Remington Rolling Block

[Stephen Borud]

I have a Remington rolling block that a guy gave me about 8 years ago. It has a round barrel, full stock, cheek piece, checkering, and the original ram rod. I did a chambers cast when I got the rifle and I’m not exactly sure what it is. It’s a bottle neck, there is a name engraved on the barrel which looks to be Scandinavian.

When my son and I were messing around in my shop today he was asking about a certain rifle he remembered from a few years ago. After a few more questions I realized he was talking about this particular rifle. I pulled it out of the gun safe and we talked about it awhile so now I have the urge to play with it. I’ve never shot this rifle and I am no Rolling block guru so I figured I would ask about it on here. I’ll post a Few pics of it and maybe I can get some help identifying the calibre. When I first did my chamber cast I thought maybe it was a 10.15x61 Jarmann but I honestly don’t know.

SB

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[Don McDowell]

Stupid question, but have you dropped one of your 44-77 cases in that chamber?

[Don McDowell]

Almost wondering if it's not a 43 spanish or 43 egyptian.

[Stephen Borud]

No I haven’t Don that’s a great idea. I was thinking about the 43 Span and Egyptian too.

[Don McDowell]

If the 44 rim is too small for the chamber recess, it's likely a 43 egyptian. 50-90 cases cut down will work, if you can get them neck sized and fire formed somehow. Far as that goes, I've got a set of Egyptian dies I could send you up the size die to get some case's made. Might even have some RMC cases that haven't been fired.

[Stephen Borud]

Thanks Don. I’ll do some messing around with it in the morning. The bore is in really good condition and all the serial numbers are the same.

SB

[Don McDowell]

The bore on my Egptian is good, altho it's a bit over size the groove diameter is .450