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Hopefully the images below prove I am assembling the bolt in the correct order. In the last photo you can see how I can lift up the bolt handle with the safety engaged. This is after completely field stripping and reassembling the rifle. There are no hang-ups or burrs or otherwise anything which...

So, disassemble, reassemble, and see what happens?

Yes I did, I was also cleaning rust spots off of the barrel and receiver. I feel it prudent to mention that the bolt still goes fully into battery. I don't feel it bind up when I cycle it. If that is the case, what might be a potential remedy?

I recently picked up an Arisaka type 38, and I have been familiarizing myself with its individual components. After disassembling and reassembling the bolt as per the procedure outlined in the Arms and Militaria Press handbook, I have noticed that the safety does not fully engage. When I turn...

Should've thought to look there, thanks :)

I've been looking into the possibility of building a replica of a pinfire double barreled shotgun. Where could I find smoothbore barrel blanks? Or being that a pinfire round uses black powder, could I co something like cut the octagon ends off of a ready made barrel? Are there any bp barrel...

I have a 1777 AnIX Charleville, not contemporary to the revolution, but operates on the same principle. I make my own paper cartridges. For that you have to use a ball that is, at minimum, .020 undersize, but the paper in the cartridge takes up a lot of the windage. Of course a smoothbore musket...

I am planning a Sharps rifle project that I want to chamber in .45-110. I have read that these big bore black powder cartridges tend to have a very heavily arcing trajectory. With this in mind, what is the shortest practical range I can use a .45-110 at and how do I take the trajectory into...

The .45/110 is basically like a .45/70 with a lengthened case. As far as I can tell, .45/110 is no longer manufactured commercially but you can buy empty brass for it. Since you could, theoretically, chamber a .45/70 in a gun chambered for .45/110, thats where my concern is, even though it is...

Ok, so another question. I know that a paper cartridge Sharps or a replica thereof is considered an antique and, for instance, can be purchased and shipped to your door without being sent through an FFL dealer. Would a metallic cartridge sharps in a chambering such as .45/110 be considered an...

What are the differences between the 1859 Sharps infantry rifles and the metallic cartridge Sharps rifles, other than the ammunition used?

A friend of mine and I are coming up with an idea for a business manufacturing replicas of firearms dating from the late medieval up through the civil war periods. Being that the Civil war does include the use of early repeating rifle designs, I want to make sure that all legal bases are...

Well that's just what I plan to do. I intend to categorize and measure the parts and make drawings as I go along. For Romano Rifles, if I ask, may I name drop so they might know who directed me to them?

Likely so. Before anything else I actually have to get my hands on a rifle. Then I can copy it, machine a mock-up, then machine the real deal.

My idea is to make dies for recreating the original rimfire ammunition. I intend to use a modern barrel, as for the action parts, heat treated 4140 which will then be color case hardened for cosmetic purposes. Proof testing will be done with a lanyard at a fair distance away.

Modern barrel. With time will come money. I'm not starting this right away by any means. Were there any firearms museums near me with good civil war collections. We have something of a lack of those in Washington state.

Well it looks like original Spencers can go from anywhere between $1,000 to over $5,000 depending on condition. How inaccurate to the original is an Armi-Sport?

A less expensive option would be buying the parts I want to copy. Taylors and Company has all the spare parts. Can anyone who has a Spencer replica give me a list of parts for the action and possible send me photos of it disassembled? I'm interested in the .56-.50 version.

Fair enough. I figured that might be the case but it never hurts to ask :D

I'm a machinist by trade and an interest of mine is making replicas of the early repeating firearms. The Spencer is one weapon that is of particular interest to me. Are there any resources on this rifle, perhaps even dimensioned drawings, that could aid me?