RCS
07-28-2014, 04:21
My father bought this Remington rolling block that spent a long time in South America, he paid something like $9 for it from Hunters Lodge (also got some cartridges with it too). It sat in his basement for another 30 or 40 years until I got it.
The wood was dumped and the barrel was cut off at ten inches from the breech than bored out to half inch inside diameter. A 22 rim fire blank was turned down to half inch outside diameter for the last ten inches and glued inside the original barrel with a harden bushing at the rear. A rim fire extractor was made.
The receiver was squared up removing the half dovetail cuts and the lower tang was bent to
form a pistol grip. Rolling blocks have really bad triggers so a new trigger and sear was made and installed to give a very nice pull. The top of the hammer was cut off and a rim fire bushing installed in the breech block. The receiver was case colored in Cody WY.
A blank of Calif walnut was used to make the stock and fore-end, a Rem 513 steel buttplate was used. A early Lyman 438 scope was mounted on my scope blocks
The wood was dumped and the barrel was cut off at ten inches from the breech than bored out to half inch inside diameter. A 22 rim fire blank was turned down to half inch outside diameter for the last ten inches and glued inside the original barrel with a harden bushing at the rear. A rim fire extractor was made.
The receiver was squared up removing the half dovetail cuts and the lower tang was bent to
form a pistol grip. Rolling blocks have really bad triggers so a new trigger and sear was made and installed to give a very nice pull. The top of the hammer was cut off and a rim fire bushing installed in the breech block. The receiver was case colored in Cody WY.
A blank of Calif walnut was used to make the stock and fore-end, a Rem 513 steel buttplate was used. A early Lyman 438 scope was mounted on my scope blocks