smokemaker
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I just purchased one of my holy grail rifles... A real Remington No. 1 Rolling Block mid-range sporter in .45-70. I haven't tried to see when it was made, but I know it's one of the recent custom shop guns, and it has a low serial #. Bought used, but the former owner never shot it. So basically I have a new gun.
My question is, how strong is the rolling block action? Accurate Arms data shows two groups, trapdoorsin one, and Sharps, Marlin 1895's, Winchester 1886, Ruger #1 and #3. No mention of modern Rolling Blocks. I don't plan on running the loads up to 40,000psi, but I'd like to go higher than the 18,000 psi set for trapdoor springfields, into the standard loading-28,000psi as a max.
I'm not looking to make a .458WM out of it, just give it a little more punch than the black powder duplicate loads.
(And if I have to stick to trapdoor loads, and suggestions beyond 5744?)
My question is, how strong is the rolling block action? Accurate Arms data shows two groups, trapdoorsin one, and Sharps, Marlin 1895's, Winchester 1886, Ruger #1 and #3. No mention of modern Rolling Blocks. I don't plan on running the loads up to 40,000psi, but I'd like to go higher than the 18,000 psi set for trapdoor springfields, into the standard loading-28,000psi as a max.
I'm not looking to make a .458WM out of it, just give it a little more punch than the black powder duplicate loads.
(And if I have to stick to trapdoor loads, and suggestions beyond 5744?)