Trapdoor Rifles

Thank you. That's a big help. Evidently I have a cut down Cadet stock

OK so here we go again with newbie questions. I recently picked up a cheap cutdown 1873 Trapdoor project to build a truck gun/Carbine. Stock and barrel have been cut shorter. Barrel is right at 21" and the stock was cut well ahead of the rear band so I simply contoured the nose a bit to more re...

Crazy question but here goes anyway. I'm finding that I have some mix matched left over parts and would love to build a bang around "truck gun" just for fun. I'll have a spare Model 1870 receiver that currently has a shot our and cut to 22" barrel. Will a Model 1873 45-70 barrel screw...

So the new title is "A blind squirrel trips over a stick and falls down a rabbit hole" lol. Thanks for clarifying what I have. I guess I won't be retiring any time soon..

Man you guys are good ! Comparing it to the original in the GB link I can see several things wrong with mine. This is why I come here. Things I noted right away besides the incorrect thickness. The "1" dosn't have a line across the bottom. Numbers aren't perfectly aligned. Eagle is too clo...

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Recently purchased a small lot of gun parts, mostly trapdoor. In the mix was a lock plate marked 1867 and thinner than a Civil War era lock plate. What kind of cobbled up Bannerman nonsense is this I thought to myself. Until I did a bit of research. It appears that I have a lock plate that somehow e...

Fred Gaarde my apologies if my post was confusing. I have a Model 1870 project and I don't have any barrel bands at all. I need a LOT of parts and I realize I'm going about this the hard way but it's the only way I can own these things on my limited budget.

Also need some other bits. Barrel bands, buttplate, ramrod.

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