New here, but I have been around single shots for quite a few years as a hobbyist.I was wondering if the Uberti Rolling Block is a repro of the #2 Remington? Externally, it looks like it. Weight sounds about right. Calibers sound totally wrong!
I recently purchased a rolling block action.On the right side is a capital 'H' and 1872 date.The main spring,barrel,forend,stock and extractor are missing.I now know the maker is Husqvarna and caliber was 12.7 X 42R(rimfire).My question(s) are.Are these actions exact copies of remingtons? What is the barrel thread pitch and major diameter? The rolling block was acknowledged as the best arm of its time, and its acceptance overseas brought Remington back into the black. Even today, the action is a popular single-shot for hunters and target shooters. In its 70 years of production, the rolling block had so many versions it would take a book to decipher them.
The #2 had a small barrel shank if I remember correctly. The #2 was generally for the lower powered rounds, I gave seen a couple in 32-20 and 25-20. 45-70 sounds way too large in diameter.Has anyone had the chance to compare the two rifles side by side? BP, there would remain about.15-inch of circumferential thickness at the barrel breech, not including the thread height or the surrounding receiver, with the exception of a shallow undercut at the bottom, to accommodate the shoulder of the breech-block. The.45-70 rifle may have some geometric differences.
Its barrel does have a thick section in front of the receiver.I have refrained from commenting upon the wisdom of the project. It would seem to me to be safe with black powder. I don’t have enough information to speculate further. You bring up a good point, Jimmy. The weights shown in the listing—(You need to or to view media files and links)—support the likelihood that the Rolling Block rifles in.45-70,.38-55, and.30-30 have the same size Number 2 receiver as the.22 and.357 rifles.I would not care to shoot the.45-70 in a four and a half pound rifle, either!But this Uberti model—I mean the one with the standard butt-stock—(You need to or to view media files and links)—has a potential of which the manufacturers appear to be unaware. With some traditional target and small game chamberings, with tangs drilled and tapped for sights, and with optional heavier barrels and Swiss butt-plates, the Uberti Baby Rolling Block could make quite a splendid rifle for fans of traditional single-shots, at a price considerably under $1,000, making it unique in the marketplace. Those Uberti's are indeed No.2 sized actions.
I've exchanged messages with a fellow who owns one of the new.38-55 rifles, and he reports the receiver being a bit under 1 inch wide and the rifle well under 5 lb.The.38-55 seems reasonable for that size action. The breech thrust shouldn't be much worse than the.357 Mag, and that's been offered for decades.The.30-30 and.45-70 were a big surprise to me. I've tried to acquire one of the.30-30 since they were announced, but I gather none have been made, and I canceled my order after a year.
Perhaps the factory has been having trouble getting theirs to pass proof? On the other hands, I've seen dealers offering the.45-70 for sale on GunBroker, I think it was.For the weight, the.30-30 action would make into a spiffy.25-35, which was my goal had a.30-30 rifle left me confident.Even the.38-55 could be transformed into something a bit less nasty in the recoil department. The.32-40 would make a nice short range deer rifle, and the.25-36 (the.38-55 is rated at 35 ksi under CIP standards) would be fine for lesser creatures and plinking.Karl.
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I have run into several size threads on rollers. The two most common would be the square threads found on BP and smokeless american made but they are different diameters. The 1897 and later uses a larger diameter. Some of the ones made overseas have 'V' threads. The #2 has square threads but is much smaller and the #4 has two different take down models and one threaded.
You can't date an action by the extractor. Most of the actions for rimless cartridges used a rotating extractor but there are so many variations it would be hard to know. I would no count on being able to take a barrel off one roller and put it on another unless the actions were identical.