Trapdoor Rifles

Sold for 1,080.00. Sorry for whoever did not do their homework.

I hope you did as well as you expected. It was very nice.

As you say crate fresh. Nice to know some survive to this day. I would not want to sell this one ever it would be up to my heirs.

The fact there is nothing there is good about the time this carbine was put up new barrels had a letter where I asked you to look. This may show its a barrel reused. There are a couple of others but in the main 1879-1885 you find an R then an A until end of production. Its an inspection we think as ...

It sure looks like the barrel has been refinished. Overall condition indicates it may have been an original earlier barrel with perfect bore that was reused as were many parts on the star rifles and carbines. on the top of the barrel between receiver and sight is there a small single letter A or R o...

Wayne, Please post a picture of the proof area in question.

Great carbine at a very fair price.

Carlsr, Glad to help and you had good results.

?? Just going to shoot paper. if you have no interest where on the paper you hit it The Lee 405 hollow base government style comes out of the mold at about .462 { sometimes} and is ALMOST round and is a good plinker that will serve your purpose. Now if you wish to hit the center of the paper we move...

Sounds like a fun project to create the rod. rod is .190 for long length diameter , swell for rod retainer .350, tip is .400. Start with a .5 carbon steel rod and use double steady rest on your lathe to keep whip down while turning to shape. Best to borrow an original to copy to get correct dimensio...