Argentino M1879 Rolling Block. Is it worth restoring?
A friend at work has offered me this rifle for “cheap”.
He helped somebody clean out a wet moldy basement and salvaged it from the trash.
I’m thinking maybe offering him $50 but I’m not sure if it’s even worth that.
It took some work to open the action and the hammer will not fall hard enough to detonate a primer.
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The buttstock is not badly dented and would probably clean up nice.
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The is rust is pretty bad, especially on the end of the Barrel.
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Also the cleaning rod and sling are missing.
The stock has a crack that could probably be repaired but would require some filler where wood is missing
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The sight is rusted in place and cannot be adjusted. A good soaking in WD might work it loose?
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The finely detailed manufacturer patent marks would probably be lost.
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What do you guys think?
Give it a try or run for my life?
Remington Rolling Block in 11mm from South America
Attachment 16962Attachment 16963I found a Remington rolling block that was also in a basement, been there for years, was in NRA "poor" condition at best! There was very little that you could salvage besides the action.
I cut the original barrel off at ten inches, than bored it out to 1/2 inch, than used a 22 rim rife barrel blank and turned down the last 10 inches to 1/2 in o.d. to make a sleeve plus a hardened bushing at the rear. I bent the lower tang and made a new trigger with a sear to provide a very nice trigger pull. I also installed a rim fire bushing in the breech (could be removed) and an extractor was made from round stock for the rim fire cartridge. I cut down the hammer and made the scope blocks for a Lyman 438 scope. I made the stock and fore-end from a Calif walnut blank and sent the action out for case colors.