Reeder Custom Guns - Why does the Remington rolling block

not get much romantic historical credit. They predated the Sharps a bit. Seems a little easier to work actually. They sold a zillion to armies all over the world. Can't remember the last time I saw an article on them.

You occasionally see some at very affordable prices for the shooter/collector.

I've never actually had one. Anyone tinker with them?

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It's because they're ugly when compared to a Sharps, 1885, Ballard, or a Stevens

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ACCURATE. GREAT IN .45-70

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in my collecting and shooting. The prices compared to the others are fractional. I may have to try one. I find the simplicity very attractive. There was a custom I was looking at someone kind of fixed up. It was an antique action but a new barrel (octagon) and wood, tang sights, in .45-Govt. They only wanted $600. That price for any .45-70 is dandy I thought.

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we have picked up.

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I will have to remember that, if you see one in descent shape in 45-70 tuck it away for me please.

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Bought it for $7.00 back about 1970. Was an 11mm and in rough shape. Dad made shells for it from .45-70's and shot it quite a bit. Later I stripped it and sent it to a friend who works on those things. He refinished the receiver .. made new wood for it .. I sent him a new .45-70 barrel and in the end it came out looking like a new gun.

I shot it some but was in the process of moving to Africa and I ended up selling it.

They are simple ... ain't nothing complicated about them .. good strong action ... very easy to use.

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Old original, pre 1898. I had onere-barrelled to 40-90 Sharps Bottleneck, used it for “black powder cartridge” shooting back in the 1990s. The other was a Remington 12.something millimeter that someone had re-chambered to 50-90. It had a bad spot in the chamber and would split the brass cartridge case when fired. I gave that one to a friend that i worked with, and he had it re-barreled to 45-70. He really liked that rifle, and i believe it was the only firearm he owned.
Generally lighter in weight than a Sharps, and old ones have square threads ( like Acme threads on a vice), and you have to cut the extractor groove down the side of the threads. I haven’t seen a metal shaper in many years, everyone uses mills now (oops i’m rambliing)

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a really early one in 58/70 center fire. these are rare, they first made 58/70 rimfires, then a few like this in center fire, then switched to the 50/70

brass can be formed from magtech 32 gauge brass shotgun shells cutdown to length.

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back in the day when I was reloading 32 gauge full brass shells. But I sure dreamed of one day having a rifle that used 32 gauge shells instead of the shotgun I was using at the time.

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Why does the Remington rolling block

rolling block

I FIND THEM QUITE ATTRACTIVE AND

They look like something I've overlooked

we have sold quite a few on here from estates

estate sales

I had an old one years ago - sold it when I moved to Africa

I Had a Couple of Them

i have a couple -- a 50/70 and this one:

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I had no idea those existed...

Wow, that’s about square one in CF rifles!