Trapdoor Rifles

To all my collecting friends . . .

Thanks Dick!
Merry Christ Mass to you too!!

Best wishes to you all as well! Hope is was a great Christmas and that the New Year brings great things too!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas Dick and to all !!

Merry Christmas to all!

I was a VERY good little boy last year and Santa finally brought me an Officers Model,
after being told that I wanted one every Christmas since first seeing one as a teenager!

Sometimes it is just a matter of being willing and able to pay the price.

I'm very happy for you of course, but also a bit surprised that one hadn't come up sooner, given your business connections and exposure to the market. Took me a long time, too, but had to part with a lot of stuff (I've NEVER had a lot of money) to make the deal happen, and at that it's a pretty heavily-worn specimen.

Dick Hosmer wrote: ↑Tue Dec 26, 2023 4:37 pm I'm very happy for you of course, but also a bit surprised that one hadn't come up sooner, given your business connections and exposure to the market. Took me a long time, too, but had to part with a lot of stuff (I've NEVER had a lot of money) to make the deal happen, and at that it's a pretty heavily-worn specimen.

Can we see some pictures?

Even a well-worn specimen would be a welcome sight to these old eyes!

John S. wrote: ↑Mon Dec 25, 2023 11:08 pm Merry Christmas to all!

I was a VERY good little boy last year and Santa finally brought me an Officers Model,
after being told that I wanted one every Christmas since first seeing one as a teenager!

Sometimes it is just a matter of being willing and able to pay the price.

Congrats John S
For me to get an Officers model it would need to come from Santa
Enjoy and it would be great to see some pictures.

OK, here you go. This is an early, high-arch block, gun, fitted with the "Type 2" tang sight, designed by SA, which was an abject failure due to the single screw working loose. It occurs on only a few rifles made right after those 50 using the Sharps sight and before the final type 3 - very much like the H&R version we see today - was adopted. The 1873 barrel sight with an added "50" has the graduations on the LEFT side, AFAIK unique to the OM.