3 followed me home from the auction today
It was hard bidding today, lots of dealers and it was held at the VFW so a lot of veterans were bidding on all items military. I did mage to bring home three. The first one I picked because it was kind of cool and I don't have anything near that old.
Remington Rolling Block in .50-70
Next up is a Marlin model 45 camp carbine
Lastly is a Ruger M77 tang safety in .220 swift with a Leupold Vari-x II 6.5x20 scope.
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That M-77 is sweet and if you decide to auction it, well you will do well.
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you did well nice bring back home guns
nice to see one at least win a few
I have not even looked for any auctions with guns around us for years , I was disappointed way too many times ( even more then asking the prom queen for a date,, when I was in High school better add that in to keep down the comments LOL ) when going to local auctions people just seem to go nuts the got to win and its the last one on earth so have to get it seemed to be dominating the drive of the bidders
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Your Remington looks like a NY State Militia rifle with the high "Mule Ear" hammer. If a NY State model, it will have a half-cock safety that will fall into position when you close the breech block, requiring re-cocking to full-cock. This was a safety requirement by NY State.
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I like the "Old Poison slinger" 50-70.
The others are real nice too. I would keep the rolling block and make a nice shooter out of it if the barrel is any good and the Ruger I would shoot to see how it did. I have never got one to really shoot great but they are nice guns. The Marlin will sell easy and fast especially all tacticooled up like it is.
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Spider7115: 31516493184667/comments/31516477475867
Your Remington looks like a NY State Militia rifle with the high "Mule Ear" hammer. If a NY State model, it will have a half-cock safety that will fall into position when you close the breech block, requiring re-cocking to full-cock. This was a safety requirement by NY State.
Thanks for the info Spider, it does indeed have the half cock feature.
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Sam06: 31516493184667/comments/31516493649691
I like the "Old Poison slinger" 50-70.
The others are real nice too. I would keep the rolling block and make a nice shooter out of it if the barrel is any good and the Ruger I would shoot to see how it did. I have never got one to really shoot great but they are nice guns. The Marlin will sell easy and fast especially all tacticooled up like it is.
That's my plan Sam, sell the Marlin and Ruger, keep the Remington and shoot it when I can find some ammo for it.
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They make ammo but its going to be expensive. You can reload for it fairly east once you get brass. You can get bullets for it or cast your own. The brass will last a long time so you wouldn't need a whole lot.
This is loaded with Black powder
50-70 Sharps Black Powder Ammo 425 Grain .512
This is currently loaded obsolete black powder cartridge rifle ammunition for firearms chambered in 50-70 Government. We load these with Swiss Black Powder with properly head stamped 50-70 Starline cases (#STR5070). Bullets used (#515141.512) are .512" diameter and cast from the 515141 Lyman bullet mould cast from 20-1 alloy and lubed with SPG lube. NOTE: All ammunition is shipped via UPS or FedEx Ground. So be sure you have physical shipping address on your order. UPS and FedEx will not deliver to a P.O. Box.This is loaded with 777
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You'll have no problem selling either one.
Both are nice guns, good finds
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Sam06: 31516493184667/comments/31516477780251
They make ammo but its going to be expensive. You can reload for it fairly east once you get brass. You can get bullets for it or cast your own. The brass will last a long time so you wouldn't need a whole lot.
This is loaded with Black powder
https://www.buffaloarms.com/50-70-sharps-black-powder-ammo-amobp5070425.html
This is loaded with 777
Yeah, saw the Buffalo ammo yesterday, plan on calling them today and placing some on back order.
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