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Dick, the hole is for the screw that retains the firing pin. The firing pin is not like the later type we all know of. There's a groove machined out of its side to allow the edge of the screw to pass through. Really a different concept that wasn't adopted in the later 1868's.
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The tip of the cleaning rod on the number 6 rifle is cupped like the rod on the 1866. The tip on the rod of the number 127 rifle is solid.
So the rod on number 6 is a type that wasn't adopted.Comment
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The recess cut into the wood for the thumb piece to settle into is cut 90 degrees into the 6 rifle from the cut in the 127 rifle.
Also, the thumb piece on the earlier rifle is thicker and is shaped differently and it doesn't come up as high upon opening the latch as on the 127 rifle.Last edited by Fred; 12-07-2016, 05:08.Comment
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There is no rod retaining spoon in the forearm of the number 6 rifle and no pin either. I've not taken the barrel out of the stock yet.Last edited by Fred; 12-07-2016, 05:14.Comment
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You have really hit the jackpot - there are things there that no one has mentioned before. Do get with Al - he does not audit this site, AFGAIK.Comment
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I don't know Al Dick. If you get a chance to talk to him, maybe you could bring this thread to his attention.Comment
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Done. Every time I look at your pics I see something a little different. It certainly (having gotten past the 'clamp-on' receiver stage) is not an "1866-68", but it really stops a wee bit short of being a "true" 1868, what with all the little quirks. ANY 68/68 is worth getting excited over, but your new one could possibly be unique.Comment
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It appears to me that the trigger, trigger guard and screws are armory blued and the lockate and hammer seem to have dark finishes too. The bands and band springs were bright, the barrel and cleaning rod were bright as well as the butt plate. Everything else seems to have been darkened.Last edited by Fred; 12-08-2016, 02:28.Comment
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Dick have you ever had the chance to look at rifles number 1 and 8? I'm wondering if they have any features like on this rifle.Last edited by Fred; 12-08-2016, 02:41.Comment
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Does the cleaning rod screw in like a Second Allin?Comment
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What does the head of the cleaning rod look like?Comment
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Not mentioned yet is that the right upper rear of the receiver (adjacent to the "odd" thumblatch notch in the wood) is entirely different as well.Comment
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Yea I noticed the difference in the contour at the end that top flat. Very interesting. One rounded and one not.Last edited by Fred; 12-08-2016, 09:17.Comment
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