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1873 springfield rifle

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09 August 2003, 15:59
Voldamort
1873 springfield rifle
Is it possible to rebarrel an 1873 springfield trapdoor rifle? Just wondering.
09 August 2003, 19:25
<Pfeifer>
...or better yet reline a clean original barrel. A gunsmith I know does several of these every so often. They shoot very well when he's done with them. He recently found a source for some high quality liners made with the same wide land groove configuration as the originals. He recently rebuilt an original engraved officers model that someone blessed him with. He made a set trigger for it like the originals wore.
Jeff Pfeifer
12 August 2003, 07:10
parryj
Any info on the gunsmith that does the reline would be appreciated.
12 August 2003, 07:36
Brent
quote:
Originally posted by parryj:
Any info on the gunsmith that does the reline would be appreciated.

Try Lee Shaver at
lshaver@egunsmith.com

He may take a few days to answer. He is on the firing line at Raton if I don't miss my guess.

Brent
15 August 2003, 02:40
<eldeguello>
quote:
Is it possible to rebarrel an 1873 springfield trapdoor rifle?
As Moe used to say to Curly, "Why, coitinly"!!