Argentino M1879 Rolling Block. Is it worth restoring?

[killforfood]

I just called Kenn Womack at Rolling Block Parts to order my cleaning rod. We talked about my sight problem and he mentioned that he used to own a rifle nearly identical to mine. It had a novel solution to correct the front sight height and allowed for correction of windage as well. The attachment fits over the original sight and is held in place with a set screw. It can be removed at any time with no damage to the original sight. He sold the rifle to a gentleman that actively shoots competition with it and that lives fairly close to me. Kenn was kind enough to give me the gentleman’s phone number. I’ll see if I can get pictures.


Patrick,
I will need some time to digest your latest post. I appreciate the obviously extensive effort that went into penning it.
Thanks, Joel.

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[Patrick Chadwick]

I just called Kenn Womack at Rolling Block Parts to order my cleaning rod. We talked about my sight problem and he mentioned that he used to own a rifle nearly identical to mine. It had a novel solution to correct the front sight height and allowed for correction of windage as well. The attachment fits over the original sight and is held in place with a set screw. It can be removed at any time with no damage to the original sight.

That sounds like a good idea. A very good idea indeed!

Patrick

[Patrick Chadwick]

The attachment fits over the original sight and is held in place with a set screw. It can be removed at any time with no damage to the original sight.

Something like this, perhaps?



Side-on, it looks like this



And is much easier for aiming than the normal foresight



The first two pics show the clamp-on foresight for the Khyber-Pass Match rifle.
But that's another story...

Patrick

[arangues]

Hello
This information may be interesting to usted.En pages (181-211) marked inside the book (Note: the numbering does not correspond to the PDF-189-221), is a complete dissection of the rifle to Remington model 1870.Espero helps.
regards[



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[arangues]

Hi, I'm Arangues and I apologize if I caused any problems for my inexperience with English and infomática.Creo the download link I posted did not work (post 179) and so I decided to share from Dropbox.Se is a book found in the National Library of Spain, and tries to give an overview of existing weapons in the XIX.Espero century it interesting for everyone, and this time did not problemas.Mirar pages noted in the previous post, which are those that have a more direct relationship with the subject.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...ova%201881.pdf

[jmoore]

Considering how often it gets referenced, it seems a natural. Perhaps with a Table of Contents or something, though!