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The cleaning rod is single shoulder. The rear barrel band has both tightening screw and retaining spring. I think shortly after it was assembled, the practice of stamping serial numbers on the production rifles was stoppedLast edited by Fred; 11-28-2021, 08:28.Comment
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MY question would be, if it's SA work, why did they change stamps?Comment
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Maybe the old set (1868) had damage?Comment
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Perhaps. As to the clamping band - you noted that it had the clamp AND spring as though that was somehow "different? But, I've never seen ANY 1868 or 1870 without the spring! I always wondered why the clamp was used at all, seeing that it was NEVER needed? Belt and suspenders? Very odd since they accounted for parts to the mil.Comment
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Do later production 1870’s have the clamping screw?Comment
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I have two model 1870’s. One is a type II which does not have the clamping band. The other one was made in 1873 with a new stock, 400 of these were made along with 100 with the Metcalf device. That one also does not have the clamping band.Comment
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Firstly - yes, I knew the source of (and reason for) the clamping band - but still wonder why they were used on the 1868 - of which I have never seen or heard of - a specimen lacking band springs. As to the the Model 1870, I have never seen, or heard of, one WITH a clamping lower band, prior to your pictures. I have an 1870 Trials rifle (a sort of "pre-1870" if you will) and it has the plain band. All that said - who knows what hands ALL of the rifles we find today have been through? Interchangeable parts can be a curse as well as a blessing. We will likely never know whether "17" is right, or slightly "wrong" - but thank goodness you kept the pictures for reference!!Comment
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The fellow who owns it now just bought it to shoot with his boy. He didn’t have much interest in it possibly being one of the early production 1870’s made. I think it’s back east in Indiana or Illinois now.
when I put it on Gunbroker, there wasn’t much interest in it so it only sold for around $1,100.00Comment
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More photos of the rifle that I found.
none of these are any good for research. They’re just photos I took one night.
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It came out of Iowa.
I still have the 1887 sling that came on it.Comment
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