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Re: Bored with half my rifles

#11 Post by greenshoots »

just bought and restored a brno 581 well worth the efort last of the old school autos and it only cost £70

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#12 Post by mag41uk »

Turns out Raytrade are no longer H&R importers - website out of date!
I cant think of many other "modern" pistol calibre single shots.
Have emailed Viking about the Henry.

I have about 15 sec 58 historic firearms.
I have a Mk4 MH on ticket which I will keep.
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#13 Post by greenshoots »

i have a william roper of london single shot in 44mag i believe theres a 38spl martini on gunstar or guntrader made by him

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#14 Post by mag41uk »

There is a thought.
I have a couple of Egyptian rolling blocks on sec58.
Maybe I could get one rebarreled in 357 mag but suspect the cost will be prohibitive!
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greenshoots wrote:i have a william roper of london single shot in 44mag i believe theres a 38spl martini on gunstar or guntrader made by him

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I’ve seen that! Do you know much about the maker? He doesn’t feature in my Greenhills directory....
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#16 Post by dromia »

The Uberti 18885 High ad Low Walls are excellent single shots in a plethora of chamberings.

Then there are Pedersoli's Rolling Blocks in pistol cartridges chamberings.
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#17 Post by GlockworkOrange »

I considered both the Uberti 1885 Single Shots and Pedersoli Rolling Blocks in pistol calibres when I was searching for a single shot .357, but they are all far too bulky/heavy for that chambering in my opinion. I ended up with an Uberti Baby Rolling Block in 357 which is very small in comparison to Pedersoli's fiull size models, and considerably lighter. It's a delightful little gun but the styling isn't for everyone, it's not as attractive as the fullsize models in my opinion.
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#19 Post by mag41uk »

I do have a Uberti high wall in 45/70.
They are superb rifles. I used to have a 45colt Uberti yellowboy.
I am really looking for something that is scope mountable.
Interesting article about MR Roper. What a skilled man.
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#20 Post by breacher »

As regards MiniMcQueen.........

I have an old BSA Martini ( sourced from Dromia ) which serves me well in Mini-McQueen - very cheap ( even cheaper when I sold off the iron sights - pretty much paid for the rifle ! )

Its certainly holding its own against some very modern and very expensive rifles. Won it a couple of times and in the top 5 regularly.
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