has to be seen lacking his MONOCLE. * to be read in a posh british accent; ** By posh, I mean false ,exagerated and more than a little snob.
Point of order, a butler manages the kitchen, dining, and entertaining areas. It would be your valet carrying the ammo for you, if not having a dedicated ammo boy.
From a time when gun manufacturers hired true craftsmen, we are now blessed to occasionally interact with a piece of functional art like this. Just beautiful.
I can not belive that i neaded an American youtube video to find out that a gun my swiss grandfather leftm is actualy some extremely rare low production reliqe... I have it for 3years now and i was always think ING that it was just some good 22LR repica of remington and i belived that it isn't worth anything becous it has a 300472 serijal numbers. And no bages exept caliber Mark. I am amazed now
Now you know why Ian has such a a following, not just in the States, but around the world. He has searched out some of the rarest, most obscure guns around the world to record for his own interest and for posterity. His ability to convey in simple terms how some amazing complex actions function is second to none.
@@hailexiao2770 Today's wages plus the mark-up for management, and for taxes, and for the other management, and about a dozen other managers. Oh an also likely importing it so the craftsman doesn't need to be paid well.
I worked a summer camp where the range master used to be a Marine competition shooter and he had one of these (along with a half dozen other antique target weapons). It's not doing anything fancy, but everything about it was very nice. The trigger is nice and crisp like you'd want, the sights are nice and easily useable, and it just had a good feel in the hand. There were others more exciting, but honestly this little thing did a lot to teach me how to shoot properly. Edit: Grammar
I have marveled at thousands of modern and vintage hunting, battle and target rifles, many of which exhibit exquisite aesthetic appeal - but this one has rocketed to the top of the list of "firearms I could stare at for hours."
"It's a Remington gun so you can't actually write Winchester on it, that would be unthinkable" reminds me of that wonderful and hilarious "what's in a name?" article on cartridge nomenclature by one of the great firearm writers, sadly his name escapes me at the moment.
FYI, the benefit of an aperture sight is that the pinhole removes odd angles of light, meaning all the light that does go through the hole is already in focal angles. In other words, you don't have a clarity disparity between distances, unlike other sights which require you to focus either on the target or the front bead but never both. This is the same reason why closing the aperture on a camera removes the depth of focal blur or can even remove the need to focus at all, at the expense of less light (from odd angles) making it to the sensor.
Apparently $24 in 1903 is the equivalent of $722 today, which isn't so bad but that doesn't factor in a number of economic developments since. Amazing looking rifle though, I'd steal one if I had a time machine.
I have a number 6 rolling block in 22lr that's in pretty rough shape, someone broke the stock off and welded tabs on it to remount the stock, someone else wire brushed it then painted it. However it is still a tack driver and really fun to shoot! not to mention being a take-down, which is cool.
Did you mean Schützenfest, Ian? The rifle would certainly be fancy enough - but it would need to be in .22lr for that. With .32 the show is over too quickly - and the one who wins has to pay for all the beer, you know. :)
@@filster1934 - A Schützenfest has nothing to do with a target shooting competition. Its a purely traditional thing, in which a group of volunteers shoots whith the same rifle, which is fixed on a tripod for safety, at a wooden eagle on a high pole. And the one who brings the eagle to fall down is declared the "Schützenkönig" - the Shooter King - and has to pay for the after party. Which is often a 5 figure bill, so not everybody is eager to win the title. Its a prestige thing among the business men in town and such people, who are members in a Schützen Verein - a shooters guild - which date back in the early 19th century or even earlier. So it has nothing to do with actual target shooting. Believe me, I am German. :)
$24 was 1 and 1/5 ounces of gold. Today's gold price is $1830.70, so adjusted for inflation (lol), price is $2196.84. If it sells for less than that, it lost value since it was first made.
I bought a reproduction 1885 low wall in .22LR because everyone else at my club uses Ruger 10/22 for a specific competition and I just had to be different! A 30 inch octagonal barrel, color case hardened receiver and tang sights really make you stand out from the crowd. It's so much harder to shoot but it's so much fun!
That Lyman rear sight looks like an accident waiting to happen the way it's mounted . These are beautiful firearms and the actions are strong , but some features are rather delicate . Really a gentleman's offhand rifle .
@@chrthiel survivorship is a test of virtue, though. Sure, random chance will see some oddballs survive, but to survive in this condition? That's a testament to being *valued* and *well-built.*
I inherited my grandfather’s rolling block recently. Very cool. According to my mom, he built it himself. I’m happy it is part of my collection. There is something about older guns
The rolling block was actually a pretty weak action, and limited to black powder and light/small smokeless loads. A falling block, now, that's a different beast.
@@kurtbjorn3841 hmm I don't know, I thought I heard that it was pretty sturdy. But regardless, it has been chambered for .30-06 and 45-70 so it *should* be able to tolerate a modern smokeless
Larry Porterfield rechambered a cadet remington rolling block in .357 and I've wanted one ever since. These guns are so unique for American firearms development.
You kids and your flintlocks. In MY day, you had a matchlock! Didn't work well because they couldn't make a proper match and when someone did, they were accused of Devil worshipping! Had to use one a crossbow if you wanted to shoot anything reliably!
@@spartanhawk7637 Longbow? Back in my day we just beat each other over the head with rocks! Those were the good old days, when rock was man's best friend and wolves were simply another thing to bonk with my rock.
@@davidlewis3867 oh this new generation and their rocks! You rely on that fancy tech too much. Back in my days we simply bit the enemy with our teeth and hid from wolfs on the trees. That was the life!
Well made late 19th, early 20th century target arms, are some of the most appealing vintage firearms. I particularly favor single shots & this is a superb example.
According to the inflation calculator I could find that went back to 1903, this thing would have cost about $750 in today's money. A sum I would gladly pay for a nifty little target rolling block.
I recall my dad shooting varmint wood chucks with a very similar Remington rolling block in .219 Zipper during the 1960s, but the sights weren't exactly the same.
Ian,super video.I used to shoot 3 position and pistol in the UK in the 60's and early 70's.How about a few videos on .22 LR target pistols and rifles from Germany Sweden UK USSR etc.I used a MU2 and a Vostok Strela. It weighed 16 lb, 28" barrel had a set trigger offset peep sights and canted walnut stock.Loved the gun,miss its feel and balance.The Mu2 was a hoot to shoot rapid and good enough for my skills at the time. Great channel John M
What a beautiful rifle. I bet it's lots of fun to shoot as well. Ballistic performance 32-20 Bullet mass/type Velocity Energy 85 gr (6 g) JHP 1,100 ft/s (340 m/s) 228 ft⋅lbf (309 J) 115 gr (7 g) CL 900 ft/s (270 m/s) 207 ft⋅lbf (281 J)
I passed on buying a Remington Rolling Block in the 80s (and yes, I kick myself for it). It was chambered in an obscure cartridge, something weird European like 6.5 Dadeteaux. I had to research it, and because it's obscure, that's why I passed. The thought of having it rebarrelled in an available cartridge didn't occur to me in my 20s, as it would now.
Who else crosses there fingers at the end of his vids hoping he will say that he will be shooting said gun in the next vid lol I felt like he led us on at the end with this one :(
@@paullytle1904 Henry would wring it out properly, but when Ian said, 'Schutzen', I immediately thought of Mike at a Swiss range, shooting according to the old rules. That's his cup of tea...
I was busy drooling so I may have missed the part about an auction. Is this coming up? One big question I have is this: How does the bore look? The ammo back then was Mercuric/Corrosive, sooo... The firearm looks to be in excellent shape, hopefully the Old Hands that owned it knew how to clean and take care of it. This is one of my dream guns.
Need a silk top hat, waist coat, and butler to go with.
You have two, the butler reloads one while you shoot the other. The butler says "An excellent shot, sir/madam," after every shot regardless of if you can hit anything.
@@panfriedmarmot you’d actually have three, last one would be down range to make it a bullseye every time
Supremely Steampunk
I am flabbergasted with that comment of yours, my dear gentleman. What day and age has befallen into this community of ours, in which a properly presentable individual has to be seen lacking his MONOCLE.
* to be read in a posh british accent;
** By posh, I mean false ,exagerated and more than a little snob.
Point of order, a butler manages the kitchen, dining, and entertaining areas.
It would be your valet carrying the ammo for you, if not having a dedicated ammo boy.
From a time when gun manufacturers hired true craftsmen, we are now blessed to occasionally interact with a piece of functional art like this. Just beautiful.
I can not belive that i neaded an American youtube video to find out that a gun my swiss grandfather leftm is actualy some extremely rare low production reliqe... I have it for 3years now and i was always think ING that it was just some good 22LR repica of remington and i belived that it isn't worth anything becous it has a 300472 serijal numbers. And no bages exept caliber Mark. I am amazed now
Now you know why Ian has such a a following, not just in the States, but around the world. He has searched out some of the rarest, most obscure guns around the world to record for his own interest and for posterity. His ability to convey in simple terms how some amazing complex actions function is second to none.
@@ClarenceCochran-ne7du He's been good at this for many years, and we're all here for it many years more
i just love those older guns, they're beautifully machined
@Wirmire They do make them like they used to, you just have to pay today's wages for the craftsmen.
@@hailexiao2770 Today's wages plus the mark-up for management, and for taxes, and for the other management, and about a dozen other managers. Oh an also likely importing it so the craftsman doesn't need to be paid well.
I worked a summer camp where the range master used to be a Marine competition shooter and he had one of these (along with a half dozen other antique target weapons). It's not doing anything fancy, but everything about it was very nice. The trigger is nice and crisp like you'd want, the sights are nice and easily useable, and it just had a good feel in the hand. There were others more exciting, but honestly this little thing did a lot to teach me how to shoot properly.
Edit: Grammar
Ian talking about rare guns is the only reason I would wake up before 6:00 am
Good for u
@@2.0.2.0 thanks
Jokes on you, i have the luxury of waking up 8 am
@@joaopedrosambatti2474 i have to wake up at (a few more days i have to do this) at 5 am
Night shift gets to watch this before bed
I have marveled at thousands of modern and vintage hunting, battle and target rifles, many of which exhibit exquisite aesthetic appeal - but this one has rocketed to the top of the list of "firearms I could stare at for hours."
You had me at Rolling Block, but good lord that is a beautifull rifle.
That walnut stock is just beautiful, single piece with the checked pistol grip.. Outstanding!
"It's a Remington gun so you can't actually write Winchester on it, that would be unthinkable" reminds me of that wonderful and hilarious "what's in a name?" article on cartridge nomenclature by one of the great firearm writers, sadly his name escapes me at the moment.
Not going to lie, was not prepared for the irony.
😊😀😂😂. Good old 'whassizname!'
The combined efforts of scholagladiatora and Ian are very slowly turning me into both a medieval weapons enthusiast and a gun nut, and I'm loving it.
They are just helping you discover your true self.
I'm already there, I'm skilled in the ways of both the longsword and the AR, lol. Keep it rolling brother.
@@DavidM-um2uk rolling...block?
That is absobloodylutely gorgeous!!! What a work of art....
Isn't it just?
nice word
Back when there was no problem with looking at a receiver and thinking, "you know, this would work better as a rifle."
you can still do that - pistol => rifle is no problem - just not the other way...
One of those cases of a manufacturer fitting leftover gun pieces together to make something new.
FYI, the benefit of an aperture sight is that the pinhole removes odd angles of light, meaning all the light that does go through the hole is already in focal angles. In other words, you don't have a clarity disparity between distances, unlike other sights which require you to focus either on the target or the front bead but never both.
This is the same reason why closing the aperture on a camera removes the depth of focal blur or can even remove the need to focus at all, at the expense of less light (from odd angles) making it to the sensor.
Apparently $24 in 1903 is the equivalent of $722 today, which isn't so bad but that doesn't factor in a number of economic developments since. Amazing looking rifle though, I'd steal one if I had a time machine.
You guys remember the old intro that had a weird guitar and bag pipe song that ended with a rifle blowing up? Pepperidge farm remembers.
The rifle was a Ross that was intentionally assembled incorrectly to test the "exploding Ross" myth.
I have a number 6 rolling block in 22lr that's in pretty rough shape, someone broke the stock off and welded tabs on it to remount the stock, someone else wire brushed it then painted it.
However it is still a tack driver and really fun to shoot! not to mention being a take-down, which is cool.
Rollin' rollin' rollin' rawhide!~ I am a sucker for schnabel stocks.
I know, right?
🙂
Though not applicable here add full length Mannlicher stocks to that.
Never caught a video within an hour of release. ‘‘Tis a good morning!
Videos on guns like this one always give me a hankering to play Red Dead 2.
Ian almost went full Sprave! 🤣 Ian, can we get a "Let me show you it's features!" just once?
I came to the comments specifically to see if anyone else was reminded of Joerg lmao
YES 🤣
I have a bud who has one of these in 22lr, and wow is it accurate and soooooper nice!
Very elegant and beautifully designed
Last time I was this early you could mail order a BAR
you used to be able to _what!?_
@@vizzy61 before the NFA and everything else you could legally mail order full auto guns and small artillery pieces
@@alphapennsylvania9439 Probably large artillery pieces too, just nobody actually wanted to do that.
Did you mean Schützenfest, Ian? The rifle would certainly be fancy enough - but it would need to be in .22lr for that. With .32 the show is over too quickly - and the one who wins has to pay for all the beer, you know. :)
@@filster1934 - A Schützenfest has nothing to do with a target shooting competition. Its a purely traditional thing, in which a group of volunteers shoots whith the same rifle, which is fixed on a tripod for safety, at a wooden eagle on a high pole. And the one who brings the eagle to fall down is declared the "Schützenkönig" - the Shooter King - and has to pay for the after party. Which is often a 5 figure bill, so not everybody is eager to win the title. Its a prestige thing among the business men in town and such people, who are members in a Schützen Verein - a shooters guild - which date back in the early 19th century or even earlier.
So it has nothing to do with actual target shooting. Believe me, I am German. :)
My favourite italian gun youtuber did some days ago a review of a mysterious rolling block and now Ian.....ahhhh now i want oneeeeee
We might know a place.
@@RockIslandAuctionCompany i'm in italy so i cannot purchase in the US......well.....until someone offers me a job and a green card😉
"Let me show you it's features..." I want to hear Ian do a review of one of Jörg Sprave's repeating bows.
And taking it to the range, of course.
It will be hilarious.
YEEESSS
$24 was 1 and 1/5 ounces of gold. Today's gold price is $1830.70, so adjusted for inflation (lol), price is $2196.84. If it sells for less than that, it lost value since it was first made.
Truly a piece of art. Love that pistol grip area.
very pretty gun. Looks ergonomic too.
One of the best use of leftover parts. Real beauty of a rifle.
I bought a reproduction 1885 low wall in .22LR because everyone else at my club uses Ruger 10/22 for a specific competition and I just had to be different!
A 30 inch octagonal barrel, color case hardened receiver and tang sights really make you stand out from the crowd. It's so much harder to shoot but it's so much fun!
Around 1:34 you know he had to resist the urge to say “let me show you it’s features” in a particular voice
What a gorgeous petite and slim rifle.
The craftsmanship is beautiful
I had a rolling block Winchester 22 that was passed down from my grandmother's side of the family ...
What did you do with it?
Hey Ian, just wishing you well. Thanks for providing us the content you do. Cheers!
Absolutely beautiful, great craftsmanship.
That Lyman rear sight looks like an accident waiting to happen the way it's mounted . These are beautiful firearms and the actions are strong , but some features are rather delicate . Really a gentleman's offhand rifle .
The lines on this are amazing
Even without tons of engraving and etching, that's a gorgeous gun.
Ah back in the day when everything was a piece of art as well as a functional object. What a beauty.
*the objects that were built well enough to survive until today, and were deemed nice enough to keep around.
That's called art nouveau
I think guns today are often works of art. It’s just the craft and aesthetic are different.
Welcome to survivorship bias. For every nice gun made there were dozen, if not hundreds, of suicide specials
@@chrthiel survivorship is a test of virtue, though. Sure, random chance will see some oddballs survive, but to survive in this condition? That's a testament to being *valued* and *well-built.*
I inherited my grandfather’s rolling block recently. Very cool. According to my mom, he built it himself. I’m happy it is part of my collection. There is something about older guns
honestly, I would love a Rolling block for a modern cartridge. the action seems so impressively simple.
The rolling block was actually a pretty weak action, and limited to black powder and light/small smokeless loads. A falling block, now, that's a different beast.
@@kurtbjorn3841 hmm I don't know, I thought I heard that it was pretty sturdy. But regardless, it has been chambered for .30-06 and 45-70 so it *should* be able to tolerate a modern smokeless
I think it'd be neat to see a video over the pistols, especially the Navy ones
Love the videos on vintage target rifles, would be great to see some more in future!
Larry Porterfield rechambered a cadet remington rolling block in .357 and I've wanted one ever since. These guns are so unique for American firearms development.
What a lovely rifle! There is always something very satisfying about something very simple but extremely well made.
Lovely elegant rifle thank you Ian
It's so slim and trim and absolutely beautiful.
Last time I was this early flintlocks were cutting edge.
You kids and your flintlocks. In MY day, you had a matchlock! Didn't work well because they couldn't make a proper match and when someone did, they were accused of Devil worshipping! Had to use one a crossbow if you wanted to shoot anything reliably!
@@skoshman1 A CROSSBOW?! My good man, all I had was an English Longbow! Made for sniping French nobility at 300 yards!
@@spartanhawk7637 Longbow? Back in my day we just beat each other over the head with rocks! Those were the good old days, when rock was man's best friend and wolves were simply another thing to bonk with my rock.
@@davidlewis3867 oh this new generation and their rocks! You rely on that fancy tech too much. Back in my days we simply bit the enemy with our teeth and hid from wolfs on the trees. That was the life!
Thank you Ian
Well made late 19th, early 20th century target arms, are some of the most appealing vintage firearms. I particularly favor single shots & this is a superb example.
Beautiful little rifle.
very good looking gun
Great video and such a cool rifle design
Ngl, this looks slick, great historical gun visual.
Beautiful rifle ! Thank you Ian.
According to the inflation calculator I could find that went back to 1903, this thing would have cost about $750 in today's money. A sum I would gladly pay for a nifty little target rolling block.
I've always loved the Rolling Block.
Me too! I am especially fond of single shot target guns, it teaches you to hit with the first (and 0nly) round!
That's SHARP. Very cool rifle.
That's a gorgeous rifle.
I recall my dad shooting varmint wood chucks with a very similar Remington rolling block in .219 Zipper during the 1960s, but the sights weren't exactly the same.
What a gem of a rifle.
Now that, is a beautiful firearm.
Absolutely gorgeous, amazing what pride in your work will do...
Gorgeous rifle.
Ian,super video.I used to shoot 3 position and pistol in the UK in the 60's and early 70's.How about a few videos on .22 LR target pistols and rifles from Germany Sweden UK USSR etc.I used a MU2 and a Vostok Strela. It weighed 16 lb, 28" barrel had a set trigger offset peep sights and canted walnut stock.Loved the gun,miss its feel and balance.The Mu2 was a hoot to shoot rapid and good enough for my skills at the time. Great channel John M
What a beautiful rifle. I bet it's lots of fun to shoot as well.
Ballistic performance 32-20
Bullet mass/type Velocity Energy
85 gr (6 g) JHP 1,100 ft/s (340 m/s) 228 ft⋅lbf (309 J)
115 gr (7 g) CL 900 ft/s (270 m/s) 207 ft⋅lbf (281 J)
These are my absolute favourite type of thing
Now that's a beautiful rifle
Thank you again for showing the beautiful Remington. I really any video you make.
Absolutely gorgeous
What an elegant firearm.
Gorgeous! The penultimate small game rifle!
Iv always liked the tang peep sight. And they make all kinds of cool front sights like crosshairs and different posts and things
I love the 32-20 I've been shooing caliber for years in a 97 action and a smith & wesson 4th change
Beautiful Rifle.
What a beautiful rifle.
I passed on buying a Remington Rolling Block in the 80s (and yes, I kick myself for it). It was chambered in an obscure cartridge, something weird European like 6.5 Dadeteaux. I had to research it, and because it's obscure, that's why I passed. The thought of having it rebarrelled in an available cartridge didn't occur to me in my 20s, as it would now.
Lovely looking gun.
A fine copy of an elegant 'shooters' rifle! THANKS.
That one is a beauty. Very nice!
Beautiful gun
I want to see old timely range time in black and white. Ian has the mustache for it.
Wonderful . What a beautiful rifle.
I'm starting to really like your channel.
That may be the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.
In under 💯, last time I was this early my 1873 Colt New .22 was on a store shelf waiting be purchased.
Who else crosses there fingers at the end of his vids hoping he will say that he will be shooting said gun in the next vid lol I felt like he led us on at the end with this one :(
I imagined Bloke getting his hands on it.
@@petesheppard1709 or 9 hole
@@paullytle1904 Henry would wring it out properly, but when Ian said, 'Schutzen', I immediately thought of Mike at a Swiss range, shooting according to the old rules. That's his cup of tea...
Yep, feel the same way, always want to see 'em fired
BEAUTIFUL.
That is a really pretty looking rifle . I would love to see it on the range .
It's absolutely glorious
I was busy drooling so I may have missed the part about an auction. Is this coming up?
One big question I have is this: How does the bore look? The ammo back then was Mercuric/Corrosive, sooo...
The firearm looks to be in excellent shape, hopefully the Old Hands that owned it knew how to clean and take care of it.
This is one of my dream guns.
A beautiful gun.
Could we get a video on the finer points of schuetzen competitions?
Asked for the same, it's a very interesting and unique shooting sport.
Sweet little plinker
Well done as always!
This got so, so close to 'let me show you it's features'