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Remington split breech carbine
ndnchf:
USPS showed up today and delivered my new old toy :-) Its a type 2 Remington split breech carbine in .56-50 rimfire. These were delivered in 1865-1866, just a little too late to see action in the late war.
This one is in very nice shape, with a bright shiny bore and traces of color case hardening remaining. The action is tight and crisp. I'm very pleased with it.
I tried out 3 reloadable rimfire cases. Both the Roberson and a rimfire case I made from a starline 56-60 centerfire case fired just fine.. The one I made from a 50-70 was just a little too thick in the rim to completely close the breech. I'll have to remove a little from the forward edge of the rim.
I also received 50 new starline 56-50 cases from TOTW. I'll start converting some of them to rimfire this week ;D
Sir Charles deMouton-Black:
Wasn't it Goodnight that outfitted his trail drive crew with Remington Split-breach carbines?
Major 2:
That is soooo cool , congratulations , Ill have to admire it vicarously :)
When I was but a young Hombre , I had a Mattel Spitting Image Shooting Shell Baby Rolling Block
They were rare compared to the other Mattel products "Shooting Sixes" and Spitt'n' Image Winchester I also had.
The time frame was 1959 -60 these were the guns of my youth, that set me on the same course I enjoy today ;D
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ndnchf:
--- Quote from: Sir Charles deMouton-Black on May 22, 2021, 08:40:03 PM ---Wasn't it Goodnight that outfitted his trail drive crew with Remington Split-breach carbines?
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I think I remember reading that somewhere. I'll have to look for it again.
ndnchf:
Major - that's a surprising accurate toy rolling block. If they made it today, no doubt it would be blaze orange!
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