I have been wanting a single shot rifle and would love to see your single shots.
Most of my shooting has been done with Marlin 39TDS and Origional Golden 39M .22s though I did have a Savage 72 Crackshot from one of the runs in the 80s that I used to shoot alot so have used a falling block action some too.
Just got a Guide Gun so will probably be looking for another 45/70 when I get that single shot I am dreaming about.

"Click" on the net address (below) to take a look at the Ruger #1 single shot rifles...

http://www.ruger.com/Firearms/FAProdResults?type=Rifle&subtype=Single+Shot&SearchIn=All&family=Model&variation=Variation&bct=Yes&caliber=Gauge%2FCaliber&finish=Finish&blength=Barrel+Length&work=Yes&imagefield.x=19&imagefield.y=12




And here's the best of 'em all... a classic rifle in a classic cartridge (the 7x57 Mauser):

http://www.ruger.com/Firearms/FAProdResults?bct=No&SearchIn=All&type=Rifle&subtype=Single+Shot&family=No.+1&variation=International&caliber=7mm+%287x57%29&finish=Blued&blength=20%22&imageField2.x=47&imageField2.y=13

This should be a good thread. Can I post pictures of ones I don't own yet?

Of course... I just did !~!~!

LOL, sure as long as it's a nice pic. I would post a picture of the old Model 72 Crackshot but my sister took it away, she said it was too nice for me to take out in the woods. It's the one that got me hooked on octagonal barrels.

The 72 is the reissued version of the 26 Crackshot, correct?

Here's a 26. I wouldn't mind one.

There are some similarities but probably more differences.

My new 450/400. This pic is from the online store as it hasn't arrived yet:



This is my .458 Lott. I have a 9.3X74R ordered but no pics yet:



I also own some SS Sakos and coopers but they are bolt guns.
Sorry to those that have seen these pics on another thread.

https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbt...a&topic=0&Search=true#Post850604

This thread has some pics of a Ruger #1 in 45/70 which is the handiest of the #1 I think. It balances in your hands very well.

Scroll down the page and you'll see the single shots! The take down model is what got me fired up to build MY FIRST RUGER #1.
http://www.martiniandhagngunmakers.com/customrifles.htm

As far as bolt action .22s, I adore the Winchester 67/67a

Most of these have been posted before, but I figured you may want to see them again!






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Cat
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Wow.

You've got some nice shooters there, sir.

Thanks!
I don't own some of them anymore, but have owned and shot all of them at one time, some of them extensivly.
The RSI has come and gone a nuumber of times!

They are all fun to shoot however, and some will go 5 shots less that 6" at 1,000 meters ( the one with the deer as a matter of fact).
Unforunately I am not a computer savvy guy, so some of the pics are too big.
Cat

catnthehat, I'd like to know more about the Ruger with the rail and heavy barrel.

No picks of my no. 1 yet, but the wood is darn plain. I love my Browning 1885 low wall.

I have many wants. A stable mate 1885, #3, and Steven's Fav for my #1 are among the top of that list of wants. Falling block, single shots are the quintisential classic.

You have a low wall, and it's likely in .260 - I HATE you!!
The "one ton gun" was a cominded effert by V Bull precision and
Rangesports Unlimited.
They built abbout seven of them, I think, designed for Fclass shhooting.
this one is 6BR, I have shhot one in 308Win, and another in 6.5X284.
All are lasers! The owner of V Bull put 17 rounds under 2" at 600 meters with the 6BR at a match.

The forend is CNC machined aluminum, and a shrink fit onto the Ron Smith barrel.
Triggger is a Moyers, stock bt Rangesports Unlimted.
Scope is IOR Valdada.
Shot and sold it, just not my bag, I prefer irons and slings !
Fantastic rifles though...

Cat

Here are a few:

A low wall that I built with a lot of help.


It has since been checkered and case colored but the photo of it in the final condition is huge but you can see it at:
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~jessie/low%20wall%20left%20checkering.jpg

A flinter I built


a Ballard that I used to own, but also too big to post on the forum directly...
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~jessie/Ballard%2022%20right%20butt.jpg

A Borchardt that I've been working on - it is not done yet, but it's shooting.


I have a bunch more, but I don't have pictures handy at the moment.

Brent

Wow, I never imagined there were so many different single shot rifles out there still being used. Lots of variety and beauty.

I never get tired of posting this one. .260 Low Wall with factory gloss finish stripped and oil type finish applied by HK Custom Guns.

1885 High Wall 45-90

Sharps 45-110 (original)

Those are nice.

Original 110? Damn, that hurts. I would love such a beast.

I am negotiating an Axtell 1877 Sharps in 45-90 and own a Shiloh Sharps in .45-100, but a .45-110 original trumps all...

My .45-100 in action...


Brent

Takin' that cannon to Newfoundland this Oct for a moose hunt. I figger it is the first time since 1884 that it will have had appropriate prey. Is your 45-100 a 2.6' case?? Do you use real balckpowder or sub or smokeless??

Mine is indeed the 2.6" and I shoot only bp in it. The real stuff.

Brent

Great to see another hardheaded character!! Have fun!!

Oh my goodness!! Look at that piggy!!

Nice rifle too.

BrentD,

You did a real good job on that muzzleloader. Very nice looking.

Lots of Great Lookin Rifles here

HBB

Thanks, you can't imagine how long it took me. It is one of my very favorite rifles and has killed more deer than any other rifle I own.

Brent

I've got a few originals, and some restorations. All early guns from the pre WWI era.
This a Hepburn I brought back from a crusty old receiver. The rest is new:



My Ballard #4 Perfection in .45-70, 34" half octagon.


My original Hi Wall special sporting rifle in .32-40


My #2 Rem in .22LR


My Low wall special sporting rifle in .22 short


My Hepburn with double sets in .44-77 SBN
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My factory engraved original Stevens 44
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My factory engraved original Stevens Walnut Hill
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My Union Hill Ballard
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Better stop for now!

No, you don't have to stop, those are very nice so far!!

I almost fell over when I saw the Walnut Hill...gorgeous..what's it chambered for?

My Walnut Hill is chambered for .22LR. It's a great shooter, super accurate, and fun! (like all .22's!)

Is it a Model 51? Love those double triggers!

Pretty sweet marlinman93. Pretty sweet indeed.

Brent

You sure have some beautiful rifles there marlinman93.

Thanks folks. It's been a lifetime persuit of these old guns, and I enjoyed every minute of collecting and shooting them!
ShootingLady,
The Stevens is a Walnut Hill #49.
Here's another of my Stevens, a Premier #8 in .32 Ideal, with 30" half octagon barrel, and small swiss buttplate:



And some of my other Ballards:

A Schoyen Ballard:

A Stevens #47, with optional 30" #3 barrel, and #4 swiss buttplate, plus H tang sight, and Lyman 438 scope. Caliber .25-21 Stevens:

The Union Hill at work last fall:

Thanks for the additional pictures, I could look at those all day long. You have very good taste, sir!

Do you know what the differences are between the Walnut Hill 49 and 51?

Here's one that was a bit of a basket case before I finished it. JK Cloward 222 Rem. The lever has since been bobbed a la' Sharps Borchard and now looks better to my eye.

Sum purdy rifles 'round here. I don't believe I have seen a pict of a #3. Someone around here has a dandy side lever #3. I forget who it was, but the picture was taken in Africa with a Zebra I think. I'd love the details on that particular rifle. I wonder how much custom work is required to make that kind of conversion.

Marlinman, I guess what threw me off on the Walnut Hill was the double triggers; I haven't seen too many of the rifles, but the book I'm looking at doesn't mention the 49 having double triggers, but that the 51 does. And upon reading again, I see it says the 51 has a wood insert in the triggerguard action lever. There's a small picture and the lever does look much different than the 49.

Anybody shoot a Dakota 10? I've often thought about getting one but, so far, have just bought Rugers which I'm getting a taste for.

How do you like the Dakota?

A bolt, but a single shot (6 PPC USA):

Shootinglady,
The Stevens 49 was a single trigger as std., but Stevens would build just about anything a customer wanted, and DST's were very popular option.
The Stevens 51 was a straight grip receiver, with the wooden insert in the lever. The loop lever on the Walnut Hill was quite different, and never had a wood insert. The 51 also came with a #4 swiss buttplate, while the Walnut Hill used the light swiss. Both had similar engraving as std., but other patterns could be ordered. Mine was ordered with optional scroll pattern. I have a tevens 44 with optional Walnut Hill style pattern engraving.

Sako, I am familiar with the Dakota 10s. I looked at several at a guys ranch. He is pretty much a single shot guru. He had many rifles built on Peregrins, Ruger #1s, Dakotas and the Hagn. He felt that the Dakota 10 was a decent action but the rifles were over priced. He prefered to start with a Ruger for a custom basis but his newest was a Hagn that was built in the Martini and Hagn shop.

I was at his place looking at his Hagn before I ordered mine. Here is mine:

SS

SS,
That is one beautiful rifle. Congrats. What chambering?

thanks for the info on the Dakota. They do seem expensive. I think I've also heard somewhere on these threads that some don't like them. I'm trying to remember but it was something like the cartridge couldn't eject straight back or something. I'll hve to look, it was something like that?

Found it. Bumped it back to the top. It was the cleaning rod couldn't go straight.

Sako, the Hagn is chambered in 300 win mag. I am still working loads up and it looks like the 200 partition is shooting the best right now. Its a good thing too because I leave for Namibia in 9 days.

I am not sure about the ejection problem with the Dakotas. I have heard they are a pain to clean because the cleaning rod doesn't get a clear shot at the breech. If that is the case then it would make sense that ejection could occasionally foul up. On the Hagn, I ordered it with an extractor only and now that I have used it I wouldn't have it any other way. If you tilt the barrel up cases just fall to the ground, if you hold it level they are laying in the loading channel to be picked out.

The Hagn is just a classy operation all the way around.

SS
Josh

Mine are not traditional Single shots, but they are SS:

All of mine are specialty handguns.

6.5-284 XP-100



7mm Dakota XP-100


30-30 AI Thompson Contender


6mm-284 XP-100


6.5x57R Tanfoglio Thor


6.5-284 MOA Maximum


Rear-grip 6.5-284 XP-100
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I do all of my hunting, varminting, and competitive shooting with SS specialty handguns.

XP, those are some pretty impression short guns. My guess is that you can give most rifle shooters a run for their money. Looking at a couple of them I am reminded how flexible and effective those picatinny rails are for getting the scope in just the right place. That is one of the things I worry about most on an expensive custom rifle, getting the scope mounted in exactly the spot I want it. Ralf and Adolf installed a custom Talley base for the front base on my Hagn and then they milled the rear base right into the barrel shank. It is an amazing bit metal working. They even matted the portion of the bases that is concealed by the rings like the rib on a fine English shotgun. The problem is flexibility in mounting different scopes. The 1.1x4 Schmidt and Bender Zenith Flashdot fits perfectly, I couldn't ask for anything better. The bad news is that the back-up scope is a 6x Zeiss and I can't move it far enough to the rear, the front ring limits the distance back. So now I am in the situation of having to crawl the stock quite a bit to shoot with my back-up scope. Hopefully I won't have any problems with the S&B.

SS
Josh

Josh,
Thanks.
The pic mounts are extremely versatile. All of mine have 20 MOA built into them. I hunt with the rear grip MOA and the center-grip XP's.
I use both rifle scopes and Long Eye Relief Scopes (handgun scopes) on these rigs, so a pic base is very versatile. Forward for the LER scopes and as far back as possible w/rifle scopes.
I don't feel handicapped shooting against the majority of rifles, even at longer ranges, if I can get prone.

Marlinman93,
Thanks for the info.
I like those old Ballards too; nice to see them out hunting!
Great pictures, all of them.

Thanks Shootinglady! Nice to know there are ladies who enjoy old singleshot rifles!

marlinman93, that is a stunning collection of vintage single shots. My compliments! JB

Thanks a lot JB! There's more, but didn't want to bog the thread down.

Bog it on down, this is an opertunity to show off your babies.

++1

Nice to know there's men who enjoy taking such good care of so many of the old rifles!


You tease! Come on, keep posting.

A local pawn shop has a BEAUTIFUL Browning single shot rifle with an octogon barrel in .45/70 for sale. I didn't measure the barrel, but it looked long... perhaps 26-inches or more.

It looks brand new, but I'm sure it isn't new. I looked it over carefully and it appears to be in very excellent condition with nice "wood"... I didn't see any marks or scratches in either the metal or the wood.

I'm not sure what it is... (high-wall or low-wall?)... but it has a breech-block like my Ruger #1 that (like my Ruger) drops down when the lever is "cocked".

However, unlike my Ruger #1, the Browning has a hammer. I didn't "dry fire" it, but I "felt" the trigger while holding onto the hammer, and it seems for have a "good" trigger.

They have a price of $999 on it, but I'm sure it could be purchased from less... how much less I don't know.

They also have a Marlin lever action rifle in .45/70 which is in equally excellent condition with decent wood and an octogon barrel.

If you're interested in either rifle, I'll look either one or both of them over again and give you more specific particulars about them if you tell me the specific information you want about them.



Sincerely,

Ron T.

OK, here's a few more!


Another Hepburn, with double set triggers, in .40-70 Sharps.


Stevens 44 in full schuetzen regalia, .22LR., Litschirt 20x scope.


Rolling Block, Black Hills Sporter #1. .44-77 Sharps Bottleneck. 34" barrel, and single set trigger.


More later!

Very Nice

That Stevens 44 is really nice, I am kind of partial to the way they look.

That one looks nice. Does it kick much?

I can see from this thread I don't have nearly enough Single-Shots.
Gotta Love the wood on some of these rifles.

MarlinMan39, SharpShooter, etc.
FANTASTIC rifles, love to own even one or two as nice.

Here are my two Rugers:
SS/Lam is a .458 LOTT, RSI is a .30-06 Springfield.

Sorry but I've got to add one more to this thread. I have owned it for only 50 hours - but who's counting....

It is an 1877 Sharps .45-90.

Sorry for the size, but no software to reduce it. To squeeze on to one page, click on Zoom on the View pulldown menu and set for 50%...

What a great rifle. Such great workmanship...

I sent the picture around to several friends. And, did I ever get complementary replies back, about your rifle.

These dyed-in-the-wool GunNuts want to know:

Who made the rifle...

Who made the tang site...

And, where do you keep it at night... No, they didn't ask that.

Bill

The rifle and the sight are made by Axtell
www.riflesmith.com

And I have a very nice safe.....

Brent

nice rifle. thanks for posting.

Very cool artillery Brent. I love the figure of the wood. What do you have for rifling pitch??

ET, it's an 18" twist Badger barrel. It is my new 1000 yd rifle.

Brent

Here is an Aydt in 8.15-46R. It has a perfect bore and is an excellent shooter. The name is inlayed in gold on the top of the receiver.

Thanks for the quick reply... It was my evil twin that wanted to know where you kept the rifle at night... Don't trust him...!

Bill

Here is an unusual customized rifle - an 1873 Trapdoor Springfield. It was sporterized by a local amateur builder for his own amusement. Stock is French Walnut, lock is altered military, all work done by the builder.

Sorry for the delayed reply! Computer died, lost all my pictures, and also all my "favorites" so just getting back to speed and trying to locate passwords, etc for forums!
The Black Hills Sporter doesn't kick much at all. It's a big heaygun, and handles the recoil of the .44-77 quite well!

Here's one I pcked up last weekend at a local gun show. It's a 1885 Win with double set triggers, in .219 Wasp. It lettered as a .32-40 Special Sporting with 30" #4 weight, .32-40 barrel, so I may restore it back to original.

Does this count as a single shot? A Merkel 16 ga over 7x57R. I used the rifle last year for whitetail and elk. Passed up a couple of raghorn bull elk, but took an "eating size" whitetail buck at the end of the season at 201 steps.

Here's my new Hagn. This Springbok didn't think much of it.

Josh

What a coincidence, I just had my hard drive crash the other week as well; lost tons of pictures, etc. From now on, every irreplaceable picture that goes on my laptop will get a copy safely stored away at photobucket. I found a program called Flock that allows you to Drag and drop lots of pictures at once into photobucket, much easier than putting in one file at a time.

Congrats on your latest acquisition there, very nice!

SharpShooter, that's a handsome little rifle, indeed.

I really like the Ruger #1 INTERNATIONAL,I THINK IT IS A VERY GOOD LOOKING GUN,JMO
JIM

Ruger No.1 .243 Win


Shiloh Sharps .45-70

Marlinman93, your posts have me wondering (again) how I get into this forum for free ... what a treat. Thanks for posting. something in me won't rest until I have a Ruger #1 in .375 ... yeah, I need one.

Gotta keep this thread going - so here's another of my singleshots. I'm running out of ammo for this thread though, so I sure hope some others can help carry the load. Keep 'em comin'!

Hard to beat a No. 1, in a 101 year old cartridge, with a vintage Weaver 3X...............

Gotta love the way the older Weavers set that glass back just right !!......

Brent,
Love that flintlock. Sure is a beauty!

Thought maybe I'd add one you might not see many of...

Perhaps that beauty is a Sharps Borschart?

Is that a false muzzle on it?

99, you are correct, on both counts. The rifle was built in the late 1890's by A.O. Zischang. It shoots very well yet today.

No 1RSI in 275 Rigby
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Here's the latest purchases. A Ballard #6, with .22 short barrel, re-rifled by Zettler Bros. of Brooklyn, NY in the late 1800's. Scope is a Stevens 438, which sits in a set of HM Pope mounts. Buttplate is also Pope. It shoots one hole groups at 50 yds. of @ 1/2" with 15 shots.





And a Ballard #3 Gallery rifle, which was special ordered with #6 style wood, gallery midrange tang sight, and Ballard globe front. Also the rear dovetail was omitted. Not quite as accurate, as the bore is a bit less, but itstill shoots 1 1/2" groups at 50 yds.

Ruger#1's: 450/400 top; .458 Lott Bottom. Still waiting for my 9.3X74R

Those Ballards are awesome!!!

Wonderful rifles.

Thanks,
Brent

Pretty wood on those No 1s SakoAlberta,

Nice Lancaster/Emmitsburg School rifle. What caliber is it?

Here's a few of my pets.

It is actually supposed to be more of a Carolina style rifle (fluting on forearm). It is a .54 roundball rifle.

Thanks,
Brent

Thanks. Both were bought when I could see them. I have a 9.3X74R ordered so it will probably arrive with 'fencepost' wood!

Sorry BrentD for the misidentification. Did you build it yourself?

Yup, that one is all mine, mistakes and all, but one of my favorite rifles. Frankly, I don't really know that the styles are all that discrete and identifiable. But I tried to pattern the style after rifles by the Volgers and others in the Carolinas just because I liked them. At the same time, I wanted it to be my own design so I'm sure I totally violated many of the features of Carolina rifles and perhaps added features more appropriate to other lineages. But for sure, I like it and that's all that counts with me.

Brent

I know what you mean about �mistakes and all�. I�ve built a few, and �stuff happens� when working with curly maple. Even the masters make mistakes. They�re just better at covering them up.

I think a man should start with a basic style and idea then make it his own. The rifle is more interesting and reflects the tastes and personality of the man himself.

Nice job.

Mick

B-78 in 20 Bobcat with factory gloss finish stripped and oil finish applied/ recheckered and steel grip cap and 1/2 recoil pad installed.



Looking for another with an octagon barrel to become a 6x47 Lapua

Michael

Wow, what an amazing collection of fine rifles here! I don't have any of the amazing old weapons some have posted, but here is my little #1 RSI 7x57, with a vintage Weaver K2.5 with post & crosshair reticle:



and in case the forum cuts the muzzle off, here it is vertically oriented:


I was rather pleased with the wood, especially as the rifle wasn't hand picked or anything ... just ordered sight unseen, and this is what showed up at the dealer! She's a fun little gun, and I need to run her through her paces in the next year, as I'd like to hunt with her next year. I moved clear across the country from Seattle to Nashville this year, and just haven't had time to do much shooting!!

All the best,
Liam

Nice wood. Good looking rifle. I hope it shoots as well as it looks!

Here's another that recently found it's way into my safe. A Frank Wesson 3rd variation in .44 Extra Long, with 30" full octagon barrel, deluxe wood, and unusual cased receiver. The plated receivers were most commonly found.

VERY nice rifle Vall!! I am envious.

Thannks Steve!

Very nice rifle AND tang sight!

This is my first time, so hopefully she works...
A nice 50" Canadian taken near La Crete, Alberta, and
a HUGE bison taken near the Wood Bison National Monument in Northeren Alberta. These probably should be in the hunting forums, but hey, they DO have #1's in 'em!!

These pictures are a little more in line with the subject.
First, my #1AH's with Circassian walnut




Then, my new 9.3x74R



And then my Shiloh Sharps 1874 45-70


I've got about twenty #1's in various configurations, but these are the only ones that I have pictures of presently. I'll see about fixing that soon.

Finally got a single shot myself, a Contender pistol with a 10" octagonal barrel in 22lr.



Next I want a Ruger No. 1

BigSkyGuy, what caliber is that stainless and laminate No. 1?

220 Swift


Old pic of some of my TC's
longguns- 7BRM,9.3x74R,6mmAI,,,shortguns- .243 AI, 218Bee, and 30-40AI.


Newer addition to the TC collection
250 AIRLN,,,(250 Sav. AI Rimmed Longneck)


Newest addition
6.5x57 AIR


Comming soon
.300-376OTTR


XP-100 currently being rebuilt


Dave

Hey onseonek1, good to see you over here, I was just over at SP.
Beautiful No. 1. How do you like that JP brake?
Josh

The stainless is a 30-06. Bought it off a used gun rack in Havre, MT. The guy had had it for about two years and said the previous owner claimed it wouldn't shoot. I threw together two loads of five shells apiece and went out to the range. 3 shot clover leaf at 100 yards with 180 grain Hornady Interbonds. I don't have the loading data in front of me, but I could get it out to you if you want.
Todd

BigSkyGuy,
Thanks for the reloading data offer but I don't reload yet. Over on the Specialty Pistols forum they have got me persuaded I need to start since I want a pistol 45/70 barrel for my Contender. My wife's Ruger 30-06 sure shoots good.
Josh

Hi Josh,
When working at longe range without a spotter, it's a blessing. Virtually zero recoil with 6mmAI , makes seeing bullet impact easy.
Dave

Here are my current No. 1's. The top one is a #1 AH in .25-06 with Circassian walnut. The next one down is a .375 H&H built in 1971 or '72. The next one is a .416 Rigby (Elmer Keith prairie dog gun). And the bottom one is a .45-70, which I believe also has a Circassian buttstock. The .375 & .416 aren't too bad to shoot, even with full-house loads, BUT that .45-70 is absolutely brutal and will screw you into the ground with about anything over 1900 fps.

This is too good to let die!! We need more pictures! Here is a custom stocked #1B .223 that is cut down two inches. Blued steel checkered butt plate, custom pistol grip cap, wrap around checkering on the forearm. Notice the checkering all the way to the pistol grip cap...nice!! Pictures could be better, but you get the idea.




I'm having a couple more done by the same guy that did this one, but with a little better quality wood. I can't wait!!

Todd

Here is a picture of my latest Remington 40-XB. It is a single-shot action with thumbhole stock in .220 Swift.



Unfortunatly, due to a slight problem (bleeding retina) the eye doctor does not want me to lift more that ten to fifteen pounds (this qualifies) and not to shoot for a while because of the recoil!

Boy! That sure killed this thread, didn't it!!

Ruger #1 45-70 Govt.

Wade,

What a georgeous .45/70! That is definitely a "Keeper".

GH

Yes. Wade that is pretty. There's a guy adv. a #1 Tropical in 458 that's a pre-warning. Wants $650 but that 458 would knock your socks off............

Um, so you're saying I shouldn't have sold it?! Argghhh!! LOL, I did sell it, but it's just down the road at my hunting partner's house. I can buy it back whenever I want, but I probably won't. I get to shoot it whenever I want. That rifle is an absolute shooter. It will hold MOA with handloads. Really.

Here's the latest to the collection. A Ballard #3 Gallery, which was a presentation rifle to a US Army Lieutenant from his artillery company. The guys must have liked him a lot, and family provenance shows he went on to serve in Spanish American War, WWI, and made it from West Point Cadet to General!

That's pretty cool. What sort of sight is on the wrist? Is it original? It is hard to guess what it is from the photo.

Brent

I have lurked here for a while but figured I would post a couple shots of a special #3 in 444 Marlin. I have had this rifle for a good many years and it came from a guy in Utah who had Parker Ackley build it for him. She has a beautiful 25 1/2" medium weight Ackely barrel on the owner's action and highly figured wood from I assume one of Parker's sources with a steel butt plate. The gun is a bit heavy by today's synthetic standards but is extremely accurate with full power loads and 300 grain bullets. Never could understand why Bill Ruger never chambered this fine cartridge.

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That is a very fine looking rifle! Do you have any problems finding bullets that hold up under full power loads? I know most of the bullets out there in this size are designed for the .44 magnum.

Might as well add my Ross single-shot .280 match rifle to the group -

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While I'm on the topic of single-shots, might as well add a couple photos of this Ross Cadet.

The best overall performing heavy bullet and no longer made was the Barnes
' Original' 300 grain flat point atop 55.9 grains of H335 at 2250 fps. Barnes also made a 250 grain hollow point that was good but the 265 grain Hornady FP with H322 shot better in this barrel. Been a few years since I loaded and shot the gun but took a big old cow elk with a 300 Barnes some years ago and it took out both big shoulder bones and some branches behind. Off the bench the gun is somewhat punishing with the steel butt plate but if I do my part the gun will group sub MOA consistently. If I was loading and shooting her now I would look seriously into some hard cast bullets of more weight and less velocity.

Rick

I have shown these before, but these are some of the ones I have made.

Here's my newest acquisition. A Rem. #4 rolling block, three barrel set, with case.

Now that is just darn cool!

What three calibers are those barrels and what about that scope? Who made it, what power, etc?

Brent

This is my Ruger 1S 45-70 with low rings and a lupy.

Hi BrentD,
The Ballard #3 has a Marbles tang sight, and I'm pretty sure it's original, as the gun has no rear sight dovetail on the barrel.
The Rem #4's three barrels are as follows:
26" matted top round, in .22 magnum
24" round in .22LR
22" octagon in .22 short.
The scope is a Dixie Gun Works item, with custom built mounts. I didn't like the polished finish on scope or mounts, so I've refinished both now.

Two more new additions:
RB Rodda Francotte patent Martini takedown in .310 Cadet. Factory engraved, with full octagon barrel.
Rem. Rolling Block #1 1/2 in .22LR

Nothing fancy but they are shooters.

A Martini Cadet with a tapered octagon with a quarter rib. It was almost in .222 rimmed (short chambered and no throat to chamber), along with a host of other issues. But will be back soon with proper lever detach mounts and rings, trigger work, re-chambered to .223 and a diet to thin the forearm and the butt-stock will be shortened a bit and "de-Weatherbyized".
It was someone's project from the '70's I think, and I got to finish it :-)
This is the before photo...

new to me. the first single shot i ever wanted was a borchardt think i finally found a keeper. she is in 25 ackley krag the 25 krag is one of the oldest wildcats i'm sure you boys know all about it. this one is very accurate with the right man at the helm.

CTW, have you used it on game yet?

Dino in Reno

no critters yet only paper. i do plan to hunt with the rifle this fall. this thing is a tack driver.
thanks chris

Picked up another new one today! A Husqvarna rolling block sporting rifle, with full length Gemmer style stocks. .38-55 caliber, with a super bore!

Marlinman93;

That is a very good looking rifle. You have a Husqvarna model 33 commercial fullstock rolling block rifle. You should be aware that Husqvarna never factory chambered these guns in any US standard chamberings - they were all metric. I would recommend a chamber cast to determine the correct cartridge unless you know for a fact that the gun has been rechambered/rebored for .38-55.

If you ever decide to sell it, please put me first in line.

It's actually (technically) a 33A, as the 33 was straight grip, and the 33A is pistol gripped. Yes, it's the old 9.3x57R that had the rim recut to .38-55 so std. .38-55 brass can be fired in it by seating the bullets out a bit to touch the rifling.
It shoots under 2" at 100 yds. with .375" cast lead bullets.
Thanks!-Vall