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Remington Rolling Block copy?

taperloctaperloc Member Posts: 420 ✭✭✭
edited December 2008 in Ask the Experts
Many years ago I bought a Remington rolling block carbine in 7 mm. I slugged the bore and it was 7 mm (.284). The weapon was in very rough condition, so I had a gunsmith check the headspace. It was bad! It appeared to be military and was not marked "REMINGTON" It has no maker's name. I think that it may be Spanish made. I disassembled it and had the receiver re-heated the old way and got a very nice case colored piece. I re-barreled it in 45-70 and re-stocked it. The barrel has 12 square threads per inch and is 1.05" in dia.and 20" long.

WHAT WAS THIS CABINE ORIGINALLY?
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  • v35v35 Member Posts: 12,710 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The thread pitch is correct.
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  • 00scoots00scoots Member Posts: 410 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Looking through my book, "The Military Remington Rolling Block Rifle", by George Layman, you probably have a Model 1897 military rifle - the civilian version was labeled the No. 5 Rolling Block.

    Huge orders for this steel framed rolling block, now capable of handling smokeless powder, came from Mexico, Uruguay, Nicaragua and several other Hispanic nations. The 7mm Mauser cartridge (7x57) made up the bulk of these orders.

    Many of these cartridges and chambers used a headspacing that is no longer, not the same as today's SAAMI headspacing. The newer made 7mm Mauser Rolling Blocks (I'm talking about the ones that were made from about WW I and later) have today's correct headspacing.

    I would say that your carbine was originally a 7mm Mauser, Remington Model 1897 with the older headspacing.
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