Egyptian Rolling Block

[ffuries]

Finally got around to taking some pictures of the old girl......

Typical Egyptian M1868 No 1 Remington Rolling Block. Finished in the white, well worn, marked several times. My reading has shown that only numbers not words were marked on these rifles by the Egyptians. Well the one marking is a word, the meaning of the word eludes me right now. I've reached out to a couple Arab speaking friends for help on it.

Need to get the firing pin, firing pin retaining pin, firing pin retractor, extractor and extractor retaining pin. I've got leads on everything but the firing pin retractor at this time. Trying to figure out what type of sling was used on these.

Last patent date listed on the tang is March 18th 1874, so from what I can tell it was made between 1874 and 1876, as the last delivery was supposedly in 1876.

Markings on the rifle.

١٣٩٣ Translates as 1393
٢٨٤٧ج Translates as C 2847
١٩١ Translate as 191
غ Translates as G
ح Translates as H
خءذب or خءزب Translates as ?

Plus the EP half moon (Date is worn off), supposedly the EP stands for Egyptian Protectorate or Egyptian Police.

Trigger assembly tang SN G 7895
Receiver assembly tang SN 40308

[ffuries]

Last pictures.

[Junk Yard Dog]

The large bore BPC wallhanger, were dust bunny's go to die.

Looks good, some of these were hammered shit when they came in. The parts will turn up, might take 20-30 years, but they will show up someplace when you least expect it.

[awalker1829]

The large bore BPC wallhanger, were dust bunny's go to die.

Looks good, some of these were hammered shit when they came in. The parts will turn up, might take 20-30 years, but they will show up someplace when you least expect it.

Sounds like a cottage industry suggestion-make parts for some of the more popular antique guns with good modern steel. Not like you can just call Sarco and buy parts for those guns.

[ffuries]

The large bore BPC wallhanger, were dust bunny's go to die.

Looks good, some of these were hammered shit when they came in. The parts will turn up, might take 20-30 years, but they will show up someplace when you least expect it.

The muzzle end looks worse than the rest of the barrel. I need to scrub the barrel, it's one thing I haven't done yet.

Like I said I've got a line on all but one part right now.

1) Extractor, found it.
2) Extractor retaining pin, found it.
3) Firing, pin found it.
4) Firing pin retaining pin, found it.
5) Rear barrel band with screw, found it (Original barrel band screw is MIA and the hole for it is buggered up)
6) Replacement sling swivel for middle barrel band, found it (Old swivel is about worn through).
7) Firing pin retractor......Still looking for that one.

So found 6 of the 7 main parts needed right off the bat, not too bad. Then eventually the sling and bayonet to complete her.

[Junk Yard Dog]

The large bore BPC wallhanger, were dust bunny's go to die.

Looks good, some of these were hammered shit when they came in. The parts will turn up, might take 20-30 years, but they will show up someplace when you least expect it.

Sounds like a cottage industry suggestion-make parts for some of the more popular antique guns with good modern steel. Not like you can just call Sarco and buy parts for those guns.

I did call Sarco and buy parts for these rifles, of course that was well before this internet thing existed. I remember even buying a trapdoor Springfield from them when I spotted it in their Shotgun News advertisement. Like Numrich, these parts sellers have a constantly changing inventory, what they don't have today they may have tomorrow. You have to keep checking back with them.

[Junk Yard Dog]

The large bore BPC wallhanger, were dust bunny's go to die.

Looks good, some of these were hammered shit when they came in. The parts will turn up, might take 20-30 years, but they will show up someplace when you least expect it.

The muzzle end looks worse than the rest of the barrel. I need to scrub the barrel, it's one thing I haven't done yet.

Like I said I've got a line on all but one part right now.

1) Extractor, found it.
2) Extractor retaining pin, found it.
3) Firing, pin found it.
4) Firing pin retaining pin, found it.
5) Rear barrel band with screw, found it (Original barrel band screw is MIA and the hole for it is buggered up)
6) Replacement sling swivel for middle barrel band, found it (Old swivel is about worn through).
7) Firing pin retractor......Still looking for that one.

So found 6 of the 7 main parts needed right off the bat, not too bad. Then eventually the sling and bayonet to complete her.

The curse of the one part. I remember accumulating all the parts needed to fix a bubba No1 MKIII*, except one. Sight assembly, the whole thing, not just the ladder. Yea, I could have had it if I wanted to drop some cash, but being a cheap fuck I wanted the budget build to stay that way. Eventually I found it from someone on the old board who didn't require a bag full of rubies for it. Good things come to those who wait........patiently behind the door with an axe

[qz2026]

Sorry if I missed it but what caliber is it chambered in?

[ffuries]

Sorry if I missed it but what caliber is it chambered in?

.43 Egyptian aka 11.43x50R. Yeah apparently I didn't put that in the original post.

[neal45]

I did a bit of research and started reloading for mine about 10 years ago. It was fun to shoot with black powder and not that hard to clean afterwards.

I got an average of 1300 fps with cast 400g bullets and accuracy was OK on paper plates at 100 yards.