Trapdoor Rifles

I wondered about the no serial on barrel. I could be wrong on the date being 1868....had some dried grunge on breechblock.

I have been reloading , casting and shooting 45 and 50 70 for a good while. I lucked into TRAIL BoOSS smokeless equivalent and walked away from the holy black stuff. I cast 450 grain bullets for my 50's and load the trail boss powder to fill it to base of seated bullet. It's an excellent load , work...

. . . . . . Only problem there is I can't get the breech screw out #@#@!!! I have it soaking in WD 40 since yesterday afternoon so hopefully that will help?? I suggest you soak the tang screw in Kroil rather than WD40. I never had any luck with WD and any of my firearms. This is what I do for stubb...

Thanks Jim. I don't plan on shooting it a lot, just once would be awesome!!! I do however have another issue. As with my 1865 1st Allin conversion the case won't fit in the chamber😩 I have to reem it out with some emery cloth, as I did on my 1865 until the case drops in. Only problem there is I can...

PS , I did do a search on the net , but nothing really helped me as they were either selling chopped up junk or really nice pieces...prices all over the place.

A great guy I befriended and shoot with often has an 1868 dated breech block 50/70 rifle. Stock is unsanded but well used. Exposed metal heavily patinated brown. Perfect bore. Has bad extractor spring , no rod and rear sight ladder appears bobbed. Serial is in the 4k range on receiver , but no seria...

If I had to go that route of brass mod I'd get some 50 110 and cut it down. I got real lucky some months ago and got 100 starline new brass for $2.15 each delivered from a former collector. Had about 50 + reloadable on hand and it's set me decent for my trap and sharps carbine in that caliber. Thoug...

What more can you tell us about the long-cased Krag ammo? Have NEVER heard of that before in over 65 years of collecting (I started with ammo as a kid, long before I could buy guns) :lol: . You are not confusing it with the 2.4" case stuff for the .45-80 long-range trapdoors by any chance, are...

Yup, once you collect the brass you are set. The Lee .50/70 government bullet is actually really accurate in my rifles. Put you name on the starline brass back order list on sites like midway. It’ll get put in production eventually. I got lucky with a fellow on another site whom saw my pics of my r...

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Link to some pics. This site wont let me post pics from pc oddly.