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free1954
06-02-2009, 05:43 AM
a quetion for you learned gentlemen. while digging through a pile of metal in my friends workshop yesterday i found a trapdoor reciever with what appears to be a carbine barrel loosely threaded in. it's marked model 1884 and the serial number is either 431693 or 481698. do any of these numbers fall in the range of known carbines? thanks for looking.
lboos
06-02-2009, 05:32 PM
Free,
I think the 1st would be 1888, and the second 1889. They made 5000 carbines in 1888 and 5000 in 1889 so im sure ether # would fall in there.
free1954
06-03-2009, 05:03 AM
thank you sir for the reply. after soaking it all day in oil i got the action to open. the barrel (removed from the receiver) measures 22 inch. the hammer cocks and the trigger works.
John Sukey
06-03-2009, 12:01 PM
Sounds like you got a bit more than a barreled reciever;)
free1954
06-03-2009, 03:38 PM
Sounds like you got a bit more than a barreled reciever;)

true but not much else, the stock is broken off under the receiver and the buttstock has been carved up. i'm going to try and post a picture
lboos
06-04-2009, 06:18 PM
Free,
Where's the pic.? Id like to see it:beerchug:.
free1954
06-07-2009, 01:05 PM
i can't figure out how to post a pic. maybe someone could instruct me on the how to's or i can e-mail the pic to someone and they could post it.
free1954
06-08-2009, 01:34 PM
here's the link to the photobucket
free1954
06-08-2009, 05:10 PM
oops

http://i585.photobucket.com/albums/ss293/free1954/SANY0065.jpg
http://i585.photobucket.com/albums/ss293/free1954/SANY0066.jpg
http://i585.photobucket.com/albums/ss293/free1954/SANY0068.jpg
http://i585.photobucket.com/albums/ss293/free1954/SANY0072.jpg
http://i585.photobucket.com/albums/ss293/free1954/SANY0074.jpg
cafdfw
06-10-2009, 03:18 PM
That's a neat find. Do you have the gun or is your friend keeping it?
John Sukey
06-11-2009, 01:34 PM
The stock doesn't look broken, but rather deliberatly shortened.
lboos
06-11-2009, 03:47 PM
Ive read where the indians were big on making the stock's shorter and useing the metal stock plate for making tool's. Just a guess:dunno:.
If it were mine id put it back togeather somehow.
It would make a great wall hanger.
Still a part of our Hisitory.
free1954
06-11-2009, 06:39 PM
CAFDFW: i have the gun, he owed me some money that i will never see so i took the gun as a payment
IBOOS and JOHN SUKEY: it looks like the stock was cut down to resemble a recoil pad
lboos
06-11-2009, 07:37 PM
Free,
Is that a hole drilled thru. the hammer? Any one have any idea what that was for?
Free, clean it all up, put it back togeather and take some pic's out side.
I would love to see some clear'er pic's. of it. Thank's.
free1954
06-12-2009, 04:26 AM
Free,
Is that a hole drilled thru. the hammer? Any one have any idea what that was for?
Free, clean it all up, put it back togeather and take some pic's out side.
I would love to see some clear'er pic's. of it. Thank's.

yes that is a hole in the hammer. i was wondering about that. i'll take some clearer pics today