Hatter4
One of the Regulars
- Messages
- 226
- Location
- East Petersburg, PA
Thanks that pepperbox looks great.
Thank you, Kirk. Was there an "SS" model? I ask because this is on the butt. I hope it has nothing to do with that infamous "SS" from WWII.
AF
http://star-firearms.com/firearms/guns/s/index.shtmlModels SS & SIS
In 1957, in lockstep with the basic A/B series, an improved safety variant of both calibers was introduced. This version remained in production alongside the basic model S and SI until 1983. All safety variants are denoted with an S suffix (following the caliber suffix in the case of the .32 gun, the SIS).
These weapons should all have a drop safety as well as a magazine safety, that makes the gun incapable of firing when the magazine is removed.
That's a nice Enfield. Like mine, I see that yours is a Savage-built example but it looks like yours went through the post-war rebuild program. Tell-tale signs are the Beech stock and the flip sight. Does yours have the brass butt plate or does it retain the original alloy butt plate? Also, is your barrel a 2-groove barrel?
Mine didn't go through the post-war rebuild program so it still retains the micrometer rear sight, walnut stock, two-groove barrel and alloy butt plate.
It has two grooves and the butt plate is some greyish color, and under the flap for the cleaning kit is stamped in a circle "LCO" with an S or 5 below it. Does this mean anything?
About 15 years ago a friend of mine during a discussion of civil war muskets said that he had one in his closet that had been his Grandfather's..and he probably should just sell it. I said that I might be interested. When he retrieved it from the closet it was really a 1873 trap door in excellent condition. No firing pin,though. He asked $100 for it. I bought it and it now hangs on my wall. Clean shiny bore. I should probably look for a firing pin or have one made.
HD
Wasn't the 1873 what Custer's troops used? Chambered in 45-70 Government?
AF
About 15 years ago a friend of mine during a discussion of civil war muskets said that he had one in his closet that had been his Grandfather's..and he probably should just sell it. I said that I might be interested. When he retrieved it from the closet it was really a 1873 trap door in excellent condition. No firing pin,though. He asked $100 for it. I bought it and it now hangs on my wall. Clean shiny bore. I should probably look for a firing pin or have one made.
HD
Custer's troops used the 1873 trapdoor carbine, not the long rifle. Infantry troops used the full-length rifle. Was the $100 trapdoor a rifle or a carbine? A great deal in any case, but even more so if it was a carbine.