Good enough for now. I'll order an original butt plate to replace what's on it now, an original rear sight, and a cleaning rod. The original cleaning rod on this gun is bent and doesn't slide in the holding groove very well. The rust cleaned up well. The wood is still rough but it is a 150 yr...
I took the gun to Kurt Hardcastle to look at today. That guy is an encyclopedia on rolling block rifles. He said the gun was made in Egypt in the late 1870s. That would explain the weird writing on the barrel I could not read. The cartridge is .43 Egyptian. The muzzle is worn out, thus I...
My granddad had this old Remington Rolling Block on his wall for a long time. I'm not sure who gave it to him. It was gifted to me a few weeks ago. It's in pretty rough shape. The cleaning rod is stuck, the sights are broken. But the hammer spring is strong, the bore is decent, and the trigger...
Found a small cliff dwelling perched above the river bottom today. I'm certainly not the first person to find it but it's not publicized or on a map so it was a nice surprise.
A lot of changes with the Iditarod in recent years with dropped sponsors, COVID, etc. But good to see it still going. My wife volunteers at a check point usually every other year. Always fun to watch the strategy unfold.