My self-built #2 Rolling Block rifle

[AndyUSMC1107]

.358 Remington Maximum/38 Ballard Extra Long.

My Uberti rifle was self-built from the action up.
w/a Shilen .358 Caliber barrel that was hand fitted to mate with the Italian metric threads. Chamber was reamed for (.358) Remington Maximum with a long throat for rifle bullets.

Marbles rear tang sight and globe front. Stock and fore-end were carved from Exhibition grade Circasian Walnut. Curved butt plate and other small parts are Nitre Blued. Cartridge block is again Walnut and as pictured holds a broken shell extractor and a couple of laser bore sight inserts. Walnut accessory box holds jags, brushes, mops and turn screws.

Scope is a vintage El Paso Texan 4x with post/crosshair reticle. Mounts are (again) vintage Weaver pivot bases and rings. Small Marbles box @extreme right holds different size disc apertures.

I’m paper-patching cast 180 gr. Wheelweight bullets (pictured) and using Nosler Ballistic tip bullets. I also have 2 boxes of discontinued Speer Spire-Point 150 gr.

With the 150s I’m getting +/- 1800 FPS.

Accuracy @ 100 yards is under 2”

All in all, a fun 2year project that I thought some of you out there would enjoy seeing.

 

[JeffG]

That's awesome! Way to go!

 

[Jim Watson]

Nice work. I once saw junior shooter with a ".38 Ballard XL" at BPCR. Big heavy cast bullet just barely seated in the case to make room for powder.

 

[tark]

A work of art. I'm betting you made the casement as well?

 

[AndyUSMC1107]

A work of art. I'm betting you made the casement as well?

Thanx “tark” but if you mean the fitted case...no it’s store-bought.

 

[AndyUSMC1107]

Nice work. I once saw junior shooter with a ".38 Ballard XL" at BPCR. Big heavy cast bullet just barely seated in the case to make room for powder.

Thanx Jim, the .358 Maximum is nearly identical to the .38 Ballard EL dimensionally and modern brass MUCH easer to come by. I have 300 on hand.

 

[mdrisc85]

Wow- very cool. Looks fantastic.

 

[Gordon]

I heard of .357 Maximum, is the .358 Max different ?

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

WOW!

 

[AndyUSMC1107]

I heard of .357 Maximum, is the .358 Max different ?

Gordon, nope! The Shilen bbl. is .358 bore diameter. I anneal the cases to take a .358 calibre rifle bullet. Therefore .378 Remington Maximum aka .38 Ballard Extra Long...

 

[Steve Milbocker]

Outstanding! And a great single shot to boot.

 

[Gordon]

Here is my original #2 with an ancient 25-20 barrel made by A.O. Zischang around 1916 . He also tuned the trigger I guess as it has a stop and is still crisp and sweet. The guy I got this from in 1970s used it as his "target rifle" occasionally as he was in his 80 s then . I passed this on in my family and they have it displayed in another state now. I gave him a couple hundred rounds of 25-20 ammo it is sighted in for with custom 70 grain Berger low drag bullets It was a 1/2 MOA at 200 yard gun .
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[AndyUSMC1107]

Here is my original #2 with an ancient 25-20 barrel made by A.O. Zischang around 1916 . He also tuned the trigger I guess as it has a stop and is still crisp and sweet. The guy I got this from in 1970s used it as his "target rifle" occasionally as he was in his 80 s then . I passed this on in my family and they have it displayed in another state now. I gave him a couple hundred rounds of 25-20 ammo it is sighted in for with custom 70 grain Berger low drag bullets It was a 1/2 MOA at 200 yard gun .
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BEAUTIFUL Gordon! I don’t have any firearms in that “flavor.” I do have a recently acquired S&W 1905 HE 32-20 6” bbl revolver and an old Savage magazine fed 32-20 rifle.

 

[LoonWulf]

Those are sweet rifles both of you have!

 

[792mauser]

Purdy rifles!

 

[tark]

Gordon, is that Savage Model 1920 a .250 or a .300? I've been chasing one of those all my life! Not many were made.

 

[DocRock]

Well, that’s not anything but gorgeous and cool.

 

[Duster340]

That's an awesome build! Love it, and the thumping round choice.

 

[Gordon]

Gordon, is that Savage Model 1920 a .250 or a .300? I've been chasing one of those all my life! Not many were made.

.250 and I sold it very reasonable to a young man on THR a couple years ago. If he is till listening, I found the second .25 ACP insert cartridge PM me to claim it.