I have two Remington rolling blocks. The first one was a military rifle that that I wanted to make it look like a show rifle. It was color case harden frame that I had redone and every thing else I had blued. Redid the stocks, and I know that takes the value from it but it's what I wanted. The nixed one was just a action, I bought a Buffalow kit which was a new barrel and new stocks that turned out great. 45 70 cal love to shoot it. like your show.
I would suggest using some barrel brown and giving it a nice even rust before steaming it . A nice red rust turns to a beautiful blue after steaming and steel wooling .@@WilliamCChapin
How did you measure the headspace? I saw you used feeler gauges on the breech. I have a 1897 rolling block in 7mm Mauser on the way and I’m getting into all this. Your feedback would be appreciated thank you!
What I showed in this video was the use of random 7mm Mauser cases to compare the chamber of this rifle to what’s typical. Once I determined that the headspace reference dimension is a little bit long, I made brass that fits tightly. I fired ten of them yesterday, and I’m evaluating the dimensions of the fire formed cases. It appears that commercial 7mm Mauser ammunition would be a bit short in this rifle. I think this is typical of this family of rifles.
Very cool and informative video Curtis! Amazing how quiet those primers were when they went off! 🤛🏻🔫🇺🇸
I have an old towel loosely rolled up inside a plastic coffee can that I stuff the muzzle into for fire forming and such.
@@WilliamCChapin so is a primer alone enough to fire form? I always used a complete cartridge.
No, it takes a good bit of pressure. I use fast powder like Red Dot, toilet paper patch wads, and Cream of Wheat.
There was a day when I would be uninterested in rifles like this. Now that I can handload that has changed completely. Cool stuff!
I’ve been keeping an eye out for one ever since I passed on one a few years back. This one is a decent example of the type.
I have two Remington rolling blocks. The first one was a military rifle that that I wanted to make it look like a show rifle. It was color case harden frame that I had redone and every thing else I had blued. Redid the stocks, and I know that takes the value from it but it's what I wanted. The nixed one was just a action, I bought a Buffalow kit which was a new barrel and new stocks that turned out great. 45 70 cal love to shoot it. like your show.
Thanks! I’ve had a lot of fun with this one. 🙂
Nice job making the firing pin . Would love to see you blue this .
I may steam it and see what happens!
I would suggest using some barrel brown and giving it a nice even rust before steaming it . A nice red rust turns to a beautiful blue after steaming and steel wooling
.@@WilliamCChapin
Always great info, that's a neat gun for sure
I’m looking forward to test firing it. It will be interesting to see how the firing pin holds up in use.
Very interesting!
The old ones are fun for sure! 🙂
NOYCE! ❤
Thanks, CW!
Boom
Just a small one… 🙂
How did you measure the headspace? I saw you used feeler gauges on the breech. I have a 1897 rolling block in 7mm Mauser on the way and I’m getting into all this. Your feedback would be appreciated thank you!
What I showed in this video was the use of random 7mm Mauser cases to compare the chamber of this rifle to what’s typical. Once I determined that the headspace reference dimension is a little bit long, I made brass that fits tightly. I fired ten of them yesterday, and I’m evaluating the dimensions of the fire formed cases. It appears that commercial 7mm Mauser ammunition would be a bit short in this rifle. I think this is typical of this family of rifles.